ZClassroom

[thedust]

AHAHAH!!!
I knew You had something planned in Your head and wanted to know what Your artists thought about!
That is very professional!
Anyway, just finished Joseph Drust's webcast about ZBrush->Game engine workflow and I found it so useful I cannot still believe he made all the thing in less than hour while he was speaking too and with just the tools ZBrush has!!!
Thanks to mr. Drust and thanks to You, Pixologic, for renewing my thirst of knowledge!

[WailingMonkey]

hmmm...are all the videos even there in the classroom?

seems vid 7 of the Cesar Dacol Jr. is missing, as well as the Planar brush
'snap to track'...

[Silkcats]

Great Videos guys!!
It would be grat to have a video explaining ZBrush Layers in Depth


Cheers!
Silkcats.

[hoskins78]

Hi everyone, I'm just starting out with z-brush and am going to start now at the very beginning with the introductory videos. I like the new look of everything here - some cool changes since my free trial days

I've previously worked with Poser, Bryce and Vue, but now I want to grow, and get my teeth into creating my own image content.

This forum is a great idea, I'll definitely subscribe to the thread too.

[Sigmund Hentze]

Any videos on all the different maps one can create? or have i missed it?

I currently use ZBrush with Modo and my head is spinning....

Ziggy

[Sigmund Hentze]

Sat till early hours watching the video... they are great and ZBrush even greater, specially when things start coming together... these video will convert a few friends to ZBrush, they always say "it has a heavy learning curve" well you've changed that now....

Thanks Ziggy

PS. Like the short and sweet ones, no art demos just pure ZBrush techniques and tools....

[dustbin1_uk]

just convinced a friend of mine to try out ZBrush. An I gotta tell ya, these tutorials are a real life saver!!!

I envy new ZB users. you have so much more than I did when I was a confused noob.

Now I'm just a reborn noob. (been a while since I picked up a graphics pen )

Thank you Pixologic! these vids are really helpful for both new and old users!

[manzarek123]

Ohhhhh!!!, the new zclasroom is great!! so in order and all, thanks a lot Martin and Pixologic .

[Martin@PIXOLOGIC]

Recently a user asked:
"Are there any tutorials on the use of PaintStop"

Specifically there are no tutorials on PaintStop. This is basically because
the use and functions of PaintStop is incredibly simple.

PaintStop will configures your user interface and settings to give you
the true to life feel of using real world art tools. Like oil, acrylic, watercolor...

You can download the PaintStop "User Guide" to learn all about the tools and
settings from the plugin download page here at Pixologic.

Also, I recommend visiting the PaintStop thread here at ZBrushCentral, to
see many fantastic works created by ZBrush artists using PaintStop.
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I did create a quick tip for moving your strokes around PaintStop though...
Here it is again.

Did you know that you can move, scale, rotate and even duplicate a stroke
after you draw it to your canvas? Well you can!

After you draw a stroke press "W" to move it, "E" to scale it, and "R" to rotate.

To duplicate a stroke press shift+S

If you want to move, scale, rotate, and duplicate more then one stroke at a time,
hold down the "ctrl key" while you draw each stroke. You will then be able to manipulate them all together.

[dustbin1_uk]

Ha! That's a great tip! I never thought that the 2.5d manipulation could be used in paintstop! 'spose it was obvious when you think about it. But again great tip!

My firend mentioned that he's come to the end of the beginner lessons here
Are there to be more videos posted in this section?

[Martin@PIXOLOGIC]

My firend mentioned that he's come to the end of the beginner lessons here
Are there to be more videos posted in this section?

Yes you can expect to see many more videos added to the beginners section as well as other areas of ZClassroom.

[hoskins78]

Just felt the urge to pop back and say how impressed I am with these tutorials

I've only covered the first 4 categories of the Getting Started videos, and was amazed to find myself modelling full (if simple) figures already. Fantastic!

I had a small problem during the Alien Helmet tutorial, as I saved out my tool and reloaded it without clicking to make it a Polymesh3D before continuing to work. I then had a different set of Geometry options in the Tool palette when it came to setting up my Polygroup Loops....which had me puzzled for a while. But now I've discovered my error, and can't wait to learn more.

[axisis]

These tutorials are pretty informative and useful The webcasts are particularly great aswell as the concept car tutorial (what was the artists name btw?) you've done a good job martin.

There was a video that showed "concept sculpting" in the next step video. That method of sculpting looks pretty cool especially for those of us who have detailed sketches that we've scaned or made in photoshop.

I think that it would be really worth it if you could show us how to go about that kind of workflow and how the guy used the projection master in that way.

Thanks alot

[dsoellbuster]

The artist's name is the almighty Pixolator aka Ofer Alon aka the brain, heart and soul of ZBrush. If you check out the ZB4 preview videos you can see more of his amazing work.

[dustbin1_uk]

Woah! Just been watching some of the webcast videos!

highly recommended!!!

EDIT: Oh and I already own a copy of Introducing ZBrush from Eric Keller (2nd webcast) and although things have moved on a tad (now 3.5r3 is out) I still highly recommend it!