I seem to have bumped the dimmer switch...?

system · February 4, 2012, 12:20pm

I’m still pretty new to ZBrush and the forums here, so… newb question:

I keep dimming my scene as I’m working. I think there’s an Alt+[something] keyboard command that I keep hitting as I’m working, somewhere in the ZXCV neighborhood of my keyboard. As you can see here in the world’s laziest composited screencap:

this causes my scene to look light its lit at about 50% brightness. Switching to the flat color material (set to full white) confirms that it isn’t the material.

What is it I’m hitting, and how do I reverse it without having to close and reopen ZBrush? Googling for an answer is difficult without even knowing what setting it is I’m adjusting. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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aurick · February 4, 2012, 7:37pm

You’re accidentally masking your model. Ctrl+Clicking the canvas will do that.

system · February 4, 2012, 8:09pm

Yep, that does seem to be the case. facepalm I can’t believe I didn’t think of that. That comes with still being a newb to the program, I guess.

Thanks!

system · February 17, 2012, 11:47pm

I think it might have been (instead, or in addition to the previous suggestion) that I was hitting the ‘C’ key, changing the color of the light on the model. I noticed that the two color swatches were black and dark grey, and after switching the gray back to white, it looked as it should have.

I hate to bump this old thread, especially over something so noobish, but… I dunno, a bit of knowledge for posterity’s sake, I guess.