ZBrush Character Creation - Advanced Digital Sculpting 2nd Edition

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Figure 2.10 Cavity masking isolates the high or low points of the surface from editing.

Saving Custom Brushes

The Brush Manager makes saving your own custom brushes simple. In this section, you
will create a custom version of the Smooth brush. This brush will be saved in the default
ZBrush brushes folder, where it will be loaded each time ZBrush starts.
In Figure 2.12, notice how the Smooth brush can overpower the surface, removing
much more form than you might intend. By adjusting the Smoothing Curve and Smooth
brush settings, we’ll create a brush that does not have this effect. We can then save it as a
custom brush for later use.

Figure 2.11 A

cavity mask from

Tool → Masking →

Mask By Cavity

Figure 2.12 The Smooth brush with default settings can be destructive to surface forms.