zBrush - Prevent masking of polys behind visable

nasty1

Hate to post this seemingly simple question here but I couldn't find anything anywhere else.

When I drag out a mask, all polygons in front of the model and behind the model are selected.

Is there a setting so that only polygons seen by the camera get masked?

cryrid

Not with the maskrect mode; you'll have to hide of the model first.

Alternatively you could drag out some black polypaint and convert that to a mask instead, but I find isolating half the model is so quick that I've never needed a workaround.

nasty1

Hey cryrid thanks for the reply. I'm aware of that method. Was hoping there was a switch to do this.

Urthrese

under your brushes, there is a auto masking drop down. while holding ctrl for your mask brush select backface mask. i believe that's what you're looking for.

cryrid

That one doesn't work with maskrect, unfortunately.

nasty1

Urthrese: thanks for the reply but it doesn't work.

the work around for this is probably right in front of my face. i'm trying to dragrect a mask but i'm also using radial symmetry. I can't hide a part of the model because it hides the side i need to work on.