ZBrush4R2 Shortcuts by Palette

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The following list of Shortcuts and Mouse Actions is arranged by palette. For a list arranged by category see ZBrush 4R2 Shortcuts by Category.

Contents 1 Keyboard Shortcuts 1.1 General 1.2 Brush Palette 1.2.1 Change the Brush hotkeys (pop-up palette) 1.3 Color Palette 1.4 Draw Palette 1.5 Edit Palette 1.6 File Palette 1.7 Layer Palette 1.8 Marker Palette 1.9 Movie Palette 1.10 Preferences Palette 1.11 Render Palette 1.12 Stencil Palette 1.13 Stroke Palette 1.14 Texture Palette 1.15 Tool Palette 1.16 Transform Palette 1.17 Zoom Palette 1.18 ZPlugin Palette 1.19 ZScript Palette 2 Mouse Actions 3 Edit Mode Actions 3.1 Navigation 3.1.1 Right-Click Navigation 3.2 Masking 3.3 Topological Masking 3.4 Partial Mesh Visibility & Clip Brushes 4 ZSphere Edit Actions 4.1 Draw mode 4.2 Move mode 4.3 Scale mode 4.4 Rotate mode 5 Timeline 6 Custom UI and Configuration

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

Popup selection (on PC only)

Tools – F1

Brushes – F2

Strokes – F3

Alphas – F4

Textures – F5

Materials - F6 (with cursor off canvas area)

Show QuickMenu - Spacebar or Right Mouse click

Show/hide floating palettes – TAB

Assign custom hotkey – Ctrl+Alt+click on item (store hotkeys in Preferences> Hotkeys submenu)

Brush Palette

Show Brush pop-up - B

Standard Brush - B - S - T

Smooth Stronger - B - S - S

Move Elastic - B - M - E

MPolish - B - M - P

ClipCurve - B - C - C

ClayLine - B - C - L

Select Masking Brush - hold Ctrl while selecting brush from popup

Select Selection or Clip Brush - hold Shift+Ctrl while selecting brush from popup

Change the Brush hotkeys (pop-up palette)

Here is what you have to do:

• Click B to bring up the brush palette.
• Then click the letter that you want to narrow down to, in this example click C.
• With C clicked all you will see is the brushes that start with C. This is when you will see the next letter that selects the brush.
• At this point you can hold CTRL+ALT to change the shortcut to whatever you want by just clicking on the brush and then click your new shortcut.

NOTE: Keep in mind that when you do this ZBrush automatically replaces the shortcut of another brush if you select a shortcut that is already assigned.

Color Palette

Select Color under cursor - C

Switch Color - V

Fill Layer - Ctrl+F

Draw Palette

Draw Size - S

Focal Shift - O

RGB Intensity - I

Z Intensity – U

Perspective – P

Floor Grid - Shift+P

Edit Palette

Undo - Ctrl+Z

Redo – Shift+Ctrl+Z

File Palette

Open Project - Ctrl+O

Save Project - Ctrl+S

Layer Palette

Clear Layer - Ctrl+N

Fill Layer - Ctrl+F

Bake Layer – Ctrl+B

Marker Palette

Place Marker - M

Remove Marker – Ctrl+M

Movie Palette

Snapshot to Movie – Ctrl+ Shift+! (US) Shift+Ctrl+PageUp (UK)

Timeline

Go to Previous Camera key frame Dot - LEFT ARROW

Go to Next Camera key frame Dot - RIGHT ARROW

Preferences Palette

Configuration

Store Configuration File - Shift+Ctrl+I

Load User Interface Configuration File - Ctrl+L

Save User Interface Configuration File - Shift+Ctrl+Alt+I

Lightbox

Show/hide Lightbox - , [comma]

Render Palette

Best Preview Render (BPR) - Shift+R

Render All - Shift+Ctrl+R

Cursor Selective Render – Ctrl+R

Stencil Palette

Stencil On - Alt+H

Hide/Show Stencil - Ctrl+H

Coin Controller – Spacebar

Stroke Palette

Lazy mouse - L

Replay Last Stroke - 1

Record Stroke - 3

Replay All Recorded Strokes – 2

Texture Palette

Turn on/off Spotlight - Shift+Z

CropAndFill - Shift+Ctrl+F

Grab Texture From Document – Shift+Ctrl+G

Tool Palette

Save Tool - Shift+Ctrl+T

Geometry

Divide - Ctrl+D

Lower Res - Shift+D

Higher Res - D

Edge Loop – Ctrl+E (partially hidden mesh)

Remesh Dynamesh sculpt - in Edit > Draw mode Ctrl+Drag Background

HD Geometry

Toggle in/out of HD Sculpting mode – A (cursor over mesh)

Render all HD Geometry – A (cursor over background)

Masking

View Mask - Ctrl+H

Invert Mask - Ctrl+I

Clear Mask - Shift+Ctrl+A

Mask All – Ctrl+A

ZSpheres

Preview Adaptive Skin - A

ZSketch

Activate ZSketch Edit mode - Shift+A (with a ZSphere armature in Edit mode)

Preview Unified Skin - A

Transform Palette

Activate Symmetry - X

Draw Pointer - Q

Move - W

Scale - E

Rotate - R

Edit – T

Center mesh in canvas (when in Edit mode) - F

Draw Polyframe - Shift+F

Point Selection Mode - Shift+Ctrl+P

Set Pivot Point – Ctrl+ P

Clear Pivot Point - Shift+P

Snapshot object - Shift+S

Show/hide Spotlight Dial - Z

Zoom Palette

Actual Size - 0 [zero]

