Week 2 desk notes

Floor shortcut: shift + P

SEE THROUGH UI: At the very top there is a slider called See-Through. Play with it if you want the UI transparent. This is useful while working with reference.

REDO: control + shift + Z

INSPIRATION:  Hossen Diba George Clooney likeness in Zbrush

EXTRACT

This option lets you create geometry out of the existing model you have. This works for creating cloth for example. Mask the area you want to extract on your model and then click the extract button.

Subtool palette > extract

Smt button : smooth

Thick button : thickness

Double: creates an extract inside and outside the mesh.

MOVE TOPOLOGICAL BRUSH: Moves geometry only selected. 

Dynamesh

CTRL+ Right click + drag on the document  - to get “more clay”

 Geometry --> Dynamesh ->  Resolution  ( move the slider or touch it and type when the red box appears)

/ In Dynamesh look for BIG SHAPES, Proportions!!! 

Brush setting tip

Turn on Backface Masking in the Brush pallete, Masking section if the mesh gets to thin and grabs the back side

PolyFrame - SHIFT + F

Masking

 CTRL 

CTRL + click and drag on the document to clear the mask

Hold CTRL + press SPACE -  to postion mask
CTRL + ALT  - to erase mask
CTRL + tap on the mask  -  to blur it 

CTRL + ALT +tap on the mask -  to sharpen it

CTRL + tap on the document  -  to inverse masking

Smoothing

NORMAL SMOOTH:  SHIFT + click

SMART SOOTH: SHIFT + start smoothing and then let go the Shift (more controllable)

Subtools

They are like the layers in photoshop. Subtools are the different pieces that make up the whole model.

Navigation: Press “N” for subtool popup window.

Quick selection: ALT+Click over subtool.

ALT + click on a different subtool to switch

to delete a Tool, select the tool and click Delete All

"Clone" button  clones the active subtool into a separate tool

SPLIT SUBTOOLS

Subtool palette> split > split to parts.

You can also split masked parts by masking what you need to split and pressing “split masked points” button

Brush setting tip

1/ Mask area (*shirt) - Extract - adjust thickness - Accept

2.1/ Insert Sphere ( B + I + W )

2.2/ Split unmasked

Lights

/circle with an arrow on the top left  - to drag and dock to right/left tray

/First click on the new light selects it ( white border), second click activates it(orange)

/For Rim light(put the light to behind), click on the dot on the sphere ( use a mouse) 

References inside ZBrush

Steps:

1. Texture pallete- Import 

2. Draw pallete- go to front/back
3. Map 1 - click on img you’ve dowloaded
/ Fill Mode- transparency

4.Adjust - to crop the img

5. Left/ right - to dowload the side view , select Map1, dowload img.

/ Project on mesh - projects the img on the mesh

/ Snap to mesh - resizes the img to match the size of mesh

http://docs.pixologic.com

http://docs.pixologic.com/user-guide/keyboard-shortcuts/

Class1

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Happy ZBrushing!

BEGINNER ZBRUSH – WEEK 1

HOTKEYS:

Lightbox : “,” comacomacomacomeeeaaaaa

2 1/2D: imagine a flat surface and you apply clay on top.

Add clay: click over document. Subtract clay: alt + click

Control + N: erases and makes new document from scratch.
X: Symmetry
SHIFT + P: floor

Navigation:

Hotkeys to move model around:

-          Alt + right click: move model.

-          Rotate: right click + hover over tablet/cintiq (Side button Wacom pen: bottom part is the right click).

-          Frame model: F

-          Perspective mode: P

“T” - EDIT BUTTON: when it’s on it indicates that you are in 3D mode.

Sculpting:

Open project Dynamesh032 in Lightbox. 

Brushes menu: “B”

Add clay: put cursor over model and click. “S” for brush size.

Subtract clay: ALT + click

Smooth: SHIFT + click

Smart Subtle Smooth: SHIFT + Hold CLICK + let go SHIFT button.
S: draw size adjustment. or SPACEBAR for cursor menu. 

AWESOME BRUSHES:

Snake Hook: B + S + H
Trim Dynamic: B + T + D
Clay Buildup: B + C + B
Polish: B + H
Move: B + M 
Pinch: B + P
Dam Standard: B + D + S
Standard: B + S + T
Curve Tube: B + C + W
Curve Tube Snap: B + C + X ( tab anywhere in the surface to set the tube)
Curve Trifill
Curve Quadfill: to control the thickness tap on the curve with the desired brush size.
INFLATE : B + I
Curve Strap : B+C+J

To get rid of the annoying cursor: WACOM properties> uncheck: use Windows ink.

Polyframe: SHIFT+F
Change document color: goto to document pallete>"back" button. click and draw to pick color. 

SWITCH VIEWS: ORTHOGRAPHIC VIEW

Tap shift key with rotation the model to fix it towards the direction you want.