This Week on Trading Paints: August 14, 2026
News and updates from the world of Trading Paints from the past week while you’re going up and down the hills at Portimão.
Welcome to This Week on Trading Paints, the pulse on what’s happening in the Trading Paints world.
✨ Paint Builder Product Update
This week, we released a small update to Paint Builder aimed at improving performance, as well as a much-requested improvement to Mirror Clone. Here’s the complete list of changes.
Improved
- Added memory optimizations and performance improvements to avoid lagging and freezes, particularly on projects with many heavy custom-uploaded logos and layers.
- Improved performance when drawing or modifying shapes or lines with many points.
- When using Mirror Clone on a layer placed on the door of a car, the resulting cloned layer should now be closer to the desired position on the other side of the car on these vehicles:
- ARCA Chevrolet SS
- ARCA Ford Mustang
- ARCA Toyota Camry
- Dirt Legends 34 Coupe
- Dirt Mini Stock
- Dirt Street Stock
- EURO NASCAR V8GP
- Gen 4 Chevrolet Monte Carlo - 2003
- Gen 4 Chevrolet Monte Carlo - 2003 SS
- Gen 4 Ford Taurus - 2003
- Gen 4 Ford Taurus - 2003 SS
- Global Mazda MX-5 Cup
- Late Model Stock
- Legends 34 Coupe
- NASCAR Cup Series Next Gen Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
- NASCAR Cup Series Next Gen Ford Mustang
- NASCAR Cup Series Next Gen Toyota Camry
- NASCAR Truck Chevrolet Silverado
- NASCAR Truck Ford F150
- NASCAR Truck RAM
- NASCAR Truck Toyota Tundra TRD Pro
- SRX
- Super Late Model
- We will continue to improve this functionality for more vehicles soon!
Fixed
- Fixed an issue where attempting to share a project could result in an error message.
Cleanup
- Added Local Network Access prompt information for Firefox users.
🧑🎨 ICYMI: Camille Yetter in the Spotlight
Director of Graphic Design for Front Row Motorsports, Camille Yetter, didn’t set out for a career in motorsports, but a serendipitous suggestion from a professor took her from the world of horses to horsepower. She’s the focus of August’s Artist Spotlight.
✨ New Verified Official Paints
Painters and teams have served up some fresh new official paints this week in the Trading Paints Showroom.
Teams, drivers, brands, and artists: want to give the verification mark to your official paints on Trading Paints? Let us know!
🏎️ Staff Picks
Enjoy a sampling of paints we’ve been eyeing this week.
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🔢 From the Number Showroom
Here are some new custom numbers from the Number Showroom that caught our eye.
Keep posting your numbers from Number Builder, and we’ll continue to share what we like!
🏆 Paint of the Week
Our Community Manager, Patrick, selected this sharp Cadillac GTP from Luke S. as this week’s Paint of the Week. It just looks fast, doesn’t it?
GOLDWERK CADILLAC GTP Cadillac V-Series.R GTP from Luke S. Images from Julian Madore.
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