**** ZBrush 3.5R3 Tutorial Movie

[Pixolator]

Now that ZBrush 3.5R3 has been released, I would like to share with you a tutorial movie that demonstrates some of the new
features of R3. This movie was recorded during one of the beta cycles of R3. The newly released ZBrush 3.5R3 contains all the
features demonstrated in this movie, as well as features that have been added since then.

I hope that you'll enjoy this movie and be inspired to create your own 'polished' models using the techniques demonstrated here.



Have a happy holiday season and joyful ZBrushing:)



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-Pixolator

[selahpoetic]

Go ZBRUSH....HAHAHAHA HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

[cetrian]

AMAZING!!!!!!! God bless you pixologic!!!!

[fracture]

Yuhuuuuuu

[kunalsarkar1984]

Pixologic Simply Rocks !!!!! Thanks very much !!!

[andreseloy]

Many thanks Pixolator! :tu:
Andreseloy The OLdMan

[SquidWatch]

Hooray! Hurrah! Thanks, Pixologic!

:D

[Disco Stu]

Thank you very much pixolator.
I must say that this version has one of the best feelings so far.
Its like a very well done steak. Not rare not done just very very good :D

[WoodyLWG]

Aaaagh! This video is un-watchable. It buffers every thirty seconds, and I'm on a 10Mb/s cable connection. Are there any other places to view it, or a direct download somewhere?
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[SolidSnakexxx]

Thank you thank you...you all at Pixologic have a wonderful holiday!

[Support]

Aaaagh! This video is un-watchable. It buffers every thirty seconds, and I'm on a 10Mb/s cable connection. Are there any other places to view it, or a direct download somewhere?The buffering is due to high number of simultaneous connections to the server. I recommend that you click to begin playback and then press the pause button, wait for the movie to fully download and then play it without interruptions.

[grey32]

Patience....

Of course while waiting for this vid to download you can always
check out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgbNymZ7vqY

....again. :D

G.

[Santis]

Amazing, thanks once again guys!
Thanks grey for the tip :)

[sonn]

polish brush lol, nice. Now all we need is a hipoly2lowpoly subdiv surface brush and we're all set :D

[pimeto]

Actually modeling this car isnt the best example for hard surface tools :rolleyes:
I dont know, it kinda sux.
What the man speaks and explains is good!

[bicc39]

Great!!!!
Artist?, Narrator?, Music by?.
Little credit can't hurt.

[mkk316]

you guys are innovators in every sense of the word, and thank you for continuing to improve on an already fantastic product, and your support of this community.

[Antimorph]

Thank you :D

[cresshead]

cool vid thanks for adding it...and yeah it's worth the wait for it to load up.;)

[Frenchy Pilou]

...would have liked that! ;)

@Bic: seems name is written on the Zbrush Canvas up corner left top line version ! :D

[maxgamer]

The Polish Brushes look amazing. Looks as if they will take some practice to really get used to them.

I can't believe the upgrades in features from R1 to R3 of ZBrush 3.5. If this is what you do with small incremental upgrades what on earth do you have in store for ZBrush 4.0?

Thank you Pixologic!

[manzarek123]

Pixologic! THIS IS FANTASTIC! the best way to get into all of the great featurs of this new release!!, Thank you very much! and happy holidays!

[fidget]

Actually modeling this car isnt the best example for hard surface tools :rolleyes:
I dont know, it kinda sux.
What the man speaks and explains is good!

I agree. The Car, if it is a car, does not look so swift.
But Z Brush 3.5 looks awesome!

[abe2mir]

[Edited by Moderator]
Unrelated questions should be posted in the Q&T forums.

[Roadie]

I'm jealous! When can we get 3.5 for the Mac?

[Support]

Unrelated questions should be posted in the Q&T forums.

[Yruama]

The new tools are great it's a shame the video is a little boring to watch!! anyway still waiting for those great feature on MAC (>.<)

[Spyndel]

Hey guys, if you can't constrain your comments to the toolset and the video, and not your opinions of the people who made it, it is better not to post at all. Remember, there are real human beings involved in this...it is not produced in a vacuum. Basic courtesy and manners should always apply.


As for the video, thank you very much for posting the extended version of this. It helps me get a closer look at the process that was whizzed by in the promo movie. The only comment I'd make, is that the chrome material used in the final stages is so dark it tends to obscure a good reading of the form of the piece.


I'd also be interested in seeing an extended version of the little "alien" guy made in the demo movie.

[spaceboy412]

bic it was by pixolator.
the music though seems to be from some 70's porn movie.

very nice to finally see some explantion of how things work and some documentation, thanks for this!

[chemkid]

these days seem like a non-stop-cg-related firework to me! r3, blender 2.5 alpha and an rhapsody to listen to... anything else?

...one R later, lots of people thought it's going to be zsketchtime with lots'o'bubble lumps'o'jelly... hahaha! another R later, me thinks there will be plenty'o'car-a-likes!

just me? wonder when pixologic will give me some time to breath?!

(should i get a mac?)


all shiny and new here - keep it up!


chem!

[Arran J Lewis]

The direction of ZBrush is exciting me very much. I spent much time working quite organically and all of my days and most of my evenings on ZBrush. Soon I will be doing a little teaching which means I need to get on my Bootcamp with 3.5, in fact I have to get on there in a few hours to take advantage of the later version than the one I use on Mac. So tell me, do I need to proceed with my plan of getting a windows based machine and another monitor on my desk so that I can always stay ahead with ZBrush or is it more than likely they will run in sink at some point???????????????????????? I understand the issues and am not even wasting my time complaining, i just want to know before i shell out. P.S. I am excited at the possibilities with the hard surface tools and especially the ability to put things into poly groups by painting the surface. My mind is spinning with ideas and things to test out that I sadly dont have the time to explore, but I see an exciting xmas break coming up :-)

[ministerart@hotmail.co.uk]

OOOH..im all inspired...we should have a hard surface "vehicle" challenge.

Nice video..but why keep using the sleazy porn music soundtrack?

[Spyndel]

The Polish Brushes look amazing. Looks as if they will take some practice to really get used to them.

I've been working extensively with the Polish brushes over the last day, and I can say they are pretty amazing. They are *very* intuitive...unlike many other brushes they just sort of seem to *do* what you think they should be doing in a given situation, whether working around a curve, or flattening out a plane.

I think they will easily become the new standard brush for carving out form, when working both organically *and* with hard surfaces. They are pretty much the *flatten* brush Ive always wanted, but the old flatten brushes never delivered.


Unfortunately, I'm not as sold on the new "Paint Loops/Grooup Loops" functionality. I'm finding it very difficult to get reliable , predictable results with them. And while probably very suitable for detailing mostly organic figures and constructs, the soft organic loops they produce are still no substitute for proper modeling, deliberate geometry and precise edge creasing when trying to construct machine precise shapes with hard edges hard angles.

Hopefully I'll get better with practice, and its definitely a step in the right direction. But frankly, I think they should be expanding their topology tools and creasing functions in order to model hard surfaces and machine shapes, not relying on brush mechanics.

[earthtriber]

I thought id have a go this was the result one nights playing fabulous stuff zbrush you guys are amazing such a wonderful idea and will will see a huge amount of amazing work come from this for sure.... exciting times!!

ZBrush Document car.jpg (http://javascript%3Cb%3E%3C/b%3E:zb_insimg%28%27168471%27,%27ZBrush%20Document %20car.jpg%27,1,0%29)

[Nemoid]

I've been working extensively with the Polish brushes over the last day, and I can say they are pretty amazing. They are *very* intuitive...unlike many other brushes they just sort of seem to *do* what you think they should be doing in a given situation, whether working around a curve, or flattening out a plane.

I think they will easily become the new standard brush for carving out form, when working both organically *and* with hard surfaces. They are pretty much the *flatten* brush Ive always wanted, but the old flatten brushes never delivered.


Unfortunately, I'm not as sold on the new "Paint Loops/Grooup Loops" functionality. I'm finding it very difficult to get reliable , predictable results with them. And while probably very suitable for detailing mostly organic figures and constructs, the soft organic loops they produce are still no substitute for proper modeling, deliberate geometry and precise edge creasing when trying to construct machine precise shapes with hard edges hard angles.

Hopefully I'll get better with practice, and its definitely a step in the right direction. But frankly, I think they should be expanding their topology tools and creasing functions in order to model hard surfaces and machine shapes, not relying on brush mechanics.

I agree about more retopology tools, even to optimize meshes to fit within 3d apps both for animation and inorganic stuff. I think traditional modelling will not disappear anytime soon for inorganic stuff at least. But, ZB could end to be also a great tool to quickly produce designs to later rework with more traditional tools.

[INFINITE]

Mesmerizing video! such an amazing toolset. Well done to the artist creating the video.

Pixologic have done it again! :D

[willbrown1]

I know the tools and possibilities being demonstrated are amazing. However, I suggest redoing this tutorial with a lighter background gradation or against a solid light neutral color. I find it hard to see how fine the detail is in the ending turntable. It seems the impact of such breakthrough tools has been blunted by a less than stellar presentation.

My mentor always told me: presentation is critical. It's not the most important thing, but it ranks high in the hierarchy of priorities when demonstrating an idea. Poor presentation can cause a great idea to be passed over and end in failure. It is THAT important.

You guys have worked your collective butts off. Suggestion: take sometime to breath and get fresh eyes on the stuff you are using to show off. I understand you are caught up in some very exciting stuff, please take the time to share it in a way that conveys how magnificent a job you've done.

Kudos! Keep going! :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu:

[zayacoon]

The video is very nice and i hope there will be more of these inspiring tutorial movies.
The upgrade is fantastic and for me christmas is now.
Good job at pixologic!

[roger]

Very nice! :tu:
Looking forward to using ZB3.5r3.

[Spyndel]

There's no really good place to say stuff like this, but I just wanted to mention, the new visibility options are awesome. It probably wouldnt be *as* helpful to people using unified skins, but if you work like I do and use the retopo tools to construct deliberate geometry with logical loops, the Grow, Shrink, and Outer Ring functions have all *greatly* speed up the rate at which I can assign and crease poly groups.

Also, while I havent found a way to use the Paint>Group Loops process to deliberate effect yet, the Auto Masking> Mask by Polygroups function is so helpful, it's taken up a permanent spot on my main interface now.

[Displaced]

The polish brushes are are awesome. But now I want one that also sharpens cavities...

[Rastaman]

Thanks Pixolator & Team for R3 and the video.

R3 is really a big improvement and a good step forward, it only lacks of the GoZ-feature.
As we see in the video, ZB_R3 is now able to create also non-organical models with hard edges. Very nice.
But we also see, how long it takes for the artist to come to an almost good outline-shape of the car-model.
So my suggestion for Pixo is, why not enhance the Quicksketch-feature a lot more to use a kind of 3d-room for sketches instead of a 2d-plane, so we could simply draw a model-shape with a few outlines in 3D-Space (like spline or Nurbs-lines) and simply fill that space within the outlines with material by the click of a button or draw it out (f.e. ZSpheres etc.) The 3D-sketch-lines would act as borders, like a hull or cutting-mask.
That would reduce basic-design time a lot and avoids loosing already good areas when smoothing or changing somewhere else the surface.

I am a traditional 2D-painter and would love to work also with 3D-models in a more painter-friendly way, meaning that I can draw my outlines instead of using sculpting-derived clay-shape-techniques.

[SpiritDreamer]

After watching this demo/tutorial..Only one word needs to be said..FANTASTIC...:tu:
Now I can once again believe that there is actually a SANTA CLAUS out there.:D
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH for EVERYTHING...and I hope ALL of you also have a great holiday season:tu: :)
Glenn

[Antimorph]

Been enjoying the new polish brushes today. Thanks so much Pixologic!

[Ljubomir Milic]

Simply mindblowing :D

[KonginChains]

thanks for the tutorial! This will definitely change my workflow on hard body objects forever, but i'd like to download this video directly onto my desktop. It seems like the regular video save streamer applications can't grab this video since it is embedded in a .swf format not .flv. Can anybody let me know how to download this video?

[sammy2]

thanks for the tutorial! This will definitely change my workflow on hard body objects forever, but i'd like to download this video directly onto my desktop. It seems like the regular video save streamer applications can't grab this video since it is embedded in a .swf format not .flv. Can anybody let me know how to download this video?I had no problems using DownloadHelper in Firefox

Sammy!!

[Spyndel]

Holy ***! The new Mirror Weld mirrors polygroups and *creasing* from side to side. Creasing!

*grabs the nearest person*

Do you know how long Ive wanted to be able to Mirror Creasing in Zbrush???


Between this and the new visibility options, polygroup assignment for modeling in Zbrush just go a lot more practical.

Thank you for this.

[Antimorph]

lol, I'd only just noticed the visibility controls! They're fantastic for isolating tricky groups. Maybe they can be made to incorporate masking too. (Hang, on, maybe that's what HidePt is doing there, I gotta go try that with my new wheels!).

[nitro777]

wow. 1000 times thank you.

[wayniac]

"
Aaaagh! This video is un-watchable. It buffers every thirty seconds, and I'm on a 10Mb/s cable connection. Are there any other places to view it, or a direct download somewhere?
The buffering is due to high number of simultaneous connections to the server. I recommend that you click to begin playback and then press the pause button, wait for the movie to fully download and then play it without interruptions."

For some odd reason, I can NEVER watch any videos (be they the tutorial videos or these showcase ones) from the zbc website using either Firefox or IE on my home computer. My work machine (same exact specs) has no problems at all. In the future it would be nice if there were alternate viewing methods for the community just in case situations like this spring up. Releasing the videos as a torrent is one of many possible solutions available.

[Disco Stu]

There is a zbrush youtube channel that has pretty much on it.
It would be nice to have all the videos uploaded there.

[wayniac]

Would you happen to have the link to the zbrush youtube channel you mentioned?? Download Helper doesn't even even download this vid for me. It gets queued up but idles and eventually times out.

[Support]

Would you happen to have the link to the zbrush youtube channel you mentioned?? .http://www.youtube.com/user/Zbrush3Dinfo

P.S. This is not an official Pixologic channel but it has the latest R3 release movie - cut to ~10 minutes. The best place to watch the R3 movie are here in ZBC, or in www.Pixologic.com (http://www.pixologic.com/)

[Disco Stu]

http://www.youtube.com/user/ZBRUSHatPIXOLOGIC
And heres another one. Is this one outdated?

[Support]

http://www.youtube.com/user/ZBRUSHatPIXOLOGIC
And heres another one...This is one of the channels. You can find many ZBrush movies in services such as youtube and veoh.

[daytona]

Am I the only that cant see this video? It plays the first 5 secs then freezes.
There was a download link that disappeared when I was 97.9% done. Can someone who managed to download it upload it somewhere. Or better still Pixo, stick a link back up.

Thanks

[Support]

Am I the only that cant see this video? It plays the first 5 secs then freezes.
There was a download link that disappeared...
Martin added the download link to the first post:)

[Pixolator]

Hi:)
I'll add few test images that are related to process that is described in the movie, a quick and enjoyable process.


These are just tests, you can do better! Please feel free to join in and add your cool creations to this thread:)

-Pixolator


Car2Image4.jpg
Car2Image5.jpg
Wires04.jpg
Image4.jpg
Image6.jpg
Image7.jpg

[RawSunlight]

Hey Pixolator, these are great! Really enjoyed watching the movie (once it dl'd) :)

Love the new tools, brilliant for sketching out ideas, one question though:
In order to get the uniskin edge loops you need to turn on polish right, but when I do I lose quite a bit of form on any tube or finger-like forms. Am I being thick and missing something - have ttried playing with the polish and smooth values, turning on the 'open circle'?
Should I be converting without polish to maintain form, THEN adding edge loops? That seems to give really wobbly edges to the groups...
And despite not allowing tris, I still get little knots and whorls in the topology that can't be smoothed out... maybe re-topo is the only solution, or projecting uni skin onto a lower adaptive skin cage?

Anywho, here's a little non-vehicle sketch, loving it :)
ZBrush 3.5r3, c'est magnifique!!!
Frogman.jpg

[Antimorph]

The new boolean mesh generation feature together with mirror and weld are really interesting way to create some good looking wheel rims. Am looking forward to updating my car after work today. :)

[perpetual1969]

respect,, nice work. cant wait to have R3

[AngellDude]

Noob question on Masking by Polygroups...when this is on, and i am going only by what i saw in the video, is it where you put the cursor on the object? Over that specific group? that it masks all the other groups out? I dont have a palette like the layers in photoshop or the subtool palette that i select the polygroups that i want to work on do i? (that actually, if it isnt in there would be a nice palette to have and be able to name those polygroups) Hope that makes sense, i dont have my laptop with Z on it here at work so i was just wondering when i get to turn it on tonight how they work!! thanks!

[roger_01]

Wow! Amazing features!!

[Displaced]

I want to take that awesome 5-wheeler for a spin...

[kirstanv]

I am having a problem creating a character sheet using zbrush 3.1, I can't open my obj files in photoshop either. Please advise.

[Antimorph]

:D

r3car.jpg

[McJak]

Thanks for the vid post as a download- my home machine with licence doesnt have internet connection - this will make it lot easier to learn the features.
Cheers

Jake

[Jaxx]

I was just thinking how it must be for you guys @ Pixologic in total control of what you envision - to come up with this stuff, develop it and then having constant über orgasms using it yourself to create this kind of madness.....

:D

[SonOfWitz]

Dear Pixolator,

I LOVE YOU!

~SonOfWitz

[KonginChains]

I've been wondering when Pixologic would include the ability to polypaint like layers in photoshop and then the option to directly export those into PS, just like in photoshop CS4. Hopefully this feature be available in zbrush 4.0 PLS, with sugar on top!!!

[davidT]

I do love the new hard surface capabilities this helps me tremendously thanks

[earthtriber]

had another crack at a space ship with the poly looping system which blows my mind at what will now be possible now with armour jewels and even organic stuff

Zbrush does it again taking our imaginations to new realms!! thank you Zbrush!!! xx

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[Trent The thief]

The new tools are great it's a shame the video is a little boring to watch!! anyway still waiting for those great feature on MAC (>.<)

Personally, I was hoping they would post a real-time version. The modeling went by way to fast for me.

[fidget]

I agree. The Car, if it is a car, does not look so swift.

Damn, this was jerkish thing for me to say. Thanks for the video and I apologize to the maker for me being such a negative nancy.