Archive for the ‘Creating 3D Models’ Category

Zspheres – Inconsistent Density

Friday, August 20th, 2010

Forum: Pixologic ZBrush
Posted By: Coll
Post Time: 08-20-2010 at 04:46 PM
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I’m making a deliberately simple model of a dragon, so that I can bring it into 3ds max and add the details there. However for some reason the dragon’s wings have crazy-high resolution, much greater than any other part of the mesh despite the simplicity of their zsphere structure. I figure I must have tweaked a slider somewhere, but I don’t know where.

Introduction to Wax Carving

Friday, August 20th, 2010

This week The Gnomon Workshop announces the release of Introduction to Wax Carving with Josh Murray. This title breaks from the traditional clay sculpture titles, to introduce you the art of carving a working master in wax. In this DVD, Josh uses both modern and traditional techniques to develop a low-relief wax master, commonly used for casting jewelry and sculptures. Josh utilizes subtractive methods to accurately carve out detail, then, uses an additive method build up new elements on his master. Using his extensive experience, Josh also discusses the utilization of the tools he uses in his workflow, including common hand and power tools. This title will expose sculptors of all levels to a new set of techniques for working with a classic, yet flexible, medium like wax.

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This title is available as digital download and is also featured in our training subscription plans.

Introduction to Wax Carving

select & modify a object

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

Forum: Pixologic ZBrush
Posted By: aniOcean
Post Time: 08-19-2010 at 10:16 AM
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if I have a few object in zbrush, how can I select one and modify it? I dont know why I can only edit the newest one I just created. Any help is appreciated.

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GoZ to MAX2010 – Maps missed

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

Forum: Pixologic ZBrush
Posted By: DerLandvogt
Post Time: 08-18-2010 at 11:00 AM
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Hi there
I try to get my zbrush4 pipeline to work. With GoZ Zbrush exports the object to MAX, but I miss all the maps. Does anyone know how to solve this Problem?
Thanks in advance
Hilmar

ZBrush 4 Windows For Sale

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

Forum: Pixologic ZBrush
Posted By: xeno3d
Post Time: 08-18-2010 at 05:38 PM
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Lightbox Alpha>Brush Alpha?

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

Forum: Pixologic ZBrush
Posted By: musashidan
Post Time: 08-17-2010 at 09:41 PM
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Does anyone know if it’s possible to assign an Alpha from lightbox to the current brush in Z4? I would rather store custom alphas in lightbox as opposed to importing them one by one to the alpha palette or having a hugely unwieldy alpha palette. It only seems to open the alphas in lightbox through spotlight.

Cheers.

Transpose master crashing all the time

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

Forum: Pixologic ZBrush
Posted By: LoudNoises
Post Time: 08-17-2010 at 08:03 PM
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I am currently attempting to use transpose master v4 in zbrush 4 but everytime I apply the changes to the original mesh it crashes. The warning message comes up telling me that the topology has changed, even though it hasn’t and crashes. Also objects that are hidden appear in the tpose tool at random. I have to admit I am disappointed with zbrush 4 so far it seems to be bug ridden and none of the new tools are of much use to my workflow, I am still amazed there is no 64 bit version. 3.5 worked fine on the same machine. I will be posting a ticket with zbrush support, but since that takes time to get a response I thought I would see if anyone had any ideas.

Converting multiple zsphere subtools to mesh?

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

Forum: Pixologic ZBrush
Posted By: SheepFactory
Post Time: 08-17-2010 at 08:07 PM
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Hi Guys,

I have a character where I have used a ton of zsphere subtools over the mesh which I used for modeling wires and stuff.

Is there a way to convert those to mesh and have the mesh appear where the zsphere’s are and replace it instead of converting them one by one?

I was hoping to collapse all the zsphere subtool layers into one layer but apparently you cant do that. :(

thanks in advance.

Can’t Import Tool!

Tuesday, August 17th, 2010

Forum: Pixologic ZBrush
Posted By: Kroowarts
Post Time: 08-17-2010 at 11:50 AM
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Here’s my problem: When I try importing the model, press import in the "Tool" tool-bar nothing happens at all… I’ve tried to do it in or out of edit mode, but since I’m new to the program I’m rather clueless tried to look it up myself but just cant seem to find a solution.

Info:
Windows XP 32bit
Zbrush v3.5

Thanks In Advance
//Martin

Zbrush issue

Tuesday, August 17th, 2010

Forum: Pixologic ZBrush
Posted By: Chiyou
Post Time: 08-17-2010 at 10:35 AM
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Hi, I am a true Zbrush newb… I’m really hoping that theres a real simple solution to my problem and that i will feel really dumb after you guys tell me it.. I have been Zbrusing a head and clicked on Projection Master to start texturing it, then i clicked on polypaint and my model stoped being editable, and now whenever i load my document the head shows up but i can’t change it, and when i get out of Projection master it turns into a sphere… is there a way to get my model back?