Painting the Forest Spirit - ZBrush Creature Design: Creating Dynamic Concept Imagery for Film and Games - page 595

3. We want to remove the overlay image in the areas that overlap the background. We want to concentrate
this noise pattern on the figure itself. Ctrl+Click on the figureMatte layer to select the figure pixels. Do
this while the skinOverlay layer is still selected.
4. Press Ctrl + I to invert the selection and press the delete key to remove the noise that falls outside the
figure ( Figure 9-68 ). Clear the selection by pressing Ctrl + A.
5. At this point, I select the eraser with a soft round brush. Enlarge the brush size and set the opacity to
50%. Erase sections of the figure texture. While on the skinOverlay layer, press Ctrl + A and then Ctrl
+ J to copy and jump the layer up ( Figure 9-69 ) . This will cause the texture effect to be stronger, as it
effectively doubles the noise effect. Continue to erase areas to create variation ( Figure 9-70 ) .
Figure 9-68: Background noise removed