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Zbrush 4 boring question and opinion

Have quite a lot of money ( proportionately) tied up
in Zbrush books, dvd’s, tutorials, sweat shirts, key chains,
underwear, etc.
Am sure I am not the only one.
Periodically, review all this stuff as a refresher course. (Also like
hearing Meats say palley, and Ryan doing heavy breathing.)
Point is when we change versions, a lot of these things are worhless.
( Not the underwear).
Question/Opinion.
From what we are seeing do you all think reviewing current material now is worthless, or that we will need very little in the way of tutorials.

( every time a new version of Maya comes out, which is every year, publishers
take an exisiting book, change the cover and add maybe 1 chapter.
Book is then resold.
At about 50 bucks a pop, expensive chapter)

nothing from the past is useless. zbrush hasnt changed THAT much over the last few years. zbrush 3 wasnt THAT different from 2… it added lots but it didnt change the way the application worked. this means that most learning material from 3 will still be most likely very relevant in 4, just like zbrush 2 material is very relevant in 3.

you just have to learn the new stuff, but the old stuff is still valid.

Zbrush upgrades only deals with the ability to shorten a word to add new things.

Example
1.5 = Delete button = delete
3.0 = Del
4.0 = D
or kids will have
5.0 = 000D-2

Interesting thread. As a hobbiest who has been in this thing from the beginning, I am seeing this upgrade as more or less the end. I think the recent posts MonsterMaker has made are making my thoughts obvious. You know sculpted in Z rendered in modo. I think combining the programs is right around the corner, and with modo starting at a grand it will leave a lot of people like me out. Whatever this has been a fascinating fun ride for me and I have enjoyed it all the way.

So much to learn. So little time
My point exactly.
To be thoroughly honest, am one of the ones not that excited
by the new version. Not that this is a criticism of the developers.
Only myself.
During the transition to the present zbrush version, Meats Meir
put out a dvd on Gnomon.
Obtained it during the first days.
Spent marathon hours devouring it, then Zbrush changed tools/interface.
Was disheartened and disallusioned.
Took awhile before I would even look at it again.
Swallowed hard, sucked it up and began again.
Took a bit to discover Ryan K’S excellent dvd at Gnomon, and began to
progress.
Along the way new plugins to absorb, demystify, clarify.
Now it seems as if I am about to start over again.
As you get older, you resist change, no matter how it benefits you.
Know I am going to go through it all again,but not looking forward to it.

Mentioned Maya’s new yearly versions, should have pointed out that the
newer versions all, at least kept the basic interface the same so you
were not a “stranger in a strange land”

Just wondered if I was the only jerk in town.

you are worrieng too much, i honestly cant see almost any diffrence in the interface. And adding 3-4 new features isnt as big change also, so im pretty sure that if someone wants, he can have the same workjflow as always and just ignore the new stuff ;]

With a community this helpfull i dont really see issues.
A little video by pixologic showing off their kung foo and the questions and
troubleshooting forum should do the trick:)

You are all probably correct, put it down to old age, laziness, and the
dealer raised his prices.
Nothing stays the same.

yeah still waiting for a recession in that area