ZBrush Character Creation - Advanced Digital Sculpting 2nd Edition

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Figure 4.10 DragRect texture stamp process

Alphas and Strokes

The way the currently selected alpha is applied to the surface of your sculpture is controlled
by the stroke selection. In this section we’ll experiment with various types of alpha and
stroke combinations (Figure 4.11).
Understanding the Stroke menu and settings opens up a world of interesting and use-
ful alpha effects. The Stroke palette is located on the left side of the screen directly under
the Brush palette (Figure 4.12). Here you will find the available strokes as well as an abbre-
viated selection of the options from the main Stroke menu (Figure 4.13).

Freehand Spray DragRect

Figure 4.11 The same alpha applied with different strokes