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Video Lessons in Zbrush Season 2 by cannedmushrooms

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#67

If you haven’t had time to check it out, or did not hear I have been posting some lessons over at 3d total
http://www.3dtotal.com/

HERE

Been working on an order for learning the program and posting a chapter every week or so.

So far I’m on chapter 9.

:slight_smile:

#68

hey Cannedmushrooms,

I was just wondering if the stuff you posted on 3DTotal is the same that you posted here?

#69

If you search through some posts here most are only Zbrush videos.
At 3dtotal youll start seeing more broad workflows in later chapters but for now they are the same videos but in highres :wink:

And organized

#70

Hey,

Thanks again for the great vids. Also I was wondering, based on your video review for ZBrush 3.12 for the Mac, when PC users might get this update?

#71

Pixologic’s timeline has always been sketchy (sucks)

Heck from 2.5 to 3.0 it took some 5 odd years.

Then the mac version took 2 more.

I’ll put money on 2 yrs if not 3
It will take them that long to nurse the (we have to get the plugins for 3.12 working first) thing.

Then 3.5 will probably be for PC only again.

PC’s really do blow.
I thought I would never say that but really without a good OS on them they lack the speed and stability of a mac.

I quit blaming Zbrush for issues now that I have been working on a MAC lately. Now I use my 3 billion GHZ 8 megs ram PC beast to answer my email. :wink:

And my mac book pro for all my artwork.

Personally I find it sort of weird how I hardly see anything mentioned about new features or people requesting new features.

I could guess why but I’m a nice person :wink:

#72

Hi, Jason. Happy New Year!

Thanks for all your hard work in presenting this material. I downloaded the movies from 3D Total and they will play on Windows Media Player - but audio only. The video is a screen-saver graphic that changes with the audio. It sounds great, just no video. QuickTime and RealPlayer wouldn’t run it at all, even with the latest downloads. Thoughts?

Thanks!

~~S.~

#73

Try this its the codec

Most are WMV files (which according to microsoft require no codec)

but we all know how that goes.

I have had to install it allot in the past.

HERE for Codec (pc only)

Here for codecs (Macs)

#74

Thanks, Jason. Any particular place I should save it too? I have an OS86 drive. ~S.~

#75

just let it install to default on your pc
then reboot

#76

Thanks, Jason. I have done this and have re-downloaded the movies but am still only able to hear audio. No video. Just some default, psychedelic screen-saver.

~S.~

#77

Things you could try snark is

  1. update your media player
  2. type wmv encoder in google it will lead you to microsofts wmv encoder which contains many things that might help.
  3. I freeken love this player Here its fast easy and stream lined for tutorial watching. Use the option for floating on top of all windows for best performance.
#78

Thanks, Jason. I downloaded the VLC player and that is working fine.

I recently got a new machine and wondered if you could view the specs and recommend preference settings for ZBrush?

~S.~

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#79

Should run well under these setting.

Make sure you hit the test multithreading button first then change the settings and then Store config button.

You have a pretty highend machine but if you run out of polys up your
maxpolypermesh count a little past these settings.

Divide the average man model to a very high level and test it out.

You should go in to windows performace settings and adjust for performance also. (takes away all alpha trans. and visuals within vista)
I have pro 64 so I cant show you the screen shot of the vista 64 place to change it.

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#80

Thanks, Jason!

Hey, if my character has a set of special eyes with multiple parts for lens effects and caustics in close-up, how do you lay out UV’s for that? How much of the UV quadrant should such ‘close-up’ eyes take?

~S.~

#81

Hi, Jason.

Thanks for all your hard work and for sharing with the community.

I’ve been indexing your tutorials and I find a few have become corrupted and won’t play. Would you direct me to a link or links where I could download the following ZBrush movies as Windows Media Files (.wmv)?

Lesson2TheHumanSkull2.0 (758 MB)

Blender UV’s (Hi-Res) this one is just over an hour (462MB as an .avi)

Lesson 11 Digital Painting (parts 1 and 2) - your armored orc character on a cliff

ZBrush/Maya/Max Displacement Properties (350 MB) about 45 minutes

Hair (3 parts)

Thanks!

~S.~

#82

And that one not run too … Zbrush(Topology) … at VEOH … http://www.veoh.com/static/veohwebplayer/index.html …

Youare the best … I’ll buy ALL your lessons … Thanks for the good teachments …

#83

Heres the topology vid
http://www.mediafire.com/?yzmqioydui3
Snark you have a PM :wink:

Those older videos are around at lulu via the link below.
veoh has never been 100% stable and no matter how many times you upload it its like sending a video through a woodchipper.

#84

Thanks, Jason.

Is there a way to convert .avi files to .wmv files? .wmv files are the only ones that show a thumbnail in my browser.

~S.~

#85

Thanks a lot for post the Topology video, you so kind …:D…

I’d try to MP you to answer if the lessons in VTC, Gnomon and Store lulu are the complete package of your tutorials to sell in HD … but my account doesn’t work to send MP yeat …

If you have others to sell in HD please tell me, I wanna buy it … if you have the Veoh package in HD to sell, I’ll love to buy it … my mail … sculture at velleca dot it …

Thanks again for the great work you do …

#86

Thanks Jason.You are helping us noobs a lot. :smiley: :+1: