Any that you would specifically recommend? And is there a good store to pick up these DVDs at? I’ll go out and buy books/dvds now if you have some recommendations 
I did not truly understand zbrush until I watched Meats Meier’s “Intro to ZBrush” DVD from Gnomon… that video was like a paradigm shift for me… he really got across the concept behind the 2d and 3d interaction that makes ZBrush so powerful and I “got it”… you wont really feel zbrush until you acquire this fundamental understanding, and then you’ll be coming up with your own tricks to accomplish everything
he’s putting out another ZBrush DVD soon for v3 so you might want to hang on just a little longer to get that… but I’m sure that his first Intro DVD will be just as valuable now as it was then
SalmonGod,
I think part of the confusion has been caused by the change from the update being 2.5 to 3.0. The publication date of the book has kept being put back too. But rest assured that it will be all about 3.0, and worth getting.
agreed it will be a great asset to zbrush 3 i already preorderd it and talked to aurick about it and he said it would cover everything in zbrush 3 i cant wait!!
Is the book done from the perspective that the readers are familiar with Zbrush, or will it dumb things down for the pretty much new people like me.
I’ve messed with ZB2 a year or 2 ago, just messing with zspheres and goofing off with the painting. I haven’t really done anything with the skulpting until now. I’m sure it’s taking me an hour to do something someone else can get done in 60 seconds but whatever haha.
I would be very surprised if the book assumed any prior knowledge of ZBrush.
Sweet I think I’m going to pre-order it. Just sucks that it wont be out for another 3 months. Guess that gives me some time to mess around before getting serious 
my guess would be the dog ate Auricks manuscript so he is in detention…seriously…my guess is the book will be awaiting the Z3 demo version to come out. It was a bit of a wait for the Z2 demo after Z2 came out so would imagine the same for Z3…plus am sure the folks at Pixologic would like to breathe now.
Glad to see you around 'nuts, this is like family reunion week!
Hope you stay awhile, they will need you here, I will be disappearing
soon.
where ya going? Ya know it’s pretty cold on the moon…not too mention the breathing thing…those suits are still kinda bulky.
Hey Ami
I missed you man, how you doing ?
Bicc where are you disappearing in the middle of a crisis?
you will leave all your friends in the middle of nowhere?
I mean we just boarded the z3 ship 
Too many programs, too little time.
Was given Photoshop CS3 extended.
Have a subsciption to Lynda. com where I am trying
to learn that.
Now this…
I find myself being guilty of what I hate to see others doing
Opening a program, not reading the material, trying things
and then annoying others with stupid questions that I should
have researched myself.
When I come here ( lower basement level of zbrush central) I have
too much fun and waste too much time.
If I catch a plane to Tibet and climb the mountain and see the sage,
the rake brush should appear.
If the planes to Tibet are full, there is always Brooklyn.
edit; have to keep this thread going, it’s Aurick’s 401k money.
hell man…latest news flash…the yeti have closed off the passes to the nowhere man. He could only teach you what no one can…so why climb up there? He don’t don’t know either…Mr. Alon has been too busy to update him anyways.
you aren’t climbing a different mountain than the rest of us “newbs”…so why not stop and have a cuppa with us and share…we will do the same…and hopefully we help another nut like us get further quicker than we did…that is the zb joy…create…learn…create…share…watch your children out do you…learn create share…
ps…no one nows it yet but I have the dm hostage. he made the mistake of come to chi-town. having known this i created a zimage in his image, exported it out and had it made into the coolest balloon ya ever…ooops…he never looked better…went off without a hitch.
if ya need a question answered…next week…i think between 10am and 2pm should be good…let ya know.
if ya need a question answered…
If this quote were presented to me and I had to
guess the author’s identity, you would have been top
on the list.
On behalf of everyone here…
WELCOME BACK!!
May stay a little longer to try and see how much patience
Aurick has left.
This shall not disappear!!!
Dear Diary:
Today is my day for doing the chores around the house.
I look forward to it eagerly and with baited breath.
Dear Diary:
Finally made 6 miles around Siver Lake, hope I am not too
tired tomorrow.
Looking forward to Aurick’s book.
Wonder who will play him in the movie?
Dear Diary;
I figure it like this.
Z3, even to my untrained eye, looks to be fantastic.
If it hasn’t been selling well previously, it almost certainly will
now.
What is missing is educational materials to get the best from it.
In the previous versions, we had a few Dvd’s and tutorials around.
Some great, some not so great.
We had the manual, which although good ,had to be viewed online
unless you made an effort to buy it ( sorry Pilou, about the paper)
In the next few days/weeks there will be a rush on to get out the first
of the materials to take advantage of the lack and to profit by the
early issue.
(One of the most promising looks to be the DVD by Meats Meir due out
iin mid-june although may be early if you write him and tell him to hurry).
But unless I missed something somewhere, no books.
Nothing to take to the bathroom for a quiet hour of educational
enjoyment
If you go to your local bookstore and ask ,for example ,a book about
Maya, you would have to be a bodybuilder to bring even half of them
home and a millionaire to pay for them ( Thank you, Amazon)
So now we have a golden opportunity to purchase a document by THE MAN!
Unless Pixolator decides to tome one, this is about the best it gets.
And if you are worried about what you will get out of it, Dear Diary, think
of all the answers to all the questions these many years.
Also Dear Diary, taking Mary to dance Friday, hope face clears up!!!
Amazon just updated my delivery date to August 30th on the back-ordered “Unleashing ZBrush”… Matt must be neck deep in ZB3 updating - new interface, new illustrations, new models from ZBrush heavyweights, new videos for the companion CD - fun.
I wonder if the book will include ZB3.1 revisions? Maybe 2nd edition. 
Sven
must be neck deep in ZB3 updating - new interface, new illustrations, new models from ZBrush heavyweights, new videos for the companion CD - fun.
I would hesitate to guess that they could probably publish this week,
barring cd demo version.
It has been postponed a few times.
Would think that the majority of the work has been done, with the exception
of his dedication to all those who started a thread on his behalf.
edit: it is spelt like you say it!!! B I C C 39
What’s taking so long in releasing it? It can’t be that hard to remove the pages about generating normal and displacement maps from the book. I know it can get slightly tricky in indesign or quark…
Maybe there will still be an insert foldout on ZB2 for that! :rolleyes:
In all seriousness I look forward to the book and hope to learn quite a few new tricks from it.