Antialiased Half Size - Ctrl+0

Zoom In - + [plus sign]

Zoom Out - - [minus sign]

ZPlugin Palette

Misc Utilities

Increase Draw Size by set units - ]

Decrease Draw Size by set units - [

(set increment in the Zplugin>Misc Utilities>Brush Increment slider)

Projection Master

Projection Master – G

ZScript Palette

Load ZScript - Shift+Ctrl+L

Reload ZScript - Ctrl+U

Hide ZScript - H

Mouse Actions

Toggle ZAdd and ZSub - Alt (hold down)

On Layer thumbnail, toggle all layers on/off - Shift+Click

Select layer on which clicked pixol resides - ~+Click canvas (US) @+Click canvas (UK)

Move layer contents up/down/sideways (X & Y)- ~+drag (US) @+drag (UK)

Show item description (when Popup Info is switched on) - Ctrl+cursor over item

Move item to custom interface position – Ctrl+Alt+drag (when Enable Customize is switched on)

Remove item from custom interface position – Ctrl+Alt+drag to Canvas (when Enable Customize is on)

Edit Mode Actions

Navigation

with a 3D mesh in Edit mode -

Free Rotate - Click & drag Background

Move - Alt+Click & drag Background

Constrain to 90-degree rotation - Click+drag, press Shift

Scale – Alt+Click, Release Alt, drag Background

Rotate around Z-axis - Shift, Click, release Shift, drag

(For best results turn off RightClick Navigation in the Preferences>Interface menu.)

Right-Click Navigation

(Turn on RightClick Navigation in the Preferences>Interface menu.)

Move - Alt+Right-click & drag (can be over the model)

Scale - Ctrl+Right-click & drag (can be over the model)

Rotate - Right-click & drag (can be over the model)

Masking

Paint mask on object (alphas/strokes can be used) - Ctrl (hold down)

Delete or paint reverse mask – Ctrl+Alt (hold down)

Reverse mask – Ctrl+Click Background

Clear Mask – Ctrl+Click+ drag Background

Constant-intensity mask - Ctrl+Click, release Ctrl, drag (starting off mesh)

Alpha-intensity mask (using MaskPen or MaskRect brush) - Ctrl+Click & drag

(select alpha while holding Ctrl)

Topological Masking

in Move, Scale or Rotate mode - Ctrl+click+drag the action line on the model

Partial Mesh Visibility & Clip Brushes

Show mesh portion – Shift+Ctrl+Click, release keys & drag (green selection area)

Hide mesh portion - Shift+Ctrl+Click, release keys & drag - press Alt (red selection area)

Move selection or clip area - 'press Spacebar without releasing mouse/pen

Show entire mesh - Shift+Ctrl+Click Background

Show only selected Polygroup (on fully visible mesh) - Shift+Ctrl+Click

Hide selected Polygroup (on fully visible mesh) - Shift+Ctrl+Click twice

Hide selected Polygroup (on partially visible mesh) - Shift+Ctrl+Click

Reverse visibility - Shift+Ctrl+Click & drag Background

ClipCurve add soft direction change - click Alt once

ClipCurve add sharp direction change - click Alt twice

reverse clip area - Alt (hold down)

ZSphere Edit Actions

Draw mode

Add a child ZSphere - drag ZSphere

Delete ZSphere - Alt+Click ZSphere

Add a child ZSphere at same size – Click+drag, press Shift

Add a child ZSphere and scale Link Spheres – Click+drag to size new ZSphere, press Ctrl+drag

Insert ZSphere - Click Link-Sphere

with Tool>Adaptive Skin>Use ClassicSkinning on:

Sphere Define magnet/ break mesh - Alt+Click Link-Sphere

Move mode

Move ZSphere - drag ZSphere

Pose (Natural-linked move) - drag Link-Sphere

Move Chain – Alt+drag Link-Sphere

Scale mode

Scale Zsphere - drag ZSphere

Inflate/deflate chain – Alt+drag Link-Sphere

Scale chain - drag Link-Sphere

Rotate mode

Spin chain - drag ZSphere

Control twist - Alt+drag Link-Sphere

Rotate chain - drag Link-Sphere

Timeline

Place a new key frame - click on the Timeline

Select an existing key frame - click on the key frame dot

Zoom Timeline in/out - click on selected key frame dot

Move selected key frame - click+drag dot to new position (dragging off end will delete)

Store new data in existing key frame - Shift+Ctrl+click on the key frame dot

Delete a key frame - click+drag dot off the Timeline

Copy selected key frame - Shift+click on the Timeline at the point where you want the copy

Copy multiple key frames - Shift+click on all the key frames dots to be copied, then Shift+click the Timeline

at the point where you want the copies

Create Transition key frame - Ctrl+click on an existing key frame dot

Create Rigid key frame - Alt+click on an existing key frame dot

Play the Timeline (will play as a loop) - Shift+click on the Timeline cursor

Stop the Timeline playing - click Esc

Record Timeline as a Movie - Shift+Ctrl+click on the Timeline cursor

(set the cursor to the start first using the LEFT ARROW)

Custom UI and Configuration

Move item to custom interface position – Ctrl+Alt+drag (when Enable Customize is switched on)

Remove item from custom interface position – Ctrl+Alt+drag to Canvas (when Enable Customize is on)

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