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If you open the Stroke menu while holding Shift, these strokes will be visible (Figure 1.16).
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The new Masking and Visibility brushes make use of some new stroke types: Curve, Lasso, Circle, and Rectangle. Please see the DVD for a video showing these brushes and stroke types in action. This is recommended if you change your masking or visibility brush modes often as the extra mouse click can become tiresome. This dialog gives you the option to skip the brush change note until the next restart. ZBrush will display a dialog box asking if you want to change the brush (Figure 1.15). When a masking brush is selected, ZBrush knows these brushes are only accessed when the Ctrl key is pressed, so it will only change the brush selected when you press Ctrl.
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Pen, which is the default mask painting style Mask Lasso Mask Circle Mask Curve and Mask Rect. ZBrush’s Masking and Visibility tools are now brushes in version 4.0, and you select them from the main Brush menu. In previous versions, masking and mesh visibility were handled with hotkeys. You can always use the quick navigation icons at the right side of the screen if the button combinations are too difficult. These movements and combinations may take some practice and may seem strange if you are used to other programs, but with a little experience you’ll find they become second nature. Click Local and your rotations will occur around the last point you edited on the model. Another useful option is the Local button found on the right side of the screen or under the Transform menu. If your model is off center and you want to return to the default view, press the F key to bring it back into focus. Simply move the mouse and the object moves with you. Panning is accomplished by the same combination of Alt and left-click, but you don’t release Alt. In reality it is scaling, but this differentiation is not important when navigating a ZTool. The object will now appear to zoom in and out. To zoom in and out from the model, hold down the Alt key and left-click somewhere on the document window other than the model, release the Alt key, and move the mouse up and down. You can rotate the model at any time by pressing the left mouse button and clicking anywhere on the document or model to rotate. This rotate safe area allows you to click and drag to rotate the model while zoomed in. If you zoom both your document and your ZTool, you will notice there is nowhere to left-click to rotate other than a small rectangle around the border of the document.
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The benefit of this right-click navigation is that it provides another option for rotating the model when zoomed into full screen. Note that if you tap the right mouse button, it will bring up the quick menu. If you right-click and drag while hovering your mouse over the object, the model will rotate. Left-click and drag, and the model will rotate with your movements. With the mouse off your model in the document window, notice that it becomes a circular arrow. Rotating is the simplest movement to accomplish. Ifyou want to make adjustments to the brush curve for the Smooth brush, do so while holding down Shift and the curve edits will only apply to the Smooth brush. These changes will only apply to the Smooth brush. If you want to change the brush settings such as Draw Size and ZIntensity, do so while pressing the Shift key. To change the default size of the Shift Smooth brush, adjust the Alt Brush slider in the Smooth Brush Modifiers menu under the Brush menu. Typically, it is helpful to have a larger Smooth brush than a sculpting brush. While holding Shift, your draw circle will become blue to let you know you are smoothing the surface. In ZBrush you cannot directly select the Smooth brush instead, you press and hold the Shift key to change your current brush to Smooth. The Shift key serves as a way to access the Smooth brush. When sculpting with ZAdd on, holding down Alt will cause the brush to carve away instead of building up form. The Alt key activates the alternate mode for nearly all ZBrush brushes.