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Projection Master - Rotate function broken

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#1

Hello all -

Zbrush 3.5R3 Windows 7 64 Bit I have lost the ability to rotate my dropped brush (RGB and Zadd) after it has been applied in Projection master. I drop my "leaf" onto the subdivided plane. (*please note by dropped I don't mean dropped and no longer in PM) I am then able to move and scale the dropped leaf. However even with rotate selected and even with the rotator gizmo being rotated I am unable to get the leaf to rotate. It's as if the rotate gizmo has *broken off* from the dropped data. You can see the rotated gizmo in my attachment. The leaf however is in it's original position and unaffected by the rotation. This is a head scratcher as I use PM a lot and don't remember having this issue. I've rebooted and reinitialized to no avail. Thanks y'all -Lee

UPDATE I tried to get rotation on my colleagues machine as well and had the same problem. Seriously I have had rotation in the past. (Or am I cracking up?!?!)

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#2

Hey there,

well you are not cracking up, but you can’t rotate alphas in Projection master. Never could. But what you can do is create a 3D shape out of that alpha and use that in PM. The 3D shape can be rotated any way you want.

Hope that helps.

P.S.: i really wish we could rotate the alphas (or textures) … but hey looks like we can’t have everything.

#3

Actually if you use the Directional Brush instead of the Simple Brush you’ll be able to rotate the leaf after drawing it.

#4

Hey dsoellbuster, thanks for clarifying. I guess it’s better to know that I can’t do something than to be questioning my sanity. :smiley: Good call on making the leaf a 3D shape to use in PM.

And thank you aurick. I had tried the directional brush but didn’t like the results. However trying it again at home has shown me it’s much more useful than I had originally thought!

Thanks you all!

#5

You never stop learning :smiley: thanks oh mighty Aurick