Lost in Z Land

[Rayvon]

Ok I’m a total newbie and a little lost. I have downloaded the demo version and have been trying to understand it. I have been using Lightwave off and on for years and I find the interface of Zbrush to be totally alien to me. I have been away from 3D for a few years and have recently upgraded to LW 8 and I’m trying to relearn what forgot. When I ran across Zbrush and was totally blown away by the images in the Gallery. Zbrush seems to be a totally different way of thinking. I have always made objects with points and polygons, with Zbrush I don’t really understand what I’m doing. I wish the demo version would allow you to load in an object made in Lightwave. When you edit a 3D object in Zbrush are you affecting the mesh or are you painting on a displacement map?



Rayvon

[lemonnado]

Wrong forum! There is a questions forum!

However, you affect the Mesh. You can subdivide the mesh to a point where you can create incredible detail (like pores and small wrinkles) which cannot be loaded into other 3d packages (or at least it's not feasible). Then you can export a displacement map or a normal map and use that with your base mesh in any app whish supports displacements (is there any in the meantime?).

I urge you to download the tutorial guide and work through it. It's easy to use and you will get into the way of thinking.

Cheers
LemonNado

[Rayvon]

Sorry about posting in the wrong forum, I realized what I had done after I sent it. But thanks for the reply anyway :D


Rayvon