Welcome to Making The Most Of Your Wacom, a 10-part series of videos full of tips and tricks for how to maximize your productivity and creativity with your Wacom, hosted by Pablo Muñoz Gómez. Pablo primarily uses ZBrush software, so many of the tips will be especially relevant for 3D sculpting! But they’ll also be useful no matter what creative software you use with your Wacom device. We’ll be covering everything from setting up and customizing your pens to creating custom radial menus to using your Wacom accessories to the fullest.
Here’s what this series is going to cover:
- Tip 1: Mapping touch to a separate monitor
- Tip 2: Physically customizing your pen
- Tip 3: Customizing your pen buttons
- Tip 4: How to create custom radial menus
- Tip 5: How to use ‘Precision Mode’
- Tip 6: Creating advanced radial menus
- Tip 7: Mapping ExpressKeys to custom functions
- Tip 8: Essential Wacom tools for teaching (Coming soon!)
- Tip 9: Utilizing other Wacom devices (Coming soon!)
- Tip 10: Backing up your custom Wacom settings (Coming soon!)
Tip #7: Mapping ExpressKeys to Custom Functions
There’s a lot more you can do with ExpressKeys than just setting each to a keyboard command!
From Pablo: “The ‘Express Keysʼ are another great feature in most Wacom devices. In this video Iʼm going to show you how to map the Express Keys and Iʼll show you how I use them with my Cintiq Pro 27.
The process of setting them up is rather simple, very much like we setup radial menus or custom buttons in previous videos of this series. However, the real trick to setup ExpressKeys that will actually help you speed up your workflow, is to assign the shortcuts by context …”
About the host
Pablo Muñoz Gómez is a concept and character artist based in Melbourne, Australia. He runs ZBrushGuides.com and teaches online at 3DConceptArtist.com. A long-time Wacom user, 3D sculptor, and creative educator, he’s the perfect person to give in-depth insight into the best ways to maximize the combo of Wacom + ZBrush — and to get the most out of your Wacom in general!
To follow Pablo’s work or to learn more, check out his Artstation, YouTube, Facebook, X (Twitter), Instagram, or Twitch, or visit ZBrushGuides.com, 3DConceptArtist.com, or his Discord channel.
