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#1

Hi guys. How do I render a video without seeing all the menus etc around it? You know, I want to make the video of just the actual scene without seeing the palletes, menus etc all around it, and is there a way to not see the zbrush icon at start and finish and fade ins/outs on the vid. Cheers.

Daiz.

#2

In the Movie menu, click ‘Doc’ instead of ‘Window’.

#3

If you don’t want the ZBrush logo, in the Movie menu under ‘Overlay Image’ turn ‘Opacity’ down to 0 and in the ‘Title Image’ section, turn ‘Fade In’ and ‘Fade Out’ times down to 0.

#4

Thank you zber2

:cool:

#5

No problem! :slight_smile: :+1:

#6

How do you change the aspect ratio, so I can make it 16:9?

Cheers.

#7

Resize the Document to a 16:9 ratio. Sizes are as follows:

852 x 480
1280 x 720
1365 x 768
1600 x 900
1920 x 1080

Then you have the ‘Large’ (100%), ‘Medium’ (50%) and ‘Small’ (25%) buttons in the Movie menu to divide those sizes.

#8

Thanks again, zber2. I take it that I should select the aspect ratio before starting the project as the creature I was working on has went fat :o) and I don’t seem to be able to rotate it, even when trying to do the record turntable thing.

#9

No, not necessarily, just hit ‘Ctrl+N’ to clear the canvas then redraw the Tool onto the canvas again.

#10

Thanks again, couple of strange things happening, the creature was static and overlapped by another one which was really big, can’t see all of it, I have removed static creature (this is tool yeah?) the oversized one I can move around but doesn’t seem to go away with the ctrl n.

#11

Ah, it’s cool zber 2, got it sorted. Cheers.:sunglasses:small_orange_diamond:sunglasses:small_orange_diamond:sunglasses:small_orange_diamond:+1:

#12

:):+1:

#13

hmm, actually problems persist, since making the change in aspect ratio, even after clearing the document cntrl n and drawing in new tool, it seems iI have lost the ability to rotate, move or scale the object.

#14

Did you turn ‘Edit’ (T) back on?

#15

The first thing you do after you draw the Tool on the canvas is turn ‘Edit’ on.

#16

The edit is greyed out, can’t select it, pressing t seems to do nothing either.

#17

That’s why I said “The first thing you do after you draw the Tool on the canvas is turn ‘Edit’ on”. If you do anything other than that, it will drop the Tool to the Canvas again. Hit ‘Ctrl+N’ then draw the Tool on the canvas then turn on 'Edit.

#18

Sorted.

Thanks for taking the time to help me here.

Much appreciated.

:cool:

#19

To start new, follow these steps.

  1. If there is anything on the canvas, make sure Edit is off then Ctrl+N to clear the canvas.
  2. Select your Tool from the Tool palette, draw it on the canvas then turn on Edit.

This is standard ZBrush starting proceedure for working on 3D editable meshes.

#20

As you may have guessed I’ve just sorta got fired right into it on a sort of trial and error manner. I will have a good look at the tutorials and the manual soon. In the meantime I’ve really been helped by your advice and am uploading to youtube. It’s taking about 10 hours for 31 seconds of uncompressed 6023791kb :smiley: It’s cool though I’m doing it overnight and am on a mission to find my ideal high rez settings. :+1: