Answered: Changing draw size without having to click

[system]

Hello!

I wanted to change the draw size without having to mouse-click.

I hold down S, and the draw size box appears.
As I read somewhere, it is now sufficient to just move the mouse vertical to change the draw size and then release the s key again.

I understood it so that no mouse button has to be pressed.

But I can only change the draw size if I left-click the slider and drag it.
This is really time-taking.

Does anybody see my mistake?

Thank you.

[aurick]

If no keypress is required, then how is ZBrush going to know you want your drag to change the draw size as opposed to sculpting the model, rotating it or scrolling through a palette? If you want to only click and drag with no keypress, then you need to click and drag on the Draw Size slider above the canvas.

There is, however, a plugin included with ZBrush that will increment the draw size with a single key press. Pressing { or } will decrease or increase the draw size, just like with Photoshop.

[system]

I watched some tutorial on YouTube where people amazingly quickly change the draw size (and the video was not sped up).
In the docu it is saying

Assuming you have re-assigned the default hotkeys:

1. Press and hold the hotkey ‘S’ for Draw size.
   
2. Press and hold the hotkey ‘O’ for Focal Shift.
   
3. Press and hold the hotkey ‘U’ for Z Intensity.
   
4. Press and hold the hotkey ‘I’ for RGB Intensity.
   

Move cursor sideways to adjust - no need to draw, just move cursor. While adjusting, the cursor updates in real-time and the top left NoteBar also shows the new values - useful for when the cursor is not over the model.
Release the hotkey to continue sculpting/painting.

It is not mentioned that the mouse button has to be pressed, so I was assuming I was doing something wrong.

I am not talking about the keypress. I was annoyed by the fact that I have to click the slider.

I can only change the size this way:

1. Press “s”, release it.
2. Move mouse cursor over slider, hold down left mouse button and drag the slider to the desired position.
3. Release the mouse button.

I have no idea why the slider has to be clicked.
Why can I not just hold down the S key, move the mouse unless the red circle has the desired size and then release the S key?

If no keypress is required, then how is ZBrush going to know you want your drag to change the draw size as opposed to sculpting the model, rotating it or scrolling through a palette? If you want to only click and drag with no keypress, then you need to click and drag on the Draw Size slider above the canvas.

There is, however, a plugin included with ZBrush that will increment the draw size with a single key press. Pressing { or } will decrease or increase the draw size, just like with Photoshop.

[marcus_civis]

You’re talking about the Adjust Plugin . The buttons are in the Adjust Plugin menu in the ZPlugin palette. Assign hotkeys to those buttons and then you’ll be able to do what you want.