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#1

'ello all.

First the preamble: BRAND NEW to Zbrush, and I realize I’m in a bit over my head so I promise to comb the forums, and only ask questions when I really can’t come up with jack.

Second: the issue. Zbrush 4, mac osx, polygroup visible. When I click this, the visible polygroup doesn’t change colors. How do I know if it worked? How do I get it to change colors when it groups? I’m sure its something small, and Ive spent hours and multiple restarts because a box wasn’t checked. certainly wouldn’t be the first time, but hey, its all about the journey.

Third: anyone willing to throw a life line ( I promise not to abuse it) my way that I can ask the OCCASIONAL question, and maybe get some direction on WIP? I’m essentially trying to teach myself with 3d world magazine tutorials (still over my head) and waiting for books to get to me to supplement.

Thanks for reading this far.

#2

can you show an image of the error? I’m assuming you have polyframe turned on (shift+F).

Feel free to shoot a line anytime you’d like.

#3

It’s not so much an error as… And I know this sounds bad, but… The tutorial in the magazine (cringe) shows the polys that were grouped via group visible were tinted a different color then the rest. When I click group visible, no color change. However the box in the very upper right corner of the tools menu changes from the starting shape to just what was visible. It really doesn’t give me an error. My point of confusion is I’m supposed to mask off the ears of a model, then auto group via group visible, then I remove part of the ear, and group that. So I should end up with a group within a group.

I really appreciate the fast responce and the help from mthe community at large.