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title: "Sculpt Brush Inflate Tool"
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description: "This page documents the Inflate brush for sculpting in Cinema 4D. It pushes vertices outward along their normals (or inward with Ctrl) — the typical brush …"
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# Inflate

> **Note:** **What is it about?**
>
> This page documents the **Inflate brush** for sculpting in **Cinema 4D**. It pushes vertices outward along their normals (or inward with Ctrl) — the typical brush for puffing up muscles, lips or cushion-like volumes.

![Image: 035466.jpg](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/035466.jpg)\
The inflating effect results in a rounded chin; pressing the `Ctrl` key results in large eye sockets.

Use the **Inflate** brush to move vertices in the direction of their Normals (pressing the `Ctrl` key moves them in the opposite direction) to create inflated or concave regions.

An overview of all available brushes can be found here: [Brushes](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/html/49929.html.md).