Hey folks,
I’m learning ZBrush, Cinema4d and Maya mainliy for film production. When it comes to retopology for rigging I always wonder if the topology that falls out of ZRemesher with a little tweaking in Maya or C4D afterwards wouldn’t do it in comparison to retopo for games? Is it right that the mesh for film rendering is not “that” important than it is for (live) game rendering?
Maybe someone can lighten me up?! 
Regards,
Jack
Both are important. Ask any animator or rigger. It also is important to have good edge flow for UVs, selections, etc.
The field doesn’t matter as much, good topo is always preferred.
Using ZModeler after ZRemesher means we can greatly improve the topology nowadays. For instance, sliding and deleting edge loops is a breeze.
Meshes for VFX/film are quaded and modeled for subdivion at rendertime. They can have a lot higher poly count compared to those in games because they’re pre-rendered. For games, meshes are generally made with tris and are modeled with a lower poly count in mind to help optimize the model for real time rendering.
Each is modeled with similar edge flow. But because you can use a higher poly count in a vfx/film mesh, the resolution of the mesh can be used to hold the details, or can be used to model finer details more accurately. You also need to take into account how the mesh will appear once it’s subdivided, adding extra edge loops on edges etc. For a game mesh, because of the lower poly count you need to place your verts in a way that will hold and describe the shapes/silhouette more directly, because what you see is closer to what will end up in the final render.
In both cases zremesher and/or decimation can be used for proxy and background stuff, and might get you 80% of the way there for quick rigging and animation tests. But if it’s a rigged hero character, the mesh will probably be retopoed by hand because proper edge flow is needed for correct deformation.
And here comes the light.
Thanks.