Vehicles and vehicle mods

Vehicles renders whole cars. Vehicle mods renders mod-shop parts such as bumpers, spoilers, and hoods. To paint and save one car by hand, use the Viewer (Vehicles and Image capture).

Capture whole vehicles

Vehicles mode with a vehicle list and a Paint section — Vehicles mode with the Paint section in Settings.

Open Vehicles

Click Capture, then Vehicles. Search by model name, such as adder, police3, granger. All classes limits the list to GTA vehicle classes.

Respray (optional)

Paint applies one respray to every captured vehicle. Leave a layer on Original to keep the factory look. A vehicle without a given layer keeps its own look there.

Preview of the Adder with the Vehicle panel after a respray — Preview of the Adder after the respray.

Check it in Preview

Click Preview, pick a car in Sample model, then open the Vehicle tab. Change framing with Camera and Edit camera (Cameras).

Click Capture

Set Output first. Every selected vehicle gets one image per camera.

Paint

Option	What it does	Default
Primary, Secondary, Wheels, Interior, Panel	Recolors that layer. Choose a family, then a color from its palette.	Original
Families: Classic, Metallic, Matte, Metals, Chrome, Util, Worn, Crew, Custom RGB	Finish and palette. Crew and Custom RGB take any color.	Original
Pearlescent	Adds a colored highlight over the primary paint without replacing the body color. Disabled when the primary paint has no shine.	None
Back to original color	Restores one layer.	—
Restore	Clears every respray choice.	—

The palettes load once a vehicle is selected.

Capture vehicle mods

Vehicle mods list with an owner vehicle expanded into its parts, and the Base vehicle section — Vehicle mods mode with a vehicle's parts expanded and Base vehicle settings.

Open Vehicle mods

Click Vehicle mods and search in Search vehicles…. The search matches vehicle names and brings in their parts, which appear grouped under each vehicle.

Choose parts

Use All categories to pick mod-shop slots and All classes for vehicle classes. Check a whole vehicle group, or click Show mods to pick single parts. The header checkbox (Select all) acts on groups.

Set how the car looks under the part

Each part is mounted on the vehicle it belongs to. There is no separate car picker. Turn Fit the part onto the vehicle off to skip the base options below: the part stays on its vehicle, which keeps its normal look.

Preview and frame

Click Preview, then Base vehicle to inspect the base. Vehicle has the paint controls; there is no Paint section in the Settings column for this mode. Paint set in Preview › Vehicle is applied to the car under every part. For a close-up of the part, edit the camera and turn on Frame only the part (needs Auto frame).

Preview of a part over a translucent car with Base style and Base opacity — A part over a faded car, Base opacity at 35%.

Click Capture

Each part is captured on its car.

Base vehicle options

Option	What it does	Default
Fit the part onto the vehicle	Applies the options below to the car under the part. Off leaves the car as it ships (the part is still mounted on it).	On
Base style	Real textures, Solid color, or Shaded color for the car under the part.	Real textures
Base color	Color of the base. Only with Solid color or Shaded color.	Neutral gray
Base opacity (100%)	Fades the car so the part stands out. The part stays opaque.	100%
Opacity on the whole model	Fades the car as one object. Off also shows its overlapping inner parts. Only below 100%.	On
Mod on top of the base	Keeps the car from hiding the part.	On

Recoloring or fading the base never changes the part. A faded base stays translucent in a transparent PNG.

File names

Besides the general variables, vehicle modes add these.

Variable	Result
`{{vehicle_mod}}`	Part model name
`{{vehicle_mod_type}}`	Mod-shop slot, such as `spoiler` or `bumper_f`
`{{vehicle_base}}`, `{{vehicle_base_name}}`	Model name and catalog name of the vehicle the part belongs to

When parts from more than one vehicle are selected, include {{vehicle_base}} or {{vehicle_base_name}}. Parts with the same name on different cars would overwrite each other. Capture stays disabled until the template has one of them.

Troubleshooting

No vehicles with mod parts here. Change the class or the mod category, or clear the search.

No vehicle with parts matches. Set All classes and All categories back to all, or clear the search.

Edit the name template and add {{vehicle_base}} — with more than one vehicle, captures of identically named pieces overwrite each other.

Add {{vehicle_base}} or {{vehicle_base_name}} to the Name template under File names.

​Capture whole vehicles

​Paint

​Capture vehicle mods

​Base vehicle options

​File names

​Troubleshooting