[ZBrush - Poshop]

ZBrush is Modeler and Painter, too!

Modeling with ZBrush is like deform a sculpture with clay.

 

ZBrush is 3D-Award winning Software. PS not ;-)

Link to Award winner (Massive-Software (LOR) and ZBrush2)

 

Please watch at this Video:

Link to the Video-Thread

Then you know the different to PS.

[Painting AM models in Zbrush]

Thanks - I'm test it :-)

sounds hopefully...

 

I love ZBrush because the MODELING is so easy !

Not technical, more artist !

Fantastic workflow ...

 

AND ZBrush support a lot of details at a low poly model :-D

In modeling there is no different. You don't think about it while modeling.

 

And then you can Paint on it at the same easy way !

With a lot of tools and textures...

 

Now I must find a Way to import in A:M

I love A:M, too!

Same easy workflow while animation and have a lot of nice features!

 

ZBrush support to export only quadpolys.

Best prerequisite for import in A:M.

When I import the model in the Choreography as "Prop..." it looks exakt as in ZBrush.

But when I import it in an model, there are some ranges, because there are more than 4 Patches at one CP. And the mesh isn't smooth there.

 

I search the easiest way to model completely in ZBrush and import in A:M.

[Painting AM models in Zbrush]

Is it possible to generate a map on a model without make a image and apply by hand?

Is it not possible to let generate an image, that include each patch on the image?

Might be it will generate by export/import ?

 

Then it is all easier :-)

[3DSMax crib Splinemodeling]

Link to New Features Details

 

PDF-Sites 57-60 (51-54)describe the new Splinemodeling in Discreets 3DS-Max V6.

 

It's look like discreet has copy exactly the modeling of A:M ???

 

Ok, theres no Hooks, or FivePointPatches but they use Isolines (PDF-Site 56 (50))

 

 

 

A:M Modeling comes to more glory in Professinal World???

[Painting AM models in Zbrush]

This Mappingtyp is on the model.

When you import the head A:M ask at:"smiling_man_cage_l2.bmp"

With the Model came a tiff file.

Convert the image to bmp.

And load in A:M ...

Edit the Stamp and you get the image like I show.

 

The Model was made by Sami Sorjonen in ZBrush with ZSpheres.

In Silo he have change some polygons.

 

Have someone try to use a high polygone model to import in A:M?

[Normal mapping?]

@John Keates:

therefore there is Weightmover !

A fantastic tool for weigthen.

You rig a low patch model and Weightmover translate it to your High patch model!

 

Fantastic !

I don't know one imperfection !

 

When some rangen not perfect, use the weighteditor from V11 !

THAN its perfect ;-)

 

My problem is modeling a high patch model smooth and fast !

[Normal mapping?]

ypoissant: I just did a quick test: 3 flat rectangular models: 1) 1 patch, 2) 1200 patches, 3) 30000 patches amd placed them in a choreography same position, same size. Set the multipass to 9 so that I have usefull times to compare. The result:

1patch: 13 secs

1200 patches: 15 secs

30000 patches: 26 secs

 

This sounds like there is no Problems with high resolution patch models !?

I make tries with displacement on models.

You mean we don't need technique that give more real details on Low-Poly Models?

 

We can use high resolution models without problems?

[Painting AM models in Zbrush]

Thanks for Tips :-)

I try your ways.

Here is a Image of the Map.

I wonder about this, because is no tile-map !?!

What Map-Typ is it?

[Painting AM models in Zbrush]

The Splineview:

[Painting AM models in Zbrush]

without Displacement:

[Painting AM models in Zbrush]

By testing the compatibility from A:M and ZBrush there are some questions:

 

1. When I model in ZBrush with ZSpheres and after make adaptive Skin I want to make splines better, the I make holes and then 5PointPatches and maybe Hooks. Then the Texture isn't at this new Patches. How can I apply the decal new?

