week6

Spotlight

1. Texture -> Import (loads the img into ZBrush. -can be used as assigned to/with Brush directly or loaded to Spotlight)

2. Select the texture

3. Add to Spotlight ( +/-) , turns on Spotlight

Click inside the Dial to move the image. 

For some of these features (like rotation and scale), the center of SpotLight acts as a pivot point. Manipulate the SpotLight widget to set this pivot point by clicking on the desired center point.

Z- spotlight projection ( edit image mode/ projection mode)

Shift + Z - turns on/ off the Spotlight

1- Rotate

2- Scale

3- Pin

pins the starting point of your paint to a certain area of an img ( where the center of the dial is). Start painting and don't let go. Once let go, it will start over with the initial spot.

4- Spotlight Radius

makes texture visible only a certain circle area around brush

5 - Opacity ( click on it and rotate the file right/ left..)

6- Fade 

you can lay imgs on top of each other and mix them as you paint

Reorganisation of the images (7-9):

7 - by size of the imgs
8- makes the selected one the biggest
9- all imgs same size

10- Bring to front ( if you have a pile of imgs)

11- Bring to back

12- Delete the img

15/16 + Shift to make it a squared grid

18- Restore Brush

19- Nudge

20- Clone 

ing inside the dial gets cloned. Selected img gets edited. *move door out of an obj

Brushes ( 21-26) : 

21- Smudge

22- Contrast

23- Saturation

24 - Hue
* click on Hue & drag over to other textures etc to make it match by sampling the hue. Spotlight center should be above the img you want to change.

25- Intensity
26- Paint 
* paint 100% Black to mask off areas. /or/ hold CTRL -> click on area of an img and drag to Automatic mask


You can save Spotlight

1. Save Spotlight
2. Movie-> Timeline-> Show
3. Create keyframe on Timeline
4. Save PROJECT ( turn off WSize in Doc)

* Use Timeline -> to save views

Position-> click on Timeline to create a dot ( a dot- remembers the current view)

Click and drag the dot off the timeline to delete it

To use spotlight as a reference tool and able to sculpt without using spotlight projection go to

BRUSH>Samples> turn off "spotlight projection".

ZApp Link

Document -> ZAppLink setup 

Move your sculpt to front view, click FRONT to store this view (back is generated automatically). Rotate to the right side, click RIGHT,...Do a custom angle, click CUSTOM.

ZappLink button

IF PERSPECTIVE IS OFF< DONT TURN IT ON.

OFF=> Off here

ON=> On here

Match it

Do not edit the layer organization! You can create new, play with it as much as you want. But. Merge them with original names before you save it! 

CTRL + S - to save  ( do not relocate/ change names)

Tap back to ZBrush-> Reenter ZBrush -> Accept ( Persp- on if it was on/ off-if it was off)

* Have the subtool you want to paint on selected before you ZApp it. 

Fade - on- fades off when the angle/direction of the surface changes ( soft)

         - off- paint applied directly to the polygons facing the ortho ( harsh)

Clear to  + tap on view you don't want= to delete it

Make Character Sheet- ...self explanatory.

DO NOT!!! CHANGE THE NAME OF THE FILE. If changed, you broke the ZappLink. 

Save the document how it is.