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#1

I couldn’t find the answer to this anywhere so hopefully it hasn’t been asked here already

I have a model with straps, for the straps i want the entire strap to be black but i want the thin side to be red

What is the quickest way to paint only on the thin side without it bleeding over onto the thick side?

The straps are already a seperate PolyGroup and I know i can mask the faces but is there any way to to like a per-face selection similar to SoftImage? Or possibly a way to adjust the brush so it doesn’t wrap around the corners of the mesh?

Even when i mask the polys it bleeds onto the thick faces a bit - Here is a screengrab of one of the straps, the top of the strap is the thin part that i want to isolate for painting

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strap-01.jpg

#2

If your strap has 2 groups(inner and outer) you can easily hide one and paint the other with FillObject.

#3

Yeah, i kind of figured i’d have to separate the straps into 2 separate PolyGroups :frowning:

I wish ZBrush had a raycast face selection tool for masking individual faces, it would be a great time saver

Oh well, thanks!

#4

well, it does…kind of. You can mask and then hide pt based on your mask.

#5

Try the MAHmask bias brush found here: http://www.zbrushcentral.com/showthread.php?75050-Zskiff-a-licious!/page22&p=900731&viewfull=1#post900731

#6

That looks like what i’m looking for but the download link is broken

Do you have the files(s) by chance?

#7

Here’s an updated link that should work. If not l can upload it here. It’s the MAHmask bias one but there are other brushes in his collection.

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2NbTm4mG9E3aTdCNDhSdGs2SWc

#8

the download links on that page are dead also.

if you can uploaded them, i’d appreciate it too. that mask brush look like a necessity.

#9

Hmm that’s odd they work fine for me. You might have to be logged into a Google account to download them.

Even so I can upload it tomorrow.

#10

It’s ok, i didnt seethe Google link the first time, i was trying his direct link which doesn’t work

Now i have the brush installed but it doesn’t seam to work… When i load it it says it will be selected as the masking brush but it just stays as the default masking brush

Does this brush not work with 4R6?

#11

yes it turns out it’s google. i surf with cookies blocked. google can die.

#12

Where did you install it to? I’m running 4R6P2 and the MAH mask brush works fine for me.

I installed mine as a default startup brush because I use it a lot.

Zbrush Folder > ZStartup > BrushPresets

#13

Yes , i put it there as well and i tried manually loading it and it still doesn’t work… :frowning:

If i load it without having the mask tool selected it just loads as a normal brush and acts just like the ‘Standard’ brush

If i load it with the mask tool selected it says it will be set as my default masking brush but it just defaults to the standard mask pen

#14

All brushes are based off from a ‘type’ of brush, settings are modified and the brush is saved with a new name. I thought I saw where someone posted it didn’t work in 4R6P2…

#15

It’s ok, I’ve just been setting up my |PolyGroups in SoftImage anyway, it seams to be faster since you can do edgeloop/faceloop selection quickly

#16

Found the post, can’t confirm though. http://www.zbrushcentral.com/showthread.php?181675-Mask-by-Falloff&p=1051923&viewfull=1#post1051923