Then there is option to save which will save to the file but not make it usable. Load will load your own custom configuration. To store the hotkey press Store so that they are always usable. First is Restore which will restore the hotkeys to Zbrush initial hotkey setup. Step 19: When you go to Preferences Menu and in Hotkey submenu, there are 4 options. Step 18: So now we have assigned a custom hotkey Alt + S to the Elastic brush. Step 17: Now suppose we want to assign a custom hotkey to this Elastic brush the press Ctrl + Alt and click and the status prompt will be to press any key combination to assign custom hotkey or press Esc or Mouse button to cancel or if you have previously assigned a hotkey then you can press DELETE key to remove the custom assignment. Step 16: Press Ctrl + Shift which will use a clip brush as shown. Step 15: Holding Ctrl while drawing will make use of mask pen. Similarly, we can select other brushed like move elastic using B – M – E and clay using B – C – L. Step 14: Now to load a standard brush use the hotkey B – S – T.

Step 13: To show or hide Lightbox use,, and then by double-clicking any of the thumbnail you can load it.

You can also rotate along Z-axis by Shift + click and then release shift and drag. Now for scaling first you have to do an alt+ Click and then release alt and then drag the background. If you want to constrain the rotation to 90 degrees then press Shift while you click and drag. To Free rotate click and drag background and to move alt + click and drag background. Step 12: Now for navigation, there are some hotkeys which work for 3D mesh in Edit mode. Step 11: Then using Tab hotkey will show or hide the floating palettes. Step 10: Then press space or right click which will show the quick menu. Step 9: Top open material popup press F6 but make sure that you are off the canvas. Step 8: And F5 gives you the popup for the textures. Step 7: Then F4 is the hotkey for the alpha popup.

Step 6: Then F3 will open the popup for the type of stroke you need. Step 5: Then press F2 to open brushes panel or you can also press B.

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