Wow! I've been BATTLING with a sculpt I'm busy with and you've just showed me what I was doing wrong, not to mention you finally cleared up for me the difference between Z-remeshing and dynameshing. You sir should be an instructor. Thank you! You just got a new sub. I will go through all your Z-brush videos
This is incredibly useful. I've been lost about when to use Dynamesh, ZRemesher and divisions and your video explained it really well. Thank you for making this video.
Excellent. Going to look for more videos from you now. ZBrush has such a steep learning curve and RUclips is full of the "whiskers and pores" level of detail on how to work with it. Nice to get a 'Dynamesh' overview!
Can't believe you only have 18k subscribers. With the quality of your content you deserve more. Thank you for explaining everything in such a nice way! Looking forward for more
Need more tuts like this were you go into depths of stuff and explain why you do what you do. It would be awesome if you did that with brushes, textures, masks and so on, because you're able to explain thoroughly and that's what I need to learn and understand. I failed my Zbrush class because my teacher couldn't make me understand why we did the things we did. But you nail it perfectly. Thanks!
Thanks so much for this video, I think this is one of the best dynamesh videos on RUclips! Also great that you added a camera, makes it more fun to watch the video. Great video man keep it up!
Wow. I'm so used to watching a guy from Isreal on a Lenovo laptop demonstrate something with no sound or captions at 240p. Please continue making clear and concise videos, very refreshing. Thanks!
Thanks youtube for actrully recommending me a video i wanted to see! Instead of sending me down a rabbit hole filled with weird Japanese soap commercials or some shit. Awesome tutorial, you just changed my whole perspective on dynamesh.
Thanks, Glad someone finally cleared that up, nice in 3 bullet points. Just so that I understand: [Step 1]: Use pre-existing armatures or create Zspferes and build framework/armature, shape.... [Step 2], add dynamesh ( to do your anatomy, shapes) & Ctrl select background to adjust when stretching polygons occurs. [Step 3] use Zremesh to get better control over polygons and start dividing to nr.2 and nr 3..... [Step 4], reach/create divisions 6, 7, 8 for detail. ------------ is this correct via your explanation? Also, on a different subject, that workspace of your looks user-friendly...I tried customizing my own, but the "ctrl + alt" thing doesn't want to work properly. I'm trying to add brushes to the toolbars, and then it just doesn't lock on, or remain when I enter program again. Any advice?
Hey! Glad you liked the vid. The 3 steps are 1. Dynamesh (this is the most loose stage, whatever method if making meshes works but dynamesh will almost always be used as well) 2. ZRemesh (make new topology that becomes your "bsaemesh" to finish) 3. Divide (the last thing you'll do is have a mesh with multiple divisions and a high poly count to do details)
Uhm is this the way you do it? 1. So you use dynamesh for the base shape. 2. After getting the desired shape you use Zremesher right? 3. Then you use divide to increase polygons for the details. I'm new to zbrush and I have watched a lot of tutorials, but your video is the only one to describe the uses of dynamesh and zremesher. Thanks very much!
I have idea for next video: Zbrush useful tips. Example: I just started using Zbrush, and I didn't know how remove copy of my subtool from scene (so i restarted Zbrush usualy ) - yesterday somebody told me to use ctrl+n to clean my layer. Great tutorial and i can't wait for more :)
What do you do if you used dynamesh to make your high detail final sculpt? I'm on about 400 dynamesh and want to start texturing, how do i handle this?
J Hill, a fine bit of instruction, thanks for making it plain what constitutes proper foundation in ZB. I've been searching the forum and You Tube for an answer to an issue that's only produced partial answers, that I'm betting you will have a better sense for how to resolve than many. Note, I'm working backwards from conventional CG art that begins with simple shapes, moves to complex, then uses transfer detail hi to lo to yield something useful in animations. My work with scan data begins with high, super high as in 10s of millions poly, this data being plagued with many overlapping faces and pinched polys. All the video tuts I've reviewed instantly go off track to what would work for me, as they're working with scans of objects, require highly manual work with brushes to thicken walls, removing polys, inflating, smoothing, etc. etc. I need something procedural. I'm not concerned with animation, my subject matter being hard structures, so seams are less relevant. My scans are of huge complex environments, caves, also manmade, e.g. interiors. Issues with tessellation and surface noise, mainly with manmade scenes featuring straight edges and planar shapes, are what I'm seeking to clean in ZB. If I bring in a 20 million poly mesh and make a Dynamesh (retaining poly count) I get Swiss cheese (from overlapping faces and pinched polys), that or shattering (from poly islands). I've successfully converted to Dynamesh with a bit of smoothing to the raw tris, then used iterations of polish crisp edges at more aggressive levels and other tricks to then generate polygroups I can use to zap surface noise on planar shapes while retaining decent edge sharpness. My question, how would you optimize edge sharpness and preserve max detail in crevices, that is actual features v. artifacts, in a largely procedural workflow? With that I mean, it's fine to use the lasso to snag a few missed islands on a mask, pulling sliders to grow/shrink selections, but need to stay clear of working with brushes. Big thanks.
