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ZBRUSH - Keyboard Shortcuts

This document provides keyboard shortcuts for various tools and functions in ZBrush. Some key shortcuts include using F keys to access tool palettes, Ctrl+Z for undo, Ctrl+S for save, and spacebar or right click to access the quick menu. Mouse actions allow manipulating objects in edit mode using keyboard modifiers like Ctrl and Shift. ZSphere editing allows adding, moving, scaling, and rotating spheres using click and drag with modifiers.

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ZBRUSH - Keyboard Shortcuts

This document provides keyboard shortcuts for various tools and functions in ZBrush. Some key shortcuts include using F keys to access tool palettes, Ctrl+Z for undo, Ctrl+S for save, and spacebar or right click to access the quick menu. Mouse actions allow manipulating objects in edit mode using keyboard modifiers like Ctrl and Shift. ZSphere editing allows adding, moving, scaling, and rotating spheres using click and drag with modifiers.

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Keyboard Shortcuts

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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) [edit]

Color Palette
Select Color under cursor - C Switch Color - V Fill Layer - Ctrl+F [edit]

Document Palette
Open Document - Ctrl+O Save Document - Ctrl+S [edit]

Draw Palette
Draw Size - S Focal Shift - O RGB Intensity - I Z Intensity U Perspective P Increase Draw Size by 10 units - ] Decrease Draw Size by 10 units - [ [edit]

Edit Palette

Undo - Ctrl+Z Redo Shift+Ctrl+Z [edit]

Layer Palette
Clear Layer - Ctrl+N Fill Layer - Ctrl+F Bake Layer Ctrl+B [edit]

Marker Palette
Place Marker - M Remove Marker Ctrl+M [edit]

Movie Palette
Snapshot Ctrl+ Shift+! (US) Shift+Ctrl+PageUp (UK) [edit]

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 [edit]

Render Palette
Render All - Shift+Ctrl+R Cursor Selective Render Ctrl+R [edit]

Stencil Palette
Stencil On - Alt+H Hide/Show Stencil - Ctrl+H Coin Controller Spacebar [edit]

Stroke Palette
Lazy mouse - L Replay Last Stroke - Ctrl+1 Record Stroke - Ctrl+3 Replay All Recorded Strokes Ctrl+2 [edit]

Texture Palette
CropAndFill - Shift+Ctrl+F Grab Texture From Document Shift+Ctrl+G [edit]

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 [edit]

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

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Zoom Palette
Actual Size - 0 [zero] Antialiased Half Size - Ctrl+0 Zoom In - + [plus sign] Zoom Out - - [minus sign] [edit]

ZScript Palette
Load ZScript - Shift+Ctrl+L Reload ZScript - Ctrl+U Hide ZScript - H [edit]

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]

Edit Mode Actions


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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 [edit]

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 [edit]

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

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

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ZSphere Edit Actions


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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 [edit]

Move Mode
Move ZSphere - Drag ZSphere Pose (Natural-linked move) - Alt+Drag Link-Sphere Move Chain Drag Link-Sphere [edit]

Scale Mode
Scale Zsphere - Drag ZSphere Inflate/deflate chain Alt+Drag Link-Sphere

Scale chain - Drag Link-Sphere [edit]

Rotate Mode
Spin chain - Drag ZSphere Control twist - Alt+Drag Link-Sphere Rotate chain - Drag Link-Sphere

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