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ZBrush Usage Questions
#1

I’m still missing something with Materials and how to apply them to individual parts.
I do understand that when PolyPainting on a mesh inside a SubTool that the paintbrush icon needs to be active. Then your painting only is applied there on that mesh within that single SubTool. What I’m missing is how to apply a material to only one part within one SubTool and no thers. I want to apply a different material to each part within each SubTool.
No matter what I try I’m only able to apply any one material to all parts in all SubTools…Frustrating.
Thx in advance!

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#2

In order for materials to be “fixed” to a subtool they need to be embedded. To do this:

  1. Select the subtool you want to work with.
  2. Select the material you want to use.
  3. Turn on the “M” button which is above the RGB Intensity slider at the top of the interface. This means you are working with materials only.
  4. In the Color palette, press the Fill Object button. This will embed the material into the subtool.

Switching materials will now change the materials on other subtools but the embedded one should be unchanged.

You can now paint with other materials on the subtool by selecting the Paint brush and making sure the “M” button is on, to paint just material. Or you can turn on “Mrgb” if you want to paint with both color and material.

Note that if you turn off the paintbrush icon in the subtool list the embedded material and polypaint will be hidden, so that the subtool shows the current material and current color. Turn the paintbrush icon back on to show them again.

HTH,

#3

Thx Marcus!

#4

Awesome! I was having this same problem.

#5

Is it possible to do the same with noise? Put it to one part only? Every time I try it is seems to apply to all the parts