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Customizing the ZB2 Interface

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#1

ZB2 gives us a lot of options for modifying the standard interface to better suit how we work. I’ve seen several custom interfaces posted and thought I would start a thread where people could post tips and examples of alternative layouts.

I’ll start with my own by posting the current state. The changes are not radical, just a few added buttons and controls along with several custom buttons loaded as plugins. One thing I spent some time on was modifying the colors for the interface (and the look of Zscript - buttons and skins).

I run the screen at a conservative 1152 x 824, but may move up to 1280 x 1024 for more canvas space. One very useful key is the tab key - toggles the shelf on/off - but leaves visible whatever current ZScript is running.

I’ve preloaded the right panel with five palettes that I use most often. They are there at startup. They are set to autocollapse, to minimize scrolling to find stuff. When I need extended use of another palette from the main menu list, I move it temporarily to the right panel so I can keep it open… then drop it when I no longer need it.

The remaining edit brushes have been added to the top shelf as a third row, below and to the right of the standard draw controls. Handy.

So, that’s it… nothing brilliant but its what suits me at the moment, at least until I see what other ZBrushers have done.

Sven

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#2

Hey Svengali

I think thats an interessting idea, although I have nothing to add yet… :slight_smile:

cheers
marc

#3

Here’s mine. It is optimized for maximum workspace. All of the common features I use are located in the top menu area. I rely solely on either the new built-in drop down menu feature or with keyboard shortcuts. My default workspace size is 1200 x 800 which I use soley for modeling. When doing final images I increase document size to around 3000 x 3000. [attach=36805]1.jpg[/attach]

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#4

2 different styles indeed :wink:
Technic against Zen :slight_smile:
Pilou

#5

Ill add mine to the list :slight_smile:

#6

cool setups, one question though,How in the world did you name a custom button like you did with the moldy icon. :small_orange_diamond:

#7

Well Chaos IIID , I dislike yours as much as I dislike still having to use ZB 1.55b on the Mac. Why did you stay with the traditional 1.55b interface? Are you just that used to it?
Personally I cant stand it. I paid for Z2 in march, but have barely used it, and quit using it because I hate the interface. I just read the manual, went through, and figured out all the tools, and parked it until Z2 for the Mac is released.

#8

Here is one of mine…call it SuperClean.

#9

ive only just started using my zbrush and seen this thread and thought it would be a cool idea to try it out it was only a 5 minute quickie :smiley:

PS hey
Mahlikus any chance of sharing your custom with me please i find it very pleasing ?

thx in advance if you do :+1:

#10

Okay I had it uploaded but for some reason its not saving the text colors and other icolor things and its realling making me mad…brb.let me find out what in the world in going on

#11

Cool layouts, I like SuperClean. Mtb you need to hold Shift when you press the Load UI button. That will load the colors as well.

#12

No no I found the problem I think…Z doesnt like it when you select solid black…it defaults to white for some reason…so I save it as off black and all is cool…check it out…try in…load the superclean and then change all darks to black and see what happens…its a weird thing.

Here it is anyway…with the off black

MTB-SuperClean-UI.zip

Enjoy!

#13

True black (0,0,0) is the color that ZBrush uses for transparency. So use 0,0,1 or something like it for black and 0,0,0 for anything that you want to be transparent. A good example is the borders around interface elements on your shelf. By default they are 0,0,0 so that the interface color can be seen through them. But if you want a specific color you can use that instead.

#14

Thanks MTB for the ui setup but for some reason I can only get your layout and not the color. It only imports your layout and keeps my color preference, any ideas.

#15

I have the same problem as dr. jjwow. Pressing shift-load UI only alters the lay-out with no color changes.

I already have my own custum UI loaded.

Z-Brush 2.0
Windows XP Home
AMD 3.2+
1 gig RAM
:confused:

#16

thx for the ui bro,

I put the UI in the zbrush root folder and it loaded up automatically with colours ect !

#17

Hi,

I’m fairly new to ZBrush 2 and have only started 2D painting. So here is my 2D painting interface, hope you like it. I have to say that the ability to arrange your floating palettes like this is awesome and suits my monitor perfectly - I love it. If and when I get to 3D work, I may design another floating palette. :slight_smile: :slight_smile: :slight_smile: :slight_smile:

EDIT: Just a note to say that some of the elements do not appear, such as Redo for example (next to Undo). It become available when needed.

#18

Here is mine, not so fancy but I like my colors… I have everything at hand so it becomes much easier to work…

#19

The only worry I’d have with yours, Az, is that the colour would affect my colour sense in the picture window …

Alan.

#20

Well I loaded the custom color GUI and I cant get the colors to load either. I tryed the shift key and its in the root folder but no go. Any ideas?