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Paint Builder Update Notes: March 7, 2025

A new release of Paint Builder adds layer grouping, performance improvements, and other new features.

07 Mar 2025 — 2 min read

We’ve released some new updates to Paint Builder.

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Layer grouping is now supported! You can now select multiple layers to combine into a single unit. This makes moving, rotating, and resizing much quicker across areas of a car or logo lockup. Use Shift or Ctrl/Cmd while clicking the layers you want to group, and then group them together by right-clicking and selecting “Group Layers” or pressing Ctrl/Cmd + G.
You can now change the assigned car on an existing project from within the project settings. This is useful if you’re building a duplicate of a paint and want to use its existing layers as a basis for a paint on a different car.
The right-click context menu is now available in the Layers list, instead of just on the painting canvas.
Added support for the %BLUESKY_NAME% shortcode for text layers. If you insert the text %BLUESKY_NAME%, your Bluesky username will be automatically displayed on the project, similarly to the way you can for %NAME%, %TWITTER_NAME%, %FACEBOOK_NAME%, %INSTAGRAM_NAME%, %TWITCH_NAME%, %YOUTUBE_NAME%, and %WEBSITE_URL%.
.webp images are now supported for uploaded layers.

By popular request, the Layers list is no longer separated into groups by Graphics, Logos & Text, and Shapes. This means that by default, you can now organize all layer types (except Base Paints) in the order you wish.
Shape-drawing performance has improved significantly. You’ll notice less lag when inserting a shape or drawing with the pen or polygon tools.
Improved performance on projects with many layers.
Improved memory usage when Paint Builder’s browser tab was moved out of focus and then made active again.
Under-the-hood architecture changes have been implemented with the goal of improving overall speed and performance.

Fixed a bug where the Custom Number option was available when racing Helmets and Suits.
Fixed a bug where, when right-clicking a shape when another shape is already selected, the wrong context menu would appear.
Fixed an issue where all projects of a particular vehicle wouldn’t load if the Number Blocks painting guide couldn’t be found.

Improved app behavior when the connection between the server and the app is interrupted.
Updated Paint Builder to use new Trading Paints and Paint Builder logos!

Thanks for your patience while we rolled out these changes!