Face Paint
The Face Paint Template lets you create a Face Lens that maps a 2D texture to your face. The texture appears to be painted on your skin and reshapes with facial movements. This template is great for creating full face masks or to apply realistic makeup effects. Additionally, the guide includes a Photoshop template for guided painting on the face.
If you are interested in adding Face Paint to your existing project, you can utilize the Face Paint asset in the Asset Library.
Tutorial
Guide
Download the Photoshop Template
Using the Photoshop Template
The Photoshop template contains different Artboards to help you create your face paint textures.
Three Artboards are used as a canvas for your textures. You can see how the different Artboards can be used later in this guide.
- **Full -**this Artboard is mapped to the “Full” face mask in Lens Studio
- **Eye -**this Artboard is mapped to the “Eye” face mask in Lens Studio
- **Lips -**this Artboard is mapped to the “Lips” face mask in Lens Studio
The Anchors
and Reference
layers are used purely for visual reference. Feel free to hide these layers.
To get started, you can create a layer in Photoshop under the Artboard which contains the face section you want to work on and paint on this layer.
When you’re ready to export, select the Artboard you’re working in, and in the menu bar select File > Export > Artboards to Files
.
In the Artboard to Files
options, choose PNG as the file type if you have transparency, or JPEG if you don’t. Make sure to have Artboard Content Only
and Export Selected Artboards
checked.
Adding the 2D Texture
Once you've exported your texture(s), you can add them to Lens Studio by dragging and dropping them into the Resources
panel.
Using Your Texture
With your texture imported, find the Face Paint Template Source
object in the Objects
panel. Underneath are multiple Face Mask effect objects that correspond to the available Artboards in the Photoshop template (Eye, Lips and Full). Duplicate the one that corresponds to the texture you created by selecting it in the Objects
panel, right clicking and selecting Duplicate
. Next, select your new object and in the Inspector
panel, set the Texture
field to your imported texture.
Additionally, you can change each Face Mask Effect’s Blend Mode
and Alpha
to adjust the appearance of your texture.
Previewing Your Lens
You're now ready to preview your world Lens experience. To preview your Lens in Snapchat, follow the Pairing to Snapchat guide.
Related Guides
Please refer to the guides below for additional information: