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Zsphere to Adaptive Skin problem

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#1

When I preview the adaptive skin on my zsphere model I get very poor results.
Here is a shot of my zsphere model:
zSpheres-1.jpg

Here is a shot of the adaptive skin preview:
zSpheres-1-skin.jpg

I have tried adjusting the skin settings - but noting really improves the end result.

Any suggestions on how to debug or improve the skin result would be very much appreciated.

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zSpheres-1.jpg

zSpheres-1-skin.jpg

#2

Turn off “Use Classic Skinning” in Adaptive Skin palette.

#3

I tried that, it does not have any effect.

#4

Try this:

  1. Turn off the preview (press ‘A’).
  2. In the Zplugin palette, press Transpose Master>StoreTM Rig. (This just copies the zspheres to memory.)
  3. In the Tool palette, select a new ZSphere tool.
  4. Press Zplugin>Transpose Master>PasteTM Rig.

See if that previews any better.

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#5

Just wanted to say thanks for the copy / paste trick with zspheres.

Something kept happening to me when I tried to make an adaptive skin: Zbrush would just quit when trying to preview. I had it narrowed down to stray tiny spheres with no bones attached (probably because I tapped them into existence on accident). When I do the copy paste into a new tool I’m able to see those tiny spheres and delete them - I guess Zbrush tries to fix the issues with the model on paste.

I’m posting this in case it helps someone else who is crashing Zbrush when trying to preview a zsphere model.