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Spotlight Image Overlay Persists in Projection Mode

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#1

Hi,

When entering Spotlight’s “projection” mode, the image I’m projecting through fails to disappear. I’ve never seen this in any of the tutorials I’ve watched, and there’s no mention of a show/hide toggle in any of the material I’ve read.

I know I can reduce the opacity, but even then it’s still really getting in my way. I just want it to hide while I paint!

What makes me wonder if it’s a glitch is that sometimes it corrects itself. One time it started working after I resized the image in “edit” mode. Another time it seemed to start working after I collapsed the Zbrush window and re-entered.

Finally - another spotlight-related issue here: Ctrl+z doesn’t work when I’m in spotlight projection mode. I have to go up and click one of the history states to undo. Is how it’s supposed to work?

Thanks in advance.

#2

Z toggles the spotlight visibility on and off. Shift+Z turns Spotlight completely off and on.

#3

Yes, pressing Z is what I’ve been doing. The point is that whether I enter projection mode or not, the image stays visible, obstructing the view of the area I’m trying to paint.

And yes, shift-z does turn off spotlight mode, but that’s not what I’m having a problem with.

#4

You need to adjust the Spotlight Radius:
http://docs.pixologic.com/reference-guide/texture/spotlight/

#5

Thanks Marcus, that did the trick! It would explain why I managed to fix it by accident a couple times.

Just curious, does anyone know if this is a quirk/glitch, or is there a legit reason for the necessity of adjusting the radius in order to hide the overlay?

#6

It would make sense to have a default setting. I imagine that it was just missed. :wink: