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ZBrush Usage Questions
#1

Hey, folks.

I have hit a small snag in my creative process. See, I have a friend who I work with in many of projects: He being an amazing texture artist, and I being a fairly good Modeler. I have gotten ZBrush recently and finished a Model in record speed! But this is where my problem begins:

I don’t own anything besides ZBrush. No 3Ds Max, no Maya, not even Blender. I have no idea how to get a texture map to him in order for him to even do anything.

Is there a way for me, a person with no other modeling programs, to get a texture map out of Zbrush and Zbrush alone?

I would like to know, since I dont have enough money to buy 3Ds Max.

#2

I think that by “texture map” you actually mean “UV map” since the intent is for him to do the texturing. It also sounds like he doesn’t have ZBrush, which means he can’t use polypaint. So you’ll need to provide him with a Photoshop-friendly UV mapping.

If all of the above is correct, then you’re not going to be very successful with doing the mapping in ZBrush just now. My recommendation would be to check out a program like UV Mapper, which gives you direct control over your UV mapping. ZBrush’s mapping methods are all aimed at minimal distortion mapping, which is great for polypaint but not so friendly to a person who wants to paint the texture in Photoshop.

Of course, you could encourage him to check out ZBrush’s texturing capabilities. He might fall in love. :slight_smile: