ZBrush 3 Shortcuts

From ZBrush Info

If you are on a Mac, see the ZBrush 2 Shortcuts

Contents 1 Keyboard Shortcuts 1.1 General 1.2 Color Palette 1.3 Document Palette 1.4 Draw Palette 1.5 Edit Palette 1.6 Layer Palette 1.7 Marker Palette 1.8 Movie Palette 1.9 Preferences Palette 1.10 Render Palette 1.11 Stencil Palette 1.12 Stroke Palette 1.13 Texture Palette 1.14 Tool Palette 1.15 Transform Palette 1.16 Zoom Palette 1.17 ZScript Palette 2 Mouse Actions 3 Edit Mode Actions 3.1 Transformations 3.2 Masking 3.3 Stencil 3.4 Partial Mesh Visibility 4 ZSphere Edit Actions 4.1 Draw Pointer 4.2 Move Mode 4.3 Scale Mode 4.4 Rotate Mode

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

Popup selection

Tools – F1

Brushes – F2

Strokes – F3

Alphas – F4

Textures – F5

Materials - F6

Show QuickMenu - Spacebar or Right Mouse click

Show/hide floating palettes – TAB

Projection Master – G

ZMapper – Ctrl+G

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

Color Palette

Select Color under cursor - C

Switch Color - V

Fill Layer - Ctrl+F

Document Palette

Open Document - Ctrl+O

Save Document - Ctrl+S

Draw Palette

Draw Size - S

Focal Shift - O

RGB Intensity - I

Z Intensity – U

Perspective – P

Increase Draw Size by 1 units - Ctrl++

Decrease Draw Size by 1 units - Ctrl+-

Edit Palette

Undo - Ctrl+Z

Redo – Shift+Ctrl+Z

Increase Draw Size by 10 units - a

Decrease Draw Size by 10 units - 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 – Ctrl+ Shift+! (US) Shift+Ctrl+PageUp (UK)

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

Render Palette

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 - Ctrl+1

Record Stroke - Ctrl+3

Replay All Recorded Strokes – Ctrl+2

Texture Palette

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)

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

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 - Shift+S

Lasso selection mode - Ctrl+Shift+M

Zoom Palette

Actual Size - 0 [zero]

Antialiased Half Size - Ctrl+0

Zoom In - + [plus sign]

Zoom Out - - [minus sign]

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)

Move layer contents forward/backward (Z) - ~+Alt+Drag (US) @+Alt+Drag (UK)

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

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

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

Edit Mode Actions

Transformations

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

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 - Ctrl+Click & Drag (starting off mesh, Lasso off)

Blur mask - Ctrl+Click on mesh

Stencil

Create custom Stencil - Shift+Ctrl+Click, Release Ctrl, Drag (when Lasso selection switched on)

Partial Mesh Visibility

Show mesh portion – Shift+Ctrl+Click & Drag

Hide mesh portion - Shift+Ctrl+Click, Release Shift, Drag

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

Reverse visibility - Shift+Ctrl+Click & Drag Background

ZSphere Edit Actions

Draw Pointer

Add a child ZSphere - Drag ZSphere

Delete ZSphere - Alt+Click ZSphere

Add a child ZSphere at same size – Shift+Click

Add a child ZSphere at Draw Size – start Drag, press Ctrl

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

Insert ZSphere - Click Link-Sphere

Move Mode

Move ZSphere - Drag ZSphere

Pose (Natural-linked move) - Alt+Drag Link-Sphere

Move Chain 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