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z brush 2

i am running zbrush 2 because i’m using a mac…
i’ve looked through tutorials and have seen people sculpting with the alpha tools to make hair, and textured surfaces…
i was wondering if that was possible on zbrush 2 also or can you basically only push and pull with the 3d models?

In Z2 your options are found in the Transform palette. There are several sculpting brushes to be found there. But they don’t use alphas the way that the editing brushes in Z3 do.

For much of what you’re trying to do, you should look into Projection Master. That way you can use ZBrush’s 2.5D brushes to paint details that then get transferred to the model.