Found the auhtor’s explanation that you mentioned as written text. When you’ve gone through as many tutorials consecutively as I have I guess I got too used to listening for the tutorial author’s commentary during the tutorial , but the resolution still maxed out at 450 which makes the UI titles unreadable unless you already know what you’re looking at which I readily admit I wouldn’t , hence the 3 day marathon of tutorials. I’ve found I learn much better with videos than manuals because videos show the UI as you would experience it, dynamic & in motion.
So praise be the video training & keep ‘em comin’.I may try my hand at it one day as what I would’ve liked to have spot-lighted a ZBrush technique the way I would’ve wanted it explained to me as a bona fide rooky.
It’s all right I didn’t put much stalk into the Z classroom until I found I couldn’t really find the info I was after. Then I started actually following the tutorials they had and now I can pretty much understand how almost everything is done. Just need more practice in general now. Every once in a while I’ll see someone use some tool or feature for something that hadn’t occurred to me then I’m thinking “DUH! it’s so obvious, why didn’t I think of that!”. Any how glad to help.
Michael - really appreciate your (fairly) recent tutorials DigitalClassroom/DigitalSculpting/InsertMesh on curve insert brushes. (I’ve got 4 R5.)
Why are my simple branches off of the initial curve I’ve drawn, going off super long in another axis?
Thanks for any help!
Michael - 4R5, trying to master curve tube insert and curvemulti insert brushes. Been over your videos - excellent. Been trying to get either of these brushes to taper following (I think) your proc in “curve insert mesh weld - part 1”. Under brush options, found modifers but no “soft curve.” Didn’t find it elsewhere under brush. Under stroke pallet/curve modifier/have intensity and size on - curve fall off (100% to 0, o 0 - 100 - tried both). tapped on end of drawn out curve. NOTHING. I have an awful lot of blood vessels to draw. What am I doing wrong? or if the option isn’t there for those two brushes, what do you recommend?
Hi Mike, thank you for these vids!
In the Curve Mesh Triparts Weld 01:
You create a Tentacle Insert Mesh and the first adjustment you make to the results is apply the “soft curve” modifier in the Brush Modification settings. I’m using 4R6 and don’t seems to have this function in my menu options. Has this method of tapering the curve changed? Been relocated? Or a different approach been created. Two updates to ZBrush have been published since these video’s were released so I may just be out of the loop. Can you please let me know how to resolve this?
Thanks for all your efforts!
Best,
Chris Molina
its really frustrating learning this program trying to do the things i know how to do with most other systems,
is there an online class with a tutor that i can take where i can ask questions to a teacher or something , zbrush is simply too complicated with too many tools to pick up on my own time alone by watching videos alone,
…you actually say what keystroke you are holding or clicking as we see the screen. No ambiguity. Excellent. No small thing.
I am taking Paul Gaboury’s class at ZBrushWorkshops. It is a very comprehensive class. Like you, I have felt frustrated with learning all the features of ZB. The class has helped but I still have to do extra study within ZB Classroom, YouTube, and books. After a few months of evenings and weekends, I can make some pretty cool sculptures, know some hard surface techniques, and have learned a lot about UV, Normal, and Texture maps that I would never have found on my own. Seeing someone create an Alpha was really helpful. In addition to Paul’s classes, ZBW also provides you with a nice set of extra tutorials to get you up and running. All of the classes are live, but recorded for your reviewing later, cause you couldn’t take it all in on the first go around. I have given myself a goal of just learning for the first 4 months, then start work on projects, and work naturally with ZB in one year. My timeline grew to this length once I realized how big ZB was. Of course it would be shorter if I was attending a class and working full time at this. Good luck and be patient.
Amazing job…Where is the full model ?
Hey man, awesome videos. I find that when I draw a curve out with an IMM brush when I go to draw out another one my first one disappears. Is there something I should be doing to “lock” it in or something?
Thanks very much,
R-
Hey there bro. Awesome tutorial. Learned a lot. But Im having trouble with something and Im insanely frustrated. Im using the brush as directed and with great results however when I try to make another chain, it cancelles the first. How can I lay down multiple?