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1. Icon Size Toggle

You can set the Icon Size

• Detail View

• Small

• Medium

• Large

2. Filter Menu

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2.1. Types

2.1.1. Resolution

• This will filter the alphas by resolution in pixels.

• If the alpha is not square, the largest side will be shown with the appropriate toggle size.

128px

256px

512px

1024px

2048px

4096+ px

2.1.2. Bit

8-Bit

16-Bit

• Required for a proper Alpha to work in ZBrush

32-Bit

2.1.3. General

Ignored

• This will display all alphas regardless of whether or not they have been marked to ignore.

2.2. Categories

• Filter by user category

2.3. Tags

• Filter by tags

3. Alpha Off

• This will remove the alpha from the current brush and set it to no alpha.

• This is a temporary effect. It will not be saved in the brush settings.

4. Brush Alpha

• This setting will attempt to restore the current brushes original alpha if it has been changed.

• There is a known bug within ZBrush where the brush will lose it's alpha temporarily until the brush is reloaded from the load brush menu.

  • This button will not fix it in this case.

• This is the same button as the brush "alpha button" in ZBrush

5. Flip Horizontally

• Flip the alpha horizontally.

• This is a temporary effect.

• This does not save in the alpha.

• This is the same effects as clicking the "flip horizontally" button inside of ZBrush.

6. Flip Vertically

• Flip the alpha vertically.

• This is a temporary effect.

• This does not save in the alpha.

• This is the same effects as clicking the "flip vertically" button inside of ZBrush.

7. Rotate 90

• This will rotate the alpha

• This is a temporary effect.

• This does not save in the alpha.

• This is the same effects as clicking the "rotate" button inside of ZBrush.

8. Invert Alpha

• This will invert the alpha.

• This is a temporary effect.

• This does not save in the alpha.

• This is the same effects as clicking the "invert" button inside of ZBrush.

9. Search

Search the alphas

10. Alpha Name

This will display the name of the selected alpha

11. Ignore

• Setting this on any alpha image will flag it as a "non-alpha image" and hide it from the main view.

• You can display all ignored images by clicking the "ignored" toggle button.

12-15. Properties

12. Description

• You can add any description to any alpha here.

13. Category

• You can set the user category here.

• New categories can also be created here.

14. Tags

• Tags can be added here.

• An alpha can be assigned or unassigned a tag here as well.

15. Dimensions

• This shows the dimensions of the currently selected brush.

16. Tooltip

Hover over the alpha to display more information at a glance

17. Favorite Toggle

Sets the alpha as a favorite in the currently active favorite set.