Useful tips for those who don't like reading the manual.

[thelonious]

As this is a thread for those who hate reading the manual, I'll keep it short:


Did you know that by holding the Control key down that the smudge brush becomes the simple brush?


Only took me a year to find this out.

[thelonious]

Apparently I was the last person on the forum to find this out ;)

[Pixolator]

That’s funny :)
Here is another tip...

A mostly known fact: Clicking on a color selector and dragging to the canvas allows you to ‘pick’ base colors from the canvas

A mostly unknown fact: Clicking on a color selector and pressing the ALT key while dragging to the canvas allows you to ‘pick’ a post-shading colors from the canvas.

Example of use:Select a color and draw a simple 3D sphere in the canvas. The 3D-shaded sphere is composed of wide range of base-color intensities and color variations (material depended), by using the ALT-pick method you can ‘pick’ any of these shades or color variations.

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/zbc_uploads/user_image-1023469208lws.jpg

Note: For calculated color-mixer see Aurick’s ZScript in this thread (http://www.pixolator.com/zbc-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=1&t=006075) :)

-Pixolator

[DeeVee]

Thanks for this tip Pix. This will come in handy in my landscape paintings.

[Ken B]

You were the second to last person to learn this thelonious. I never knew that until you posted(or the Pix tip)

Nobody should be afraid to post tips they think are "obvious"

[aurick]

I never knew either, either. Great idea for a thread, and very useful contributions from you both.

My favorite tip is one that I've said before, but this is a good place for it: Don't forget that when using the Transform gyros, you can enter precise values for the mode that you're in. Transform>Modifiers>Info has sliders for X Move, Y Move, Z Move -- or Scale -- or Rotation depending on which gyro you're using at the moment.

I've used the Move options often when I want to space a few objects evenly, and use the Rotation one all the time.

[Flycatcher]

Thanks to both. I'm learning so much new every day from the latest posts and my apparently never-ending attempts to research the backlog from before I joined that I'm afraid I don't have time to reply to everything. But this certainly does not mean they're unappreciated. I downloaded and printed the manual, but I can honestly say that so far I haven't opened it once. Everything I've learned to date has come directly or indirectly from the massive treasure-house of information that you and others like you have generously shared with us all on this forum. So a big collective thanks to the many others to whom I owe a previously unexpressed debt of gratitude. :)

[Fouad B.]

good to remember that... :tu:

[Frenchy Pilou]

Yes Always useful to re put on the pile all these crazzy tips! :)
Pilou

[filip]

I'd prefer indexed search instead of pushing on luck to find the solution to a problem, I have not come across a programe that does not include text directory.
by the way, how do I delete an object, why don't the DEL key work? :confused:

[matvara]

Very useful and good tips, thanks!
:tu:

[havran]

here are my two-cents' worth:

:b3: at least have a look through the manual ;) (even a little at a time will help)
:b3: keep the manual handy and use the search function in Acrobat Reader (I had to do that just now to remind me where the "3D copy" button was located)
:b3: take advantage of the mouseover + control-key popup help

filip: to delete an object you have to get out of edit or transform mode and "undo" (control-Z on PC).

[Frenchy Pilou]

Yes havran the Acrobat reader research is the more useful tip for find something quickly :cool:
I use only this :)
Pilou

[BazC]

Great tips, thanks!

[Mahlikus The Black]

hhhmmmm..useful tips for those who dont like to read the manual?...
hmmmmmmmmm

I know! A very useful tip. Conquer one's fear if letters, words, and sentences and READ THE MANUAL..lol.
Theres no other thing to it.

Oh yeah..and the ? botton and ctrl key...of course.

[Saki 3D]

thanx :) :tu:

[Saki 3D]

is there more tips that is not
in manual :confused:

[aminuts]

Saki,
This whole forum is one giant useful tip....if you can keep up with the threads...even ones that may not at first seem interesting.....as a newbie myself I can honestly say that by reading everything, you will find more tips that create more ideas than you could finish in a lifetime!!

Happy Zexploring!