PaintStop - Information, Installation & FAQ

[aurick]

Have you ever been doing something and just gotten an urge to grab a pencil and doodle?
Or had a great idea that you wanted to get on paper before it faded?
Or maybe just find yourself in need of a creative boost?

Then, PaintStop is for you!

PaintStop is a quick and easy pit stop for your creative mind.
Whether you're racing against a deadline or in a hurry to get an idea on paper,
this convenient plugin is one of the quickest and easiest ways to express yourself.

PaintStop will configure your user interface and settings to give you the feel of using real world art tools.
In addition to the many brushes, pencils, and paints that are available in PaintStop, you can choose from
a variety of different canvas types to change the look and feel of your final piece.

Create fine works of art with the following tool types.
Charcoals / Pencils / Erasers / Pastels / Markers
Air Brushes / Inks / Water Colors / Oils / Gouache
Smudge / Color Blend / Palette Knife / Blur / Sharpen
Dodge / Burn / Saturate / Clone

See PaintStop in action...





Learn even more about PaintStop by visiting the PaintStop feature page.

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This plugin is compatible with ZBrush 4.

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Installation

1. Quit ZBrush
2. Download the latest version of PaintStop from the Download Center.
3. Extract the zip file in a temporary folder.
4. Copy the PaintStop_4.zsc to your ZPlugs folder. With a default Mac installation this will be in /Applications/ZBrush 4 OSX/ZStartup/ZPlugs. With a default PC installation this will be C:\Program Files\Pixologic\ZBrush4\ZStartup\ZPlugs.
5. Also copy the PaintStopData4 folder and its contents to the ZPlugs folder.
6. Launch ZBrush.
7. Open the Document palette where you will find the PaintStop menu, containing the plugin buttons and sliders.

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Frequently Ask Questions

Q: I don't see PaintStop in the Document palette.
A: Check that you installed the plugin correctly.

Q: PaintStop doesn't start. A ZScript Note error message is displayed.
A: Please download the plugin again and install the new version. Early versions of the plugin had this problem.

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[tapihritsa]

First off, thanks so much for the fix. PaintStop now launches.
Secondly, I would like to apologize to Support for posting outside this thread.
So, once again, this is just a confirmation that the recently uploaded PaintStop Plug works fine.

Thanks again.

[rolilli]

Hello,

Installed Paintstop, it shows up in documents alright but when I start it up I get this warning:


Can somebody help me with this please

[a i r]

First off, thanks so much for the fix. PaintStop now launches.
Secondly, I would like to apologize to Support for posting outside this thread.
So, once again, this is just a confirmation that the recently uploaded PaintStop Plug works fine.

Thanks again.

What was your problem, what did you do to fix it?
I'm experiencing the same thing rolilli does.

I'm running on win 7 64 bit version

[marcus_civis]

Yes, apologies for this, a last minute oversight. The current version will work on the Mac. A PC version will be available for download later today.

[rolilli]

Thank you for the info Marcus, pretty fast reaction

[tapihritsa]

What was your problem, what did you do to fix it?
I'm experiencing the same thing rolilli does.

I'm running on win 7 64 bit version

Same as the screenshot above, but for the mac.
Hope that the plug has been updated for the PC.
Probably has been by now.
Happy ZBrushing.

[Slosh]

I downloaded the version PaintStop_4_05 this afternoon, but I still get the same problem as I did with the _4_04 version. Is this not the new update? I'm not in a huge hurry to use it, but I would like to have the correct version installed when it is ready. Thanks, Marcus, for your tireless efforts on this plugin.

Also, on a side-note, who is responsible for creating UVMaster?? I want to give that guy a big ole smooch. That plug-in is amazing.

[rolilli]

Does not work on my pc eighter, getting the same popup I had before

[reki]

Hello,

Installed Paintstop, it shows up in documents alright but when I start it up I get this warning: Interface item could not be found
Can somebody help me with this please

I get the same problem

[marcus_civis]

Hi folks,

As of August 18 the plugin has been updated. Anyone having PaintStop fail to start should download the latest version from the Download Center.

Thanks,

[Teyon]

Worked like a charm. Thanks Marcus!

[thedust]

Thanks a lot!

[phrenzy84]

I cannot apply a hotkey to the scroll button. I can, using Ctrl + Alt, and when i mouse over it, shows the hotkey bound to it, but it simply doesn't work.

Which means i have to go up to the to right to use it. But because i have my tablet using one monitor, if i try and scroll right i cant because my tablet is using one monitor of two leaving no place to scroll.

If i could bind a hotkey it would eliminate this problem.

[marcus_civis]

It's not possible to assign a working hotkey to the Scroll button. (This is true for ZBrush, not simply PaintStop.)

What you can do is use the spacebar to bring up the quick menu. Position your cursor over the Scroll button on the quick menu then click+drag to scroll the canvas.