Does anyone know where i can find the slider to set my active subtools transparency? The help says it's under preferences->Draw but it isn't in Zbrush R3
I tried something like this when doing anatomy sculpts and couldn't find a way to make the active tool transparent except for using the imageplane plugin which has a slider for the mesh opacity, tell me if you find out otherwise ;0
Ravenslayer it should be in the Preferences>Draw menu. I am using Zbrush 4R2 though, the menus should not be any different. I think the sliders that you should be looking for under the Draw submenu is the TransDepth, Front Opacity, and Back Opacity sliders. Try playing around with those sliders to see if it works.
It's indeed in the Draw Menu. Set Floor Fill Mode to 3 (next to the Floor XYZ icon in the Draw Menu) . Then using the (now active because of fill mode 3) Edge Enhance Factor slider, you can change the gradient shading of your subtools inner-out. And they'll become partially of fully transparent (only a thin edge visible).
N.B : this works only if you loaded reference image(s) in the Draw menu. You can then see you reference through the mesh that remains
opaque against the viewport background. If you don't want a reference image, just work on a black background and load front-back and left-right views in draw menu with a black image. The more opaque is your reference (Edge Enhance Opacity) the more transparent your Subtools can be (Edge Enhance Factor).
P.S : But if your need is to see other subtools through the currently selected subtool... sadly I don't think there is a way.
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inhert: that's for the inactive subtools transparency
tokusei: i've installed imageplane and that does do the trick! tnx
Imageplane or Spotlight for references (the latter would make the reference transparent instead of the model)