The Stamp Tool is used to place, edit, and arrange image assets on your map. Use it to add mountains, trees, terrain features, buildings, interiors, props, and other map elements, from the Stamp Catalog. New stamps are always placed on the currently active Object Layer.

Select the Stamp Tool by clicking its icon in the toolbar or pressing O.

Select a stamp from the Catalog, then click anywhere on the map to place it. Once placed, a stamp can be selected again at any time with the Select Tool to edit its appearance, position, or other properties.

Choosing Stamps

Click the stamp preview in the Tool Panel or press F to open the Catalog. Select a stamp or Stamp Set, then click anywhere on the map to place it.

Stamp Sets

A Stamp Set is a collection of related stamps, called Child Stamps. Stamp Sets are used to group variations of the same asset, or assets that are closely related thematically, making it easy to add natural variety while building your map. Common examples include trees, rocks, bushes, and other repeating objects.

Stamp Sets support all of the same placement and appearance options as individual stamps. By default, a random Child Stamp is selected each time a new stamp is placed, creating natural variation automatically. You can also select and place a specific Child Stamp when needed. Use Alt + Mouse Wheel to quickly cycle through the available Child Stamps in the selected Stamp Set.

Recently Used

The Recently Used section displays the stamps and stamp sets you have used most recently, including all applied settings. This makes it easy to switch between objects without having to configure them again.

Favorites

Save stamps and stamp sets as Favorites to reuse them across multiple maps.

Favorites store the selected stamp or stamp set together with all of its customized settings, such as scale, rotation, offsets, and color adjustments. Saved favorites are available in all maps and scene styles.

Placement Properties

Placement Properties control the position, size, orientation, and display order of a stamp. These properties can be adjusted before placing a new stamp or after selecting an existing one.

• Scale: Adjust the size of the stamp. Assets within the same style are designed to work together at a consistent scale, so in most cases using the same scale produces natural results. Press W/S to adjust the stamp scale. Hold Shift to adjust it in increments of 10. Alternatively you can hold Shift + Mouse wheel to change the scale.

• Rotation: Rotate the stamp to any angle. Press </> to adjust the rotation in increments of 15°. Hold Alt to adjust rotation in increments of 1. Alternative you can hold Ctrl (+ Alt) + Mouse Wheel to change the rotation.

• Rotation Randomization: Apply a random rotation to each newly placed stamp.

• Sublayer: Control the display order within the active Object Layer. See Object Layers for more information.

• Flip: Flip the stamp horizontally or vertically.

• Transform: Stretch or shrink the stamp horizontally or vertically.

Appearance Properties

Appearance Properties change how a stamp is rendered without changing the underlying asset or its placement. Available properties include:

• Opacity: Adjust the transparency of the stamp. A value of 100 is fully opaque, while 0 is fully transparent. Press E/D to adjust the opacity. Hold Shift to adjust it in increments of 10

• Shadow Type: Choose how the stamp’s shadow is rendered. See Shadow Options for details. Available options include:

  • None: Disables the shadow

  • Layer Shadow: Use the shared shadow from the active Object Layer. (See Shadow Options)

  • Default Object Shadow: Use the scene style’s default Object Shadow settings.

  • Custom Object Shadow: Uses the stamps custom defined shadow, or a user configured a custom Object Shadow for this stamp.

• Blend Mode: Control how the stamp blends with the colors and textures beneath it. See Blend modes for more information

• Blur: Apply a blur effect to soften the appearance of the stamp. Useful when working with multiple elevation levels or focal points within battle maps

• Clip Mask: Allows a stamp to blend seamlessly with the surrounding terrain by using the underlying brush texture. This is commonly used to make assets adapt to different terrain textures or blend naturally along coastlines. The Clip Mask option is only available for stamps that support clip masks. See Clip Masks for more information.

• Color Adjustments: Color adjustments modify the appearance of the selected stamp. Available adjustments include: Hue, Saturation, Brightness, Contrast

Tool Synchronization

The Sync Tool Options to Selection (The small pipette button available in the bottom panel) setting controls whether the Stamp Tool automatically adopts the properties of the currently selected stamp.

• On: When you select a stamp on the canvas and then switch to the Stamp Tool, all of the selected stamp’s properties are copied to the Stamp Tool. Placing a new stamps creates another copy with the same appearance and placement settings.

• Off: The Stamp Tool keeps the settings from the last stamp that was placed, regardless of the currently selected object.

The selected mode is remembered across sessions.

Placement Options

Placement settings control how stamps are added to the map.

• Continuous Placement: When Place is set to Many, you can click and drag to place multiple stamps in a single movement. This is useful for quickly placing repeated objects such as trees, rocks, or vegetation.

• Auto Select: If set to On, newly placed stamps are automatically selected, so you can immediately adjust their properties.

Area & Density

When Place is set to Many, you can expand More Options to access additional brush placement settings.

• Area: Controls the size of the placement brush.

• Density: Controls how many stamps are placed within the brush area.

Hold Alt while painting to temporarily switch to Erase mode. To use Erase mode, the Area value must be greater than 0. The Erase brush only removes stamps from the currently selected stamp or stamp set.

See Also

• Clip Masks: Learn how clip strokes and clip fills blend with the underlying terrain.

• Catalog: Browse and select assets of different types.

• Object Panel: Select, organize, and manage line, shape, and stamp objects on the active Object Layer.

• Layers Panel: Create and manage Object Layers, control drawing order, and organize map content.