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Shadowbox question (newbie alert!)

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#1

Hi all, just learning Zb4r4 and I am going through the Introducing Zbrush 4 book by Eric Keller (and very good it is too!).

I have just started to learn about Shadowbox and it seems that when I load the Shadowbox128.zpr project I have to invert it first in order that I can draw a mask on it to produce an object. If I don’t invert it I cannot draw a mask.

The problem with this is that the resulting 3d object is totally inverted. For example, if I draw a number 8 on one of the planes (after I have inverted it) I get a solid box with the numbner 8 drilled through the middle. This makes sense! But what doesn’t make sense is why I have to invert it in the first place to draw a mask on it.

In the book, Eric says all I need to do is load in the Shadowbox128 project and draw a mask and Shadowbox will generate the 3d object. Maybe this is a slight change in r4 (the book is r3 I think). Also if I draw a masking rectangle starting outside the Shadowbox that seems to work as you would expect. Why can I not just draw a mask straight on the Shadowbox freehand?

Appreciate any help or ideas with this! Suspect I am missing the obvious!

Many many thanks
Steve

#2

just tried this. I have no problems working on the 128 shadowbox tool.

Can you post up a vid showing the problem so we can see if you’re doing anything wrong?

#3

Thanks Beta, will do a video, just need to find a screen recording app, so bear with me :slight_smile:

#4

Zbrush can do it’s own recording as well :slight_smile:

FRAPS would probably work for you as well.

#5

1 Load the 128 shadow box from the bar
2 Draw the “shadowbox” into the canvas.
3 Hit the letter T
4 Hold down Ctrl key and draw onto one side of the shadow box.
5 Boom you got a 3D object.

Is this what you were looking for?

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#6

OK I feel an ass now! I went in to Zb tonight to make a video and it now works as I expected!

Thank you for everyone’s help - I guess I must have had something switched on or off that I shouldn’t have - not sure - but it’s working like a charm tonight!!

Thank you again, apologies for wasting peoples time.

Steve

#7

Hi!

Glad that we could help. Every has a bad “hair day”.

:laughing:small_orange_diamond:laughing:

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