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ZBrush EXPLAINED!! A Beginner Tutorial
- Type
- Video
- Level
- Beginner
- Length
- 2 h 49 min
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2019
About this lesson
An almost three-hour beginner's course on ZBrush: installation, tablet settings, interface and customization, the 2.5D concept and 3D sculpting.
Chapters
- 0:00introduction, misconceptions, etc
- 22:36installation
- 25:29wacom tablet settings
- 27:28introduction to interface and customization
- 37:092.5D introduction
- 45:223D introduction - this is where real fun begins!
- 49:16brief recap of stuff discussed since 45:22
- 50:35next part introduction
- 51:31adjustments to the canvas
- 52:57navigation
- 56:47cursor
- 58:31cursor follows normal of the surface adjustment
- 59:25draw Size of the cursor
- 1:00:15brushes
- 1:04:20appling colors
- 1:06:30masking
- 1:13:48selecting
- 1:16:58polygroups
- 1:20:19transpose tool (moving, scaling and rotating)
- 1:22:36what is a subtool?
- 1:26:06duplicating a subtool
- 1:26:50appending a subtool
- 1:27:32navigating between different subtools
- 1:28:25merge and Split subtools
- 1:30:23symmetry
- 1:33:28ZBrush specifics, next part talk - no editor
- 1:36:27subdividing geometry
- 1:47:16subdivision and triangles (ZRemesher)
- 1:50:40projecting details from highpoly triangle model to new quad model
- 1:54:07issues working with mesh build out of triangles
- 1:55:42brief recap of stuff discussed (subdivisions) since 1:36:27
- 1:58:37dynamesh
- 2:04:35dynamesh, holes and intersections
- 2:11:44dynamesh recap
- 2:14:40creating the bird feet example, intro
- 2:16:10start of the sculpt with ZSpheres
- 2:21:12convert mesh from Z-Sphere mesh to regular mesh with Adaptive skin
- 2:22:00sculpting mesh with brushes
- 2:24:16making skin between toes
- 2:25:48fixing model with dynamesh
- 2:28:14repositioning
- 2:30:38mirror and weld
- 2:31:16symmetry sculpting and polishing
- 2:36:23DamStandard brush, claybuild-up brush
- 2:37:15turn Dynamesh back into subdivision mesh
- 2:39:02finalizing the sculpt with finishing touches
- 2:43:47applying color
- 2:46:41explaining how other parts of the bird are done
- 2:47:53final words
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