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ZBrush Text smoothing...HELP PLEASE..

Hello,

I have searched high and low to try and find an answer to a problem that I am sure has a very simple answer.
I saw a thread on here once before that covered the topic but I cant remember what it was titled.

The Situation i am facing is the jagged edges that form when you extract text from a mask. The edges are pixilited and cause obvious striations down the depth side of the text subtool which are an eye sore.

I have read about using projection master to smooth it but that was a slightly different situation, and I dont know what I’m doing… I should make that very clear. I am very new to ZBrush, Though I have actually used it a lot in video game design but only by BLIND LUCK have I been able to be successful.

Can some one help me with this or direct me to a video/reading material that can solve this problem.
I thought I would try something new for studio I am working for and thought Zbrush could make the logo look more interesting. But until I can remove the striations from the side I just dont think its going to work.

Please speak to me the way you would speak to a 5 year old. Drawing in crayola may help me understand and perhaps even having a purple dinosaur explain will increase the learning fun.

I can try to upload a couple of screenshots if needed, but I presume most of the ZB gods here would have already long since passed by this problem I am having.
Any Help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks a lot guys.

HOW TO GET CRISP TOOLS USING SHADOWBOX AND TEXTURES

  1. Load the ShadowBox512.ztl from Lightbox > Tools

  2. Go to Tools > Texture Map and clone the texture then, in the Texture menu at the top, export it for reference.

  3. Create the shape in your 2D app to match the texture. (must be black on white and not white on black like an alpha)

  4. Import it back into the Texture palette then go to Tools > Texture Map and click large icon to select it and apply to the Shadow Box.

  5. Press Tool > Masking > Mask by Intensity and Ctrl+click in ShadowBox to update.

Exported texture for reference
SBRef_original.JPG

Modified texture
SBRef.JPG

Result in Shadowbox
clean text.JPG

Beyond Many thanks…100% what was needed thank you.:+1:

Ill try it right now.

Ask the ZB gods and will receive!