Tl;Dr: Cloud Paint is a Blender add-on by Casey Sheep and MeiU for stylized clouds. It uses Geometry Nodes, renders in Eevee, and shares a bundle with Stylized Water and GrassPaint.
Clouds with actual camera freedom
Casey Sheep and MeiU built Cloud Paint for anime scenes, fantasy skies, toon environments, concept art renders and stylized environment work. The tool creates cloud forms inside Blender rather than relying on a flat card that only behaves from one carefully negotiated angle.
A fixed matte can solve a locked shot. This tool targets scenes that need camera movement, changing viewpoints or a cloud silhouette shaped for a specific composition. Its workflow stays inside Blender from setup through rendering.
Compatibility starts at Blender 4.5 and includes the 5.x line. The current store metadata names versions 4.5 through 5.1. The renderer restriction matters more than the version range: the add-on targets Eevee and Eevee Next. Cycles is unsupported.
Two ways into the sky
The add-on splits its workflow between ready-made cloud assets and a mesh conversion system. The built-in assets handle fast sky blocking, background clouds and quick scene setup. The generator handles custom silhouettes.
Artists can browse the asset library by category, a thumbnail selects an asset or a generator preset. Regular assets expose an Import Asset command, while generator entries expose the Cloud Generator command.
Imported cloud assets enter the active collection and become selected automatically. A placement toggle can put an asset at the 3D Cursor. With that toggle off, the asset arrives at the world origin. The workflow keeps basic scene assembly familiar, which is useful when the sky already contains enough drama.
The generator takes one or more selected mesh objects and applies a Geometry Nodes modifier. The library contains ten presets for different cloud styles. A plane, cube, or custom silhouette can serve as the source mesh.
This gives the artist direct control over the outline before the procedural treatment begins. The mesh defines the broad form. The preset establishes a starting look. The exposed controls then refine density, shape and appearance.
Mesh in, cloud out
A generator setup starts with a selected mesh. The artist filters the library to a category whose name ends in Generator, selects one of the ten thumbnails and clicks Cloud Generator. The tool adds the node modifier to the chosen object.
If the active object already carries the generator modifier, the button turns red. Clicking it then removes the modifier from the selected objects. That makes the same control handle application and removal without a scavenger hunt through the modifier stack.
Object scale matters. A source mesh that is too small can produce an incorrect result. The fix is dirt easy: scale up the object, then apply scale and rotation before running the generator again.
The Control Panel reads the Geometry Nodes modifiers on the active object and exposes their parameters without requiring artists to open teh modifier stack. Modifier names expand and collapse. Related controls sit in collapsible groups.
The panel can expose sliders, vectors, colours, materials, collections and object inputs when the node group makes them available. That keeps routine adjustments in one place while preserving the underlying node-based setup.
Cloud Paint supports broad silhouette changes and smaller look adjustments through those exposed controls. Artists can switch presets to compare styles without rebuilding the source mesh. The source geometry remains the starting point for the cloud form.
For quick skies, the shortest route uses the built-in assets. Fix the renderer settings when prompted, import several clouds, then move, scale and duplicate them through the scene. For custom shapes, build or select a mesh, apply a generator preset and tune the result through the Control Panel.
Eevee gets the whole sky
Cloud Paint checks the current renderer setup. When the scene does not match the required configuration, a red warning appears at the top of the panel. A Click to Fix Eevee Settings control switches the scene to Eevee and enables ray tracing when the setup needs it.
Polygon weather warning
Large or dense source meshes can generate higher polygon counts. That can pressure weaker systems. Hardware, scene complexity, mesh complexity and viewport settings all affect performance.
The practical controls remain inside Blender. The product does not include supported export of its assets, shaders or node systems to other DCC applications or game engines. The creators provide no guarantee for that route.
That restriction closes off a common assumption around procedural assets. Buying the add-on does not buy a documented path into Unreal Engine, Unity or another renderer. The supported destination is Blender with Eevee.
Installation stays conventional
Installation uses Blender’s normal add-on route. Open Edit, then Preferences, then Add-ons. Select Install, choose the Cloud Paint zip file and enable the add-on through its checkbox.
The interface then appears in the 3D Viewport sidebar under the Cloud Paint tab. Pressing N opens that sidebar. From there, the Assets Library and Control Panel cover the documented workflow.
Price, bundle and licence
Casey Sheep and MeiU list Cloud Paint at $12 on Superhive. A $28 bundle combines the cloud generator with Stylized Water and GrassPaint. The store lists a combined value of $43. Existing owners of one of those products can contact the creator about an added discount.
The product uses Superhive’s Royalty Free License. That licence permits personal, educational and commercial use. It forbids resale, redistribution or repackaging without explicit permission from the original creator.
New tools and procedural systems should always be tested on representative shots before entering production. Use the intended Blender version, final Eevee settings, expected camera motion and realistic scene density. Clouds are soft. Deadlines remain surprisingly solid.
