Subdivisions and Subtools

[gellison]

I'm a novice and just finished my first full body character. I did Hellboy, which gave me an opportunity to see how my work held up to the many other Hellboys. In the process, I merged; I split; it was subtool magic. Till I realized I was losing subdivisions. I'd really like to have rendered him out in Maya, but had to turn him in last night for a class. In the grand scheme of things, how does one preserve subdivisions when maneuvering around the subtool menu? I asked to reconstruct them, but ZBrush denied. On a similar note, how can you preserve UV's, ... when you decimate? I'm ready to move on and would really not like to screw up my next project. Thanks in advance for any help!

[Eiad]

I'm currently working in making one hellboy. Nice job. Keep it up