PaintX for LumaFusion User Interface Overview

Adding PaintX to a clip in LumaFusion

PaintX is found under the color and effects tab in the plugins category. Click on PaintX to add it to the clip. Then press the "pencil" button after you add PaintX to a clip and the PaintX interface will open full screen interface showing a list of presets. Chose the desired preset and the PaintX editor window will open.

QuickStart to Workflow

The length of the current shot can be scrubbed using the play controls at bottom. Adjust brush settings using the settings window below the brush toolbar. Do your paint work as needed then track forward or backward using the tracking floating panel. When you have a good track use the "left arrow" button to return to the main LumaFusion screen with your tracked paint applied to the shot.

Each tool and methods for changing strokes after addition and fixing tracking issues are detailed below.

User interface overview

Press on the ? inside the cog icon to bring up the tool tips which give you the function of each button. Note that the left side Panel (Layers and Strokes controls) are hidden as a default.

The top brush bar, side bar and bottom play controls can also be hidden if you want to paint full screen. That is done using these buttons:

Here are the tool tips for top brush panel and bottom play / scrub control panels.

Here are the tool tips for the left side Layers and Strokes control panel.

Tracking controls floating palette

This palette allows you to track forward or backwards, stop tracking and enable / disable auto keyframing when dragging a stroke.  For the full track controls see the left side panel.

Guide to tools in the top brush bar

	Select Tool: use this to transform or move any stroke or layer after it has been created.
	Pan Tool: use this to move around the image if you are zoomed in (see viewer zoom at top right)
	Color Brush: paint with a solid color with adjustable size, softness and blend mode
	Color Change Brush: lets you paint on a color correction defined as a difference in hue rotation, luminosity and saturation from the pixels below it.
	Blur Brush: paint a blur effect with adjustable blur strength
	Sharpen Brush: Paint a sharpen effect with adjustable sharpen strength.
	Warp Brush: Use this to drag pixel under the brush in the direction of movement to change the shape of objects.
	Clone Brush: Drag the cross to to set the clone source, then tap and drag to clone from the source area to the area under the brush. The offset stays constant for each clone stroke but can be changed with each new stroke.
	Noise Brush: use this to apply a noise texture similar to grain to areas under the brush.
	Heal Brush: this brush paints the texture from the outside of the brush inwards. It can be used to very quickly remove moles, spots, blemishes or specks of dust.
	Erase Brush: use this to erase parts of strokes within the same layer. Note you can also select any stroke and press delete key to remove the entire stroke.
	Reveal Source Brush: use this to erase parts of strokes within the same layer. Note you can also select any stroke and press delete key to remove the entire stroke.

For more details please see the full reference documentation as a PDF file.