ZBrush Keyboard Shortcuts

Complete ZBrush keyboard shortcuts reference — 89 shortcuts across 24 categories. Quick reference cheat sheet for Windows & macOS.

General Shortcuts (13)

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl + O	Open Project
Ctrl + S	Save Project
Ctrl + Z	Undo
Shift + Ctrl + Z	Redo
F1	Tools
F2	Brushes
F3	Strokes
F4	Alphas
F5	Textures
F6	Materials
Space	Show QuickMenu
Tab	Show/hide floating palettes
G	Projection Master

Lightbox and Spotlight (3)

Shortcut	Action
,	Show/hide Lightbox
Shift + Z	Turn on/off Spotlight
Z	Show/hide Spotlight Dial

Sculpting and Painting (12)

Shortcut	Action
S	Draw Size
O	Focal Shift
I	RGB Intensity
U	Z Intensity
]	Increase Draw Size by set units
[	Decrease Draw Size by set units
T	Edit mode on/off
Q	Draw
W	Move
E	Scale
R	Rotate
Alt	Toggle ZAdd and ZSub

Sculpting Brushes (8)

Shortcut	Action
B	Show Brush pop-up
B, S, T	Standard Brush
B, S, S	Smooth Stronger
B, M, E	Move Elastic
B, M, P	MPolish
B, C, C	ClipCurve
B, C, L	ClayLine
M	Show all meshes in brush

Color (2)

Shortcut	Action
C	Select Color under cursor
V	Switch Color

Stroke (6)

Shortcut	Action
L	Lazy mouse
1	Replay Last Stroke
3	Record Stroke
2	Replay All Recorded Strokes
6	Smooth curve
5	Snapshot curve

3D Models (9)

Shortcut	Action
Shift + Ctrl + T	Save Tool
F	Fit Mesh to view
P	Perspective
Shift + P	Floor Grid
X	Activate Symmetry
Shift + F	Show/hide Polyframe & polygroups
Shift + Ctrl + P	Point Selection Mode
Ctrl + P	Set Pivot Point
Shift + S	Snapshot a version to canvas

SubTools (1)

Shortcut	Action
N	List all SubTools

Geometry (4)

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl + D	Divide
Shift + D	Lower Res
D	Higher Res
Ctrl + E	Edge Loop

HD Geometry (1)

Shortcut	Action
A	Toggle in/out of HD Sculpting mode

Masking (5)

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl + H	View Mask
Ctrl + I	Invert Mask
Ctrl + A	Mask All
Ctrl	Select Masking Brush
Ctrl + Alt	Delete or paint reverse mask

Polygroups (1)

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl + W	Group Masked and Clear Mask

Partial Mesh Visibility & Clip Brushes (1)

Shortcut	Action
Shift + Ctrl	Select Selection or Clip Brush

Stencil (1)

Shortcut	Action
Alt + H	Stencil

ZSketch (1)

Shortcut	Action
Shift + A	Activate ZSketch Edit mode

Canvas and 2.5D (2)

Shortcut	Action
Shift + Ctrl + F	Crop And Fill
Shift + Ctrl + G	Grab Texture From Document

Document Layers (3)

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl + N	Clear Layer
Ctrl + F	Fill Layer
Ctrl + B	Bake Layer

Markers (1)

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl + M	Remove Marker

Canvas Zoom (3)

Shortcut	Action
0	Actual Size
Ctrl + 0	Antialiased Half Size
+	Zoom

Timeline (2)

Shortcut	Action
Left	Go to Previous Camera key frame
Right	Go to Next Camera key frame

Movie (1)

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl + Shift + !	Snapshot to Movie

Render (3)

Shortcut	Action
Shift + R	Best Preview Render (BPR)
Shift + Ctrl + R	Render All
Ctrl + R	Cursor Selective Render

Custom UI and Configuration (3)

Shortcut	Action
Shift + Ctrl + I	Store Configuration File
Ctrl + L	Load User Interface Configuration File
Shift + Ctrl + Alt + I	Save User Interface Configuration File

ZScripts (3)

Shortcut	Action
Shift + Ctrl + L	Load ZScript
Ctrl + U	Reload ZScript
H	Show/Hide ZScript window