ZBrush Shortcut

General Shortcuts
Open Project - Ctrl+OSave Project - Ctrl+S Undo - Ctrl+ZRedo – Shift+Ctrl+Z 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 Show item description (when Popup Info is switched on) - Ctrl+cursor over item Show alternative item description - Ctrl+Alt+cursor over item Assign custom hotkey – Ctrl+Alt+click on item (store hotkeys in Preferences> Hotkeys submenu) Projection Master – G
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Lightbox and Spotlight
Show/hide Lightbox - , [comma key]load selected item - Double-click on Lightbox thumbnail (texture/alphas will be loaded into Spotlight) load into Texture or Alpha palette - Shift+double-click on texture/alpha Turn on/off Spotlight - Shift+Z Show/hide Spotlight Dial - Z
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Edit mode Navigation

with a 3D mesh in Edit mode -
Free Rotate - Click & drag BackgroundMove - 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.)

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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)
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Sculpting and Painting
Draw Size - SFocal Shift - O RGB Intensity - I Z Intensity – U Increase Draw Size by set units - ] Decrease Draw Size by set units - [ (set increment in the Zplugin>Misc Utilities>Brush Increment slider) Edit mode on/off - T Draw - Q Move - W Scale - E Rotate - R Toggle ZAdd and ZSub - Alt (hold down)
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Sculpting Brushes
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
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Color
Select Color under cursor - CSwitch Color - V
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Stroke
Lazy mouse - L Replay Last Stroke - 1Record Stroke - 3 Replay All Recorded Strokes – 2
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3D Models
Save Tool - Shift+Ctrl+T Fit Mesh to view - F Perspective – P Floor Grid - Shift+P Activate Symmetry - X Show/hide Polyframe & polygroups - Shift+F Point Selection Mode - Shift+Ctrl+PSet Pivot Point – Ctrl+ P Clear Pivot Point - Shift+PSnapshot a version to canvas - Shift+S
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SubTools
List all SubTools - N Alt+click on SubTool - select that SubTool
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Geometry
Divide - Ctrl+DLower Res - Shift+D Higher Res - DEdge Loop – Ctrl+E (partially hidden mesh)
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HD Geometry
Toggle in/out of HD Sculpting mode – A (cursor over mesh) Render all HD Geometry – A (cursor over background)
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Masking
View Mask - Ctrl+H Invert Mask - Ctrl+IClear Mask - Shift+Ctrl+A Mask All – Ctrl+A Select Masking Brush - hold Ctrl while selecting brush from popup 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)
Blur mask - Ctrl+Click on mesh Sharpen mask - Ctrl+Alt+Click on mesh
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Topological Masking
in Move, Scale or Rotate mode - Ctrl+click+drag the action line on the model
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Partial Mesh Visibility & Clip Brushes
Select Selection or Clip Brush - hold Shift+Ctrl while selecting brush from popup 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+ClickHide 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)
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Stencil
Stencil On - Alt+HHide/Show Stencil - Ctrl+H Coin Controller – Spacebar
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ZSpheres
Preview Adaptive Skin - A
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Draw mode
Add a child ZSphere - drag ZSphereDelete 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
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Move mode
Move ZSphere - drag ZSpherePose (Natural-linked move) - drag Link-Sphere Move Chain – Alt+drag Link-Sphere
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Scale mode
Scale Zsphere - drag ZSphereInflate/deflate chain – Alt+drag Link-Sphere Scale chain - drag Link-Sphere
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Rotate mode
Spin chain - drag ZSphereControl twist - Alt+drag Link-Sphere Rotate chain - drag Link-Sphere
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ZSketch
Activate ZSketch Edit mode - Shift+A (with a ZSphere armature in Edit mode) Preview Unified Skin - A
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Canvas and 2.5D
Reverse 2.5D brush effect - Alt (hold down) Crop And Fill - Shift+Ctrl+FGrab Texture From Document – Shift+Ctrl+G
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Document Layers
Clear Layer - Ctrl+NFill Layer - Ctrl+F Bake Layer – Ctrl+B 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)
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Markers
Place Marker - M Remove Marker – Ctrl+M
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Canvas Zoom
Actual Size - 0 [zero] Antialiased Half Size - Ctrl+0 Zoom In - + [plus sign] Zoom Out - - [minus sign]
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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 Go to Previous Camera key frame - LEFT ARROW Go to Next Camera key frame - RIGHT ARROW 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)
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Movie
Snapshot to Movie– Ctrl+ Shift+! (US) Shift+Ctrl+PageUp (UK)
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Render
Best Preview Render (BPR) - Shift+R Render All - Shift+Ctrl+RCursor Selective Render – Ctrl+R
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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) Store Configuration File - Shift+Ctrl+ILoad User Interface Configuration File - Ctrl+LSave User Interface Configuration File - Shift+Ctrl+Alt+I
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ZScripts
Load ZScript - Shift+Ctrl+LReload ZScript - Ctrl+U Show/Hide ZScript window - H