Since it appears that the new version of Zbrush will
make a lot of information in the tutorial books and dvd’s
worthless, permit me to remind you all of an upcoming book.
You may go to Amazon.com for details.
Unleasing Zbrush[Paperback]
By: Matthew Yetter
To those of you who don’t know the author’s name is an alias
for Aurick.
As well as supporting him, it appears to be one of the first things
to appear.
( he promised me 10% off for this thread:D )
so the book focuses on ZBrush 3?
No, it’s a dog-walking manual. 
Actually it’s a cookbook, zbrush salad is the specialty.
Since it was postponed at the same time that the release
of zbrush 3 was, imagine it is all about zbrush 3.
It has not been released yet.
But any book written about this program, by this individual has
to be a “must have”.
If you don’t buy the book, he won’t answer your questions.
“Must Have” keep those words in head and keep repeating it all over again till august when we hope the book releases.
Yeah, and the dog gets it!
Well it doesn’t say Zbrush3 anywhere, so it’s a valid question. Is this book about Zbrush2 or 3? If it’s 3 I’ll buy it. 
It will be about ZBrush 3.
No, it’s a dog-walking manual
For the life of me, I dont understand the level of snarkiness coming from some of the entrenched forum members towards new members and people new to z3 (which is everyone except beta testers), being demonstrated here in the last couple days.
Aurick had this book, or something like it announced well back in the z2 days, and it doesnt specify itself being about Z3. So “Is it about Z3” (as opposed to z2) is a completely legit question, and even if it wasnt, you dont do your favourite software package any good by being hostile or flippant to people with questions…any more than Jason Belac was doing by yelling at people for daring to turn of the intro screen and falling prey to the bug there.
If the onslaught of new users and people not as savy about all things Z3 as yourselves is wearing you down, take a break from the boards for a while.
Not a dog-walking manual?
edit:more responses, longer thread stays on top,more books sold.
no sarcasm (much) intended
If I had labeled the thread free stuff 2, more would have viewed.
Since you have to actually buy the thing…
All of the latest ZBrush tools and features are covered and the accompanying CD-Rom features all source files and the most current ZBrush demo
If my comment appears to be snarky then I apologise, it was only a poor attempt at humour. A quick glance at my other posts over the last couple of days will show that I’ve spent quite a lot of time helping those new to ZBrush 3.
Can you get shots for snarky?
Marcus, posts to threads such as the ones I start
are for the soul purpose of not being serious.
AND if we happen to sell books during the conflict…
Years ago the best way to sell a book was to have someone complain
about it.
Now we do it indirectly by having members kick the s–t out of each
other in threads talking about the book.
Keep fighting guys, keep the thread active.
If this continues I want 15%
Edit: since on more than one occasion have been the recipient of you
generous help, I can vouch for your extreme kindness and generousity.
Now I get 10% from you.
Cmon… Who would be so back lit and publish a V2 book month after the V3 came out???
The question deserves the answer given including congenial leg pulling.
Lemo
PS: Stop being so negative Bingo. Relax, we’re all here for the fun. Your comments are always so abrasive for no apparent reason. Cheer up!
I was pretty damn sure it would be about Z3, but when I saw no specification and then the optional bundle with a much older Glen Southern book… it seemed worth asking… and I didn’t notice how far from release it was, either
I’ll be sure to get it though… looking forward to not-just-another-sculpting-video… I just hope I’ll remember it come August
tapes bomb to dog and tells it to fetch marcus
Bring on that book! I’m really looking forward to it.
What book?
Very interesting - it 's release date in the uk Amazon August 2007.
Ofcoarse I’ll buy it, Aurick after all is …sorta kinda wonderful.
While we’re plugging books are there any other books/dvds out right now that will help me sculpt with zbrush 3? I’m looking at the wiki stuff but I was wondering if there are any dvd’s/books that better cover the new features. I’m a visual person and a noob so it’d be easier for me to see something in motion than looking at screen caps with brief descriptions “do this, then do that, voila a head.” 
ROFL
Lemo
You can safely watch Z2 videos as nothing really has changes, just a number of new functions have been added. Those all rely on the Z2 principles. Except for a real speed improvement and a significantly better memory management (magic!) you will not feel the new core. New Brushes are pretty much self explanatory and the tricky new functions are reasonably well documented on the .info website.
Just grab what you can get and you will not be wasting your time!
Happy ZBrushing!
Lemo