Shortcuts
From ZBrush Info
Keyboard Shortcuts
Note: Mac Users: All keyboard shortcuts also work on the Mac. Simply substitute the Cmd key for Ctrl
Alpha Palette (Alt+A)
Color Palette (Alt+C)
- C
- Selects whatever color is under the cursor.
- Ctrl+F
- Fills layer with currently selected color (or texture) and material Document Palette
Document Palette (Alt+O)
- Ctrl+O
- Opens a Document
- Ctrl+S
- Saves a Document
Draw Palette (Alt+D)
- I
- Rgb Intensity slider appears at cursor location
- Shift+I
- Z Intensity slider appears at cursor location
- L
- Locks Rgb and Z Intensity sliders
- S
- Brings up Draw Size slider at cursor location
- Alt
- While held down, toggles between Zadd and Zsub Draw Palette (Alt+D)
Edit Palette (Alt+E)
- Ctrl+Z
- Undo
- Ctrl+Shift+Z
- Redo (Note that both functions are based on the mode that the user is in. If Transform>Edit Object is active, then will undo the last change to the model. If it is not active, then they will undo or redo the last changes to the canvas. Some changes, however, cannot be undone.)
Layer Palette (Alt+Y)
- Ctrl+N
- Clears the active layer
- Ctrl+F
- Fills layer with currently selected color (or texture) and material
- Ctrl+B
- Bakes the layer shading
- Shift+Click
- On any layer, toggles all layers on or off
- ~+Click
- Selects the layer on which the clicked pixol resides
- ~+Drag
- Moves the layer contents (Equal to Layer>Displace H and Layer>Displace V)
- ~+Alt+Drag
- Moves the layer content depth (Equal to Layer>Displace Z)
Light Palette (Alt+L)
Marker Palette (Alt+K)
Material Palette (Alt+M)
Movie Palette
- Ctrl+Shift+G
- Brings up Grab Frame slider at cursor location
- Ctrl+Shift+O
- Starts continuous recording
- Ctrl+Shift+P
- Plays ZMovie
- Ctrl+Shift+W
- Select a window
- Ctrl+Shift+1
- Records a single frame Movie Palette (Alt+V) ;
Picker Palette (Alt+P)
Preferences Palette (Alt+P)
- Ctrl
- When Popup Info is turned on, hold down Ctrl to see more detailed descriptions
- Ctrl+Click
- On a Float Menu/Shelf item, removes that item from the Float Menu/Shelf
- Ctrl+Drag
- Pulls an item from the interface into the Float Menu or Shelf. Items can be docked with other items, or left floating separately. Only interface elements which exist when ZBrush is launched may be placed in these locations.
- Ctrl+Shift+I
- Stores interface configuration Tab Toggles Float Menu and Shelf on or off
Render Palette (Alt+R)
- Ctrl+R
- Renders area around cursor
- Ctrl+Shift+R
- Renders all
Stencil Palette (Alt+N)
- Alt+H
- Turns Stencil on or off
- Ctrl+H
- Hides/Shows Stencil
- Spacebar
- Brings up Coin Controller at cursor position
Stroke Palette (Alt+S)
- Ctrl+1
- Replays last stroke
- Ctrl+2
- Replays all strokes
- Ctrl+3
- Records brush strokes
Tablet Palette (Alt+B)
Texture Palette (Alt+K)
Tool Palette (Alt+T)
- A
- When working with ZSpheres, toggles the mesh Preview
- D
- Goes up one mesh subdivision level (if available)
- Ctrl+D
- Divides the active mesh
- Shift+D
- Goes down one mesh subdivision level (if available)
- Ctrl+E
- Creates an edge loop around the visible portion of a polymesh object
- Ctrl+Shift+T
- Saves the active tool
Transform Palette (Alt+F)
- E
- Activates Scale
- F
- Quick 3D Edit
- Shift+F
- Polyframe mode
- Q
- Activates the Draw pointer
- R
- Activates Rotate
- T
- Enters/Exits Edit mode
- W
- Activates Move
- M
- Makes Marker
- Ctrl+M
- Removes Marker
- X
- X Symmetry
- Y
- Y Symmetry
- Z
- Z Symmetry
- Ctrl
- When Edit Object is active, hold down to paint a mask on the object
- Ctrl+Click (On canvas)
- Masks all visible portions of a mesh
- Ctrl+Shift
- Used with click or drag for partial mesh visibility controls (more info in this guide)
- G
- Activates Projection Master panel
- Ctrl+G
- 3D Copy Shift Constrains object rotation in Rotate or Edit Object mode
- Shift+S
- Snapshots the current object or stroke
Zoom Palette (Alt+W)
- 0
- Views actual size
- + or -
- Zooms in (+) or out (-)
- Ctrl+0
- Half Sized, Antialiased View
- Space+Drag
- Pans the canvas
ZScript Palette (Alt+Z)
- H
- Shows/Hides ZScript window
- Ctrl+U
- Reloads current ZScript
- Ctrl+Shift+L
- Loads a ZScript
- Left Arrow
- Loads last ZScript
- Right Arrow
- Loads next ZScript (if multiple ZScripts have been loaded)
- Up Arrow
- Scrolls ZScript up
- Down Arrow
- Scrolls ZScript down
- Esc
- Halts ZScript execution
- Spacebar
- Brings up QuickMenu at cursor location
