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#1

Hi all,

I’m really learning Zbrush at the moment but am having a problem. I’m following the Alien Helmet tutorial video from the homeroom area of this site. The one bit I can’t get to work is the polypaint bit where you isolate new polygroups that you can then distort etc.

I switch Mask by Polygroups up to 100% in the brush pallet
Select the layer brush
Set RGB to 100% and switch Zadd off
Select Colourize from the Polypaint pallet

I then seem to be able to paint ok on my model, but when I hit Polypaint From Polygroup I seem to lose all the areas I painted on the model?!?!?!?!?

I suspect I missing something out. Can anybody point me in the right direction please?

Big thanks,

S :smiley:

#2

Do you mean the “From Polypaint” button on the Polygroups tab? What is your tolerance (Ptoler slider) set to?

When you turn polyframe on (Shift F or the Polyframe button) what do you see?

Be sure to use strong, contrasting colors. Maybe some pictures could help us better understand what you are seeing.

-K

#3

Hi there,

Sorry for the delay getting back to you. Thanks for this and you were quite right, I was using the wrong options.

I should have been using From Polypaint instead of Polypaint from Ploygroup.

Works now.

This is such a fantastic bit of software :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: :+1:

Thanks again.