Zbrush

General Shortcuts
Open Project - Ctrl+O
Save Project - Ctrl+S
Undo - Ctrl+Z
Redo – Shift+Ctrl+Z
Popup selection (on PC only)
Tools – F1
Brushes – F2
Strokes – F3
Alphas – F4
Textures – F5
Materials - F6 (with cursor off canvas area)
Show QuickMenu - Spacebar or Right Mouse click
Show/hide floating palettes – TAB
Show item description (when Popup Info is switched on) -Ctrl+cursor over item
Show alternative item description - Ctrl+Alt+cursor over item
Assign custom hotkey – Ctrl+Alt+click on item (store hotkeys in Preferences> Hotkeys submenu)
Projection Master – G
Lightbox and Spotlight
Show/hide Lightbox - , [comma key]
load selected item - Double-click on Lightbox thumbnail (texture/alphas will be loaded into Spotlight)
load into Texture orAlpha palette - Shift+double-click on texture/alpha
Turn on/off Spotlight - Shift+Z
Show/hide Spotlight Dial - Z
Edit mode Navigation
with a 3D mesh in Edit mode -
Free Rotate - Click & drag Background
Move - Alt+Click & drag Background
Constrain to 90-degree rotation - Click+drag, press Shift
Scale – Alt+Click, Release Alt, drag Background
Rotate around Z-axis - Shift,Click, release Shift, drag
(For best results turn off RightClick Navigation in the Preferences>Interface menu.)
Right-Click Navigation
(Turn on RightClick Navigation in the Preferences>Interface menu.)
Move - Alt+Right-click & drag (can be over the model)
Scale - Ctrl+Right-click & drag (can be over the model)
Rotate - Right-click & drag (can be over the model)
Sculptingand Painting
Draw Size - S
Focal Shift - O
RGB Intensity - I
Z Intensity – U
Increase Draw Size by set units - ]
Decrease Draw Size by set units - [
(set increment in the Zplugin>Misc Utilities>Brush Increment slider)
Edit mode on/off - T
Draw - Q
Move - W
Scale - E
Rotate - R
Toggle ZAdd and ZSub - Alt (hold down)
Sculpting Brushes
Show Brush pop-up - BStandard Brush - B - S - T
Smooth Stronger - B - S - S
Move Elastic - B - M - E
MPolish - B - M - P
ClipCurve - B - C - C
ClayLine - B - C - L
Color
Select Color under cursor - C
Switch Color - V
Stroke
Lazy mouse - L
Replay Last Stroke - 1
Record Stroke - 3
Replay All Recorded Strokes – 2
3D Models
Save Tool - Shift+Ctrl+T
Fit Mesh to view - F
Perspective – P
Floor Grid- Shift+P
Activate Symmetry - X
Show/hide Polyframe & polygroups - Shift+F
Point Selection Mode - Shift+Ctrl+P
Set Pivot Point – Ctrl+ P
Clear Pivot Point - Shift+P
Snapshot a version to canvas - Shift+S
SubTools
List all SubTools - N
Alt+click on SubTool - select that SubTool
Geometry
Divide - Ctrl+D
Lower Res - Shift+D
Higher Res - D
Edge Loop – Ctrl+E (partiallyhidden mesh)
HD Geometry
Toggle in/out of HD Sculpting mode – A (cursor over mesh)
Render all HD Geometry – A (cursor over background)
Masking
View Mask - Ctrl+H
Invert Mask - Ctrl+I
Clear Mask - Shift+Ctrl+A
Mask All – Ctrl+A
Select Masking Brush - hold Ctrl while selecting brush from popup
Paint mask on object (alphas/strokes can be used) - Ctrl (hold down)
Delete or paintreverse mask – Ctrl+Alt (hold down)
Reverse mask – Ctrl+Click Background
Clear Mask – Ctrl+Click+ drag Background
Constant-intensity mask - Ctrl+Click, release Ctrl, drag (starting off mesh)
Alpha-intensity mask (using MaskPen or MaskRect brush) - Ctrl+Click & drag
(select alpha while holding Ctrl)
Blur mask - Ctrl+Click on mesh
Sharpen mask - Ctrl+Alt+Click on mesh
TopologicalMasking
in Move, Scale or Rotate mode - Ctrl+click+drag the action line on the model
Partial Mesh Visibility & Clip Brushes
Select Selection or Clip Brush - hold Shift+Ctrl while selecting brush from popup
Show mesh portion – Shift+Ctrl+Click, release keys & drag (green selection area)
Hide mesh portion - Shift+Ctrl+Click, release keys & drag - press Alt (red selection area)...