The Decal have not the correct position when I want make a simple new apply to the stamp :-(

 

2. What UV-Map should I use when I modeling in ZBrush and export as obj?

Or MUST I import the model in A:M and apply decals first?

 

3. Which UV-Methods will support by A:M ?

 

 

Displacement-Rendering-Test from ZBrush:

http://www.pixolator.com/zbc-bin/ultimateb...f=1&t=015456&p=

[How does light works ?]

Thanks for information.

My next tries are with variable falloff and light attenuation.

Thanks...

[How does light works ?]

Thanks for Tipps ...

I see you add the three lights to maximal 100%

Is this the usual settings of lights ?

Every Time all lights together are 100% ?

[How does light works ?]

I have a simple question:

How does light work?

When 3 lights exists in a scene is the light intensity of all 3 lights together 100% ?

Should I set every light to 33%?

 

I don't really understand how light works !

Sometimes when I add a light to a good lightning scene, its look like other light goes darker...

 

Is there a good A:M-Light Tutorial to understand the interrelation of lights?

[Post plugins links]

Is there a converter available that can near perfect convert a polygon A:M model with hooks and fivepointpatches to polygonmodel?`

And back?

[Displacement maps]

This is a link, to description of displacement.

Is not for A:M, but maybe you learn how Displacement is working, and you can use know for making displacement in A:M.

 

It's a link to the feature-description of the great FREE 3D-Rendering and modeling packet Blender:

http://www.blender3d.org/cms/Displacement_mapping.37.0.html

 

here are other links to specific A:M-Rescoures:

http://www.mossor.org/Desktop/Tutorials/garbagecan.htm

http://www.hash.com/htmlHelp/v11.0/Generat.../DecalClipP.htm

http://forum.am-user.net/index.php?b=showm...id=1666&seite=1(here is a great pic from "No0ne". Sorry because is a german thread!)

 

Best working at ony 4PointPatches !!!

[Weights...manna from heaven?]

Sorry, I want to say more about this.

I make only few test last time only.

Many work here :-(

 

I have no problems found with weigthmoving models from 10.5 to 11.

You can select cp's from the weightmoving model and tune up the weigthen !

Its fine, because you can change weighten without change the low-res-hires models.

When you change the final weight model later, and then you want to change weighten too - this V11-Weighten-Editor is best simple way :-)

[Hair & Multipass]

cool !!!

 

Very expressively Face and gestures animation !

Looks very very nice :-)

[Weights...manna from heaven?]

A:M-Weight are fantastic !!!

I use Weightmover since it came out ...

The possible to change the weights in A:M now its perfect to use both in combination Weightmover and A:M !!!

 

 

I love this feature !

[Painting AM models in Zbrush]

is it practically to model in zbrush with zspheres and import in a:m ?

Or zbrush only use for texturing, bumping and displacing ?

[Painting AM models in Zbrush]

Is anywhere the sword ZBrush-File to download?

I only find the obj file.

I have not enougth know how to load the obj-file with displacement.

I load it and make the displacementmap as texture to the sword. but downt know how as displacement.

 

Is there the original sword-ZBrush-file?

I wan to make tests, too!

[Painting AM models in Zbrush]

OK

Then there is no noise in the image?!

Then its from rendering...

[Painting AM models in Zbrush]

is the displacement-map image directly from zbrush, or you have convert them?

[Painting AM models in Zbrush]

It was post in the forum from ZBrush.com

There are a lot of renderings from this sword and a displacement head with many 3D-Tools.

Very nice to see:

http://www.pixolator.com/zbc-bin/ultimateb...f=1&t=015376&p=

 

I hope to get the same result with A:M :-)

[Painting AM models in Zbrush]

Thanks for hints. Do you have modeling and texturing a new character in ZBrush an import in A:M?

The displacement looks nice, too.

Are there 5Point-Patches on the sword? Looks little sandy rough. Not so smooth like the zbrush-sword. Is it the problem of jpeg or the problem of rendering displacement?

 

This is the result of C4D: