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[Gareee]

I just followed the tree fibermesh video tutorial, and really learned a lot from that. The first one I did didn't have the fibers imbedded properly, but doing the second one I discovered that control.

EDIT: That was a fun video to watch, and I liked the music! How much doodle time was compressed into that 8 minutes?

[Mec4D]

It was about 40 min I speed some of the parts after the first 3 min , that was my first day .. I am used to style the hair this way from using Carrara8 pro hair that have also brushes , I am still looking for a good way to make the fibermesh curly

I just followed the tree fibermesh video tutorial, and really learned a lot from that. The first one I did didn't have the fibers imbedded properly, but doing the second one I discovered that control.

EDIT: That was a fun video to watch, and I liked the music! How much doodle time was compressed into that 8 minutes?

[imageconcepts]

Thankyou for the video, a great insight. Im so pleased to be @ ZBC, just got my ZBRUSH 4R2B update, cant wait to get designing !

[florencepapillon]

I wonder if there is a way to actually shorten or cut hairs. I tried using the ClipCurve tool, but that will wrap hair if are not all in the same direction...

[Mec4D]

You can virtually using smooth brush or polish , it will create the effect like you cutting the hair , this works the same way as the groom length brush but reversed , it is more simple to create shorter hair and using the groom length brush to scale the hair to desire length in place of cutting or smoothing ..

[florencepapillon]

Thanks, I'm going to try that.

[imageconcepts]

Fibermeshing as we speak, this is an absolute dream update for all Artists. Thankyou Pixologic - will be posting some of my work soon!

Kind regards

Carl @ Image Concepts

[The Namek]

I love that it remembers the fibre settings per subtool incase you make multiple masked areas in multiple steps. But if I for example have 2 different subtools on which I need the same kind of fibres, is there a method to store all the settings i used to generate fibres on 1 certain subtool and use those same settings on a different subtool?

If not , maybe add a store / load settings in the future to easily copy over fibre settings to apply to different subtools.

[Glyph2040]

I love that it remembers the fibre settings per subtool incase you make multiple masked areas in multiple steps. But if I for example have 2 different subtools on which I need the same kind of fibres, is there a method to store all the settings i used to generate fibres on 1 certain subtool and use those same settings on a different subtool?

If not , maybe add a store / load settings in the future to easily copy over fibre settings to apply to different subtools.

I would like to bump/echo the above Question as well! =) Could someone write a simple Zscript to add a set of buttons that would be like UV Master's "Copy UV" "Paste UV" buttons/functions? I would imagine creating a script to easily copy and paste all current fibermesh settings wouldn't be too much work?

And also, regarding Fibermesh and Feather creation, is there a way to modify the Fibers to be flat/2 sided, adjust the curve to be tiny at the root wide in the middle and then tiny again at the tip with random breaks through out to create feathers? =) Thanks for the info in advance!

[MealeaYing]

And also, regarding Fibermesh and Feather creation, is there a way to modify the Fibers to be flat/2 sided, adjust the curve to be tiny at the root wide in the middle and then tiny again at the tip with random breaks through out to create feathers? =) Thanks for the info in advance!

I would think you could use the SliceCurve tool rather nicely to shape a feather, I have not tried this on feathers but I did trim an eyebrow using it

[Mec4D]

Yes you can do it , you can create feather look , or even scales or lizard skin , use the Profile and segments to create the desired effect , I am little test this morning for scales and feather .. it was couple of minutes work so still not perfect .. very low in size just around 19K only

I would like to have the option to save my setting and use next time when I open Zbrush right now the settings are the same as long you don't close the app .. but I think it will not work so very well if you use different density of the models or mask , each surface is unique

And also, regarding Fibermesh and Feather creation, is there a way to modify the Fibers to be flat/2 sided, adjust the curve to be tiny at the root wide in the middle and then tiny again at the tip with random breaks through out to create feathers? =) Thanks for the info in advance!

[Gareee]

Loading fibermesh settings would be a GREAT enhancement feature. Where do we recommend this?

[Mec4D]

I would be happy already if I had a reset button to default , when you working on different subtools the fiber setting stay the same until you close the app , if you want to start again you need to manually reset everything and start creating new setting .. if you could load the same setting back it would be also great , right now it is difficult to set the same setting if you want to finish some project next day and add some extra fiber groups ..

[Gareee]

They said they were going to release a patch fairly quick for another issue.. maybe they could add that reset on open option in it, since it should be pretty easy to do?

[Glyph2040]

Yes you can do it , you can create feather look , or even scales or lizard skin , use the Profile and segments to create the desired effect , I am little test this morning for scales and feather .. it was couple of minutes work so still not perfect .. very low in size just around 19K only

I would like to have the option to save my setting and use next time when I open Zbrush right now the settings are the same as long you don't close the app .. but I think it will not work so very well if you use different density of the models or mask , each surface is unique

Hey, thanks for the reply Mec4D. And wow, those feathers/wings look BEAUTIFUL! Like a giant Blue Bird! =) Gorgeous! Once I'm done w/my current piece, I'll be exploring fibermesh for my next major piece. Can't wait... what you can do with it looks amazing! =D