How do I put the favorite brushes at the left side of screen?
There are some that I use quite as “Standard”. So it would help much.
There are a number of ways people deal their favorite brushes.
You can open your left tray and hold/drag your brush palette from the top menu bar (left click mb and hold on the little circle until you see 4 arrows pointing out…then drag) and dock it there. To stay organized, press the R button to clear it and then B for the brush selector and start selecting your favorites. As you select each brush the palette will populate with them. I’m guessing this will “stick” if you make it a custom UI which you can do by saving the config in the Preference menu.
I’ve tried two other approaches. I made a custom palette and I dock that to the side when I need it…one for 3d tools and one for 2d tools.
I’ve also reconfigured my interface and pulled brush icons down to the bottom shelf.
In the end I found the best method for me was to just memorize the key shortcuts for my favorite brushes. It’s not that hard to do. Most people rely on maybe 5 or 6 for most of their work. I don’t like to look around the interface constantly and refocus back on my mesh. It’s much more pleasant to type on the keyboard and stay focused on the canvas. A few quick glances down to the keys are no big thing…its the side to side/refocusing that breaks the rhythm for me.
In the end I found the best method for me was to just memorize the key shortcuts for my favorite brushes. It’s not that hard to do. Most people rely on maybe 5 or 6 for most of their work. I don’t like to look around the interface constantly and refocus back on my mesh. It’s much more pleasant to type on the keyboard and stay focused on the canvas. A few quick glances down to the keys are no big thing…its the side to side/refocusing that breaks the rhythm for me.
I agree with you is very hard to get back and forth to each button in the modeling process.
One problem I had is that it has a list of quick pick, that never keep the brushes I wanted with my favorite, because I a kind of temporary random. Then move the brush to the left side would be easier.
But for me the shortcuts are still a stride. Thanks for the help Nancyan!
It looks like making a customized palette that will hold your favorite brushes is your best option. You can dock this palette to the left whenever you start a project.
Here’s an excellent video series on YouTube by the inimitable Jason Welsh aka Canned Mushrooms, patron saint of the cash-poor ZBrush newbie:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoG_pyAIqzQ&playnext=1&list=PL1D88B74FB9575C56
There’s a few vids in series on UI customization here that are highly watchable.
Jason also has a link to his whole ZB4 tutorial series in the tutorial section here at ZB Central.
Just an extra tip about shortcuts, though:
Memorizing the brush shortcuts seems intimidating at first, but it’s much simpler then as it seems. All of the brushes shortcuts begin with the letter B (brush palette), followed by the letter of the name of the brush (S for standard, P for pinch, etc.) and finally the last letter which is the onlyletter you really have to memorize, and it becomes second nature very fast. With some very useful brushes, like trim adaptive, trim dynamic, trim front, the short cut couldn’t be easier. BTA (brush, trim, adaptive, BTD (brush, trim dynamic), BTF (brush trim front).