ZBrush

Fast Cloth Alpha Creation in ZBrush

Submitted by Eat 3D on May 21, 2013 - 1:31pm

In this demonstration, Andy Davies goes over the creation of cloth alphas in ZBrush 4 R5.

He shows the techniques needed to efficiently create multiple cloth alphas using a range of 2.5d tools within ZBrush, which can then be used as a solid base for sculpting or to compliment existing geometry.

Using Reference in ZBrush

Submitted by Eat 3D on February 20, 2013 - 1:30pm

In this demonstration, Joe Harford goes over using reference inside of ZBrush.

ZBrush 4R3 - Decimation Master Overview

Submitted by Eat 3D on August 9, 2012 - 11:07am

In this demonstration, Andy Davies goes over the powerful ZBrush plugin Decimation Master.

He provides an overview of the different settings you are most likely to need, such as adjusting the amount of decimation and masking to get the most out of your decimated meshes, and explains the differences between the options within the plugin, to ensure maximum compatibility for application specific configurations while maintaining a good workflow.

Creating Tileable Textures in ZBrush

Submitted by Eat 3D on August 4, 2011 - 9:42am
In this demonstration, Andy Davies goes over the creation of tileable textures within Zbrush 4.

He shows the techniques needed to efficiently create a realistic rubble pile by making a tileable ground mesh using Displacement maps and placing pre-made Polypainted assets whilst offsetting the canvas.

ZBrush Sub-Surface Scattering

Submitted by Eat 3D on January 31, 2011 - 1:08pm
In this demonstration Tony Reynolds starts off by creating a sub-surface scatter material in ZBrush and then renders out a portrait with BRP into render layer passes. From there he takes the layers into Photoshop to composite them into a final image.

Tony Reynolds also created the Portrait Production DVD. Make sure to check it out for a wealth of information on skin shading.

Sculpting Stone with Morph Targets

Submitted by Eat 3D on November 29, 2010 - 4:51pm
In this demonstration Andy Davies shows you how to sculpt lightly damaged/weathered stone with morph targets within ZBrush 4.

MatCaps in Blender

Submitted by Eat 3D on January 18, 2010 - 10:34pm
In this demonstration Andy Davies shows you how to bring your ZBrush MatCaps into Blender.

ZBrush to XNormal Pipeline

Submitted by Eat 3D on June 12, 2009 - 9:37pm
In this demonstration we go through taking a finished ZBrush model and generate texture maps from it using XNormal. Everything from exporting your models with polypaint in zbrush, to generating ambient occlusion maps in xnormal are covered.
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