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Mask/extract Problem

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#1

Hi,

After i created my model, When I select the piece i want to extract with a mask, i hit extract sometimes the canvas becomes blank, other times the extract is empty. I hope I can get some help with this problem. Thanks.

I attached some pictures. Look at the Subtools, the extract is emtpy. WHY!?
ZBrush Document.jpg

Thanks.

Attachments

SUBTOOLS.jpg

#2

it looks like you’re creating a mask with less than 100 in RGB. Try it with RGB at 100 and see if it still happens.

#3

got the same problem…and it’s not matter of rgb intensity, can anyone help ?

#4

When posting this kind of question, please always specify your version number.

#5

sorry :o

Zbrush 3.2
mac os x 10.5.8
2.5 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo.

im depresed
retopology is some alternative…but its too time-consuming.

#6

Try double-clicking to launch ZBrush and then immediately hold the Shift key until the launch completes. This disables plugins. Does the problem then go away?

#7

:confused: still the same situation.

what i tried so far:

  • preferences -> init zbrush
  • disable plugins
  • delete higher subdiv and try to extract at lower level
  • reinstall zbrush
  • export main mesh to OBJ ( maya and whats weird, Zbrush can’t import that file - both programs show up errors. “Error encountered while importing a file” <- thats from Zbrush) i also tried another formats. the same result

extract works fine on aother tools.

#8

problem solved…kind of…

i separated each sub tool from that problematic tool , and appended one by one to new mesh (as i said before, extract option works fine on another tools) and then delete that “root/fresh” mesh.

what i noticed. if u you append your problematic tool to new _extract_working_mesh and then delete that problematic tool, it wont append properly again. you will get empty sub tool layer as it happened.

hope that will help someone… because its really annoying bug.

#9

Hello. I am having this problem too. Also working on 3.2 on a Mac.
Don’t get it. How do i fix this? Nothing comes up when i extract and sometimes i lose the whole model and am unable to get it back unless i load it up again, unsaved. Very annoying. Any tips?

#10

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