Enhanced Vertex Color Tool v3.8 !!

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A Blender addon that provides advanced vertex color editing and visualization tools. It enhances the default vertex color workflow with powerful operations such as gradients, randomization, AO baking, channel management, and inspection.

Now with improved color workflow accuracy, per-face editing, smarter layer handling, and full Blender 5.0 compatibility.

For Blender 4.5+ – Fully compatible with Blender 5.0

🆕 Latest Updates

sRGB Workflow Support
Proper handling of sRGB color space for more accurate and predictable vertex color results across your pipeline.

Per-Face Editing Support
Vertex colors can now be edited per face, with automatic blending across faces when needed for smoother transitions.

Vertex Color Layer Handling Revamp

Reuses your existing vertex color layer when available
Automatically converts layers if the setup is incorrect
More reliable internal gathering of vertex color data

Blender 5.0 Support
Fully updated and verified to work with Blender 5.0.

✨ Features

Viewport Utilities

Toggle between Vertex Color and Material viewport display
Switch between Flat and Studio lighting for better visualization

Fill Tools

Fill with custom color, black, white, or single channel values
Per-channel fill with adjustable intensity

Gradient Tools

Linear and radial gradient fills
World-space, local, or active-object-inherited direction
Invert gradient, global or local control
Interactive Trace Gradient directly in the viewport

Randomization

Random fill across entire mesh, per connected component, or per UV island
Optional normalization of values

Channel Management

Clear channels to 0 or 1
Invert channel values
Switch channels (for example R → G)

Ambient Occlusion Baking

Bake AO into a chosen vertex color channel
Control resolution, UV map, and progress tracking

Inspection Mode

Preview a single channel as grayscale
Accept or discard changes after editing in inspect mode
Special tools available while inspecting (fill value, randomize, gradients, etc.)

📦 Installation

Download the addon folder (Panels.py, Properties.py, Functions.py, Operators.py)
In Blender, go to Edit > Preferences > Add-ons > Install
Select the addon .zip or the folder
Enable Enhanced Vertex Color Tool in the Add-ons list

Addon panel location:
N-Panel > Tarmunds Addons > Enhanced Vertex Color Tool

🛠️ Operators

See Vertex Color (vct.see_vcolor) – Toggle viewport shading between Vertex Color and Material
Shade Flat (vct.shade_flat) – Toggle between Flat and Studio lighting
Fill Color (vct.fill_color) – Fill selected meshes with chosen color
Fill Black/White (vct.fill_black, vct.fill_white) – Quick fill with black or white
Fill 1 Channel (vct.fill_1channel) – Fill a single channel with a constant value
Gradient Fill (vct.gradient_fill) – Fill with a directional gradient
Random Fill (vct.random_fill) – Fill with randomized values
Inspect Color (vct.inspect_color) – Enable inspect mode for a channel
Discard Inspect Changes (vct.discard_inspect_changes) – Exit inspection and discard changes
Inspect Fill Value (vct.inspect_fill_value) – Fill inspection channel with a set value
Clear Channel (vct.clear_channel) – Reset channel values to 0 or 1
Switch Channel (vct.switch_channel) – Swap two channels
AO to Vertex Color (vct.ao_to_vertex_color) – Bake ambient occlusion into vertex colors
Invert Channel (vct.invert_channel) – Invert channel values
Trace Gradient (vct.trace_gradient) – Interactive gradient tool in the 3D View