I started to find it extremely difficult to place my alpha brushes on my models as they were created on flat surfaces and started disappearing into the curved mesh of my models.
http://www.digitaltutors.com/tutorial/3108-Introduction-to-ZBrush-3#play-5612
http://www.digitaltutors.com/tutorial/1185-Quick-Start-to-ZBrush-Volume-2#play-29320
Reference guide: http://docs.pixologic.com/reference-guide/stencil/
Use stencil to make this happen.
- With an alpha loaded, go to alpha palette , under transfer click make stencil, turn symmetry off, hold spacebar, click on mov section and drag over to model.
- go to top to access brush setting. put on normal alpha (won’t affect stencil).
- turn stencil off.
- to opposite side, flip stencil- go to alpha menu and flip horizontal making sure its active.
IT WORKS!!!!! I GOT IT TO WORK!!!!! FINALLYYYYYYYYY
I also tried clicking wrap around under the stencil options so it would fit around my model.
http://www.digitaltutors.com/tutorial/3385-Texturing-with-ZBrush#play-1283
- Can create layers of geometry which can be deleted etc.
- Once you have stencil in place.
- detail of the stencil is to do with the z intensity.
- can push areas of the stencil in by inversing it and holding alt.
Black Light 