PawPaint enters Early Access with 4K model painting

PawPaint entered Steam Early Access on August 18, 2026. The 3D painting utility targets avatar creators and modelers with nondestructive layers, PBR channels and game-ready texture export.

PawPaint: confirmed details

Users can paint color, roughness, metallic, normal and height channels, work in a UV view and preview shape keys. It imports common formats including FBX, OBJ and glTF, exports texture sets up to 4K, and supports Workshop assets, rebindable shortcuts and sandboxed Lua plugins. The official store listing credits PawWorks as developer and publisher.

What changed for players

Channel-specific painting lets an artist change surface response without rebuilding the color layer, while presets can carry a useful stack into another model. Broad import and export support makes the utility relevant to an existing game-art pipeline, although Early Access means compatibility should be tested before production use.

Availability and lasting context

PawPaint entered Early Access, so its systems can change before the full release. Steam identifies the current build as playable rather than finished. The confirmed release supports Windows. This report describes only features documented in the official listing at publication time. Store availability and supported languages can vary by region, while pricing, online services and later updates should be checked on the live store page.

This report separates features released on the stated date from later patches and community expectations. Balance values and platform support can change, but the documented release history remains the same.

Sources: primary release notes or official records. Factual claims were checked against these records; interpretation is our own.

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