Hey there. This is a big question, and one I wouldn't be able to answer without taking a first hand look so allow me to burst your bubble up front. Also, while the idea of automating everything sounds great and is an understandable goal, it isn't always realistic. Again, without seeing the source and target meshes first hand I can't know but in my experience, most things needs a little care by hand. To get around getting messed up geo out of dynamesh I would try using decimation master first thing and then maybe zremesher. if you could sucessfully get a relativley low Zremesh, you could then subdivide up to a high enough resolution and project the details from the scan onto the new mesh. then do any of the polishing/cleanup of the forms on a much nicer mesh with subdivisions. Hope you find this helpful. Good luck with your projects, cheers
@@artofjhill Thank you J. I'm naive about most of ZB, but also realize it's a bit presumptuous to plant big questions, apologies, but thanks for understanding that what I'm really after is to gain global perspective. You set that frame in your tut, urging users to understand the importance of foundation. So, your response is actually much of what I needed to hear, point me down the road and which main fork I take. You suggest Decimation Master> ZRemesher> Subdivide, transfer detail, got it. What would be most helpful now would be to affirm my understanding of taking that fork, and skipping Dynamesh. As I understood it from your tut, Dynamesh is used to produce the basic shape. Since basic shape is inherent to my scan, there's nothing gained in Dynamesh, yes? Interestingly, when I was able to avoid the Swiss cheese moving to Dynamesh, it was two variables in play (a no no, but okay), decimated from 20 M to 19 M and added low levels of Polish Crisp Edges. If overlapping faces, pinched polys, and poly islands caused the Swiss cheese and shattering, does Decimation Master act on polys in a way that filters against those problem children? It seems so, but just curious to know what happens during decimation beyond reducing poly count. I had tried ZRemesher, couldn't tell if Activity Monitor was correct in ZB going unresponsive or if 20 M should take many hours to do its thing, but it seemed out of bounds to me after 30 minutes, so I bailed. I'm now thinking to try decimating, even quite aggressively but to a duplicate of the 20M, see if ZRemesher likes that, then use the 20 M instead to project detail, proceed with Polish Crisp Edges, Auto Group, etc. from there. Please know, I can't and don't expect granular workflow parsed by you, you're most generous to respond at all. I do value your global understanding and feedback to point me toward that end of things, the broad view, can then experiment and cut my teeth in the details. Again, big thanks! BvC
@@BenjaminvonCramon Decimation Master does reduce the polycount of the subtool selected, It may also cap holes but I'm not certain. Duplicate the Scan first and start the workflow with Decimation Master. You can greatly reduce the polycount. Try setting the percentage to 1% after "pre processing current" you'll then have a much lighter model with which you can try to Zremesh from there to get a clean mesh or if that doesn't work Dynamesh then Zremesher. The goal would be to get a relatively clean mesh in the overall shape of the scan that you could divide and project the surface detail onto. It will be much easier to clean up the mesh and make it look however you want if it has nice topology, which the scan does not. Good luck!
Glad to see you posting frequently. This was informative, thank you for taking the time to record this. When it comes to questions/suggestions, I have 3D classes at my college working with Maya, I have a version of zBrush at home that I have played with here and there. But I am required to use Maya for those classes. When I return for fall semester I believe the school will be updating to the 2016 toolset which includes all of the sculpting tools from Mudbox. Can you provide any insight on sculpting in Maya 2016, (or Mudbox, since it's essentially their toolset) in relation to zBrush. Are you aware of any equivalents to Dynamesh or zRemesher with this tool. Allowing for a similar workflow. If not, I understand. I've made the assumption that you've worked with Maya in the studios you've worked for, along side zBrush. Thank you for your time, Have a good day.
Michael Young I've worked with Maya a while and use it at the studio now. I haven't used the new sculpting and or next level modeling tools they recently showed off, I'm excited to try them! I may end up really liking the new maya and sculpting with it, then I'll be doing videos of that. I maya even do Maya videos here and there but only as it pertains to the type of things I make.
+Jay Hill thank you for the swift reply. I'll patiently anticipate anything pertaining to maya sculpting, while enjoying any of the videos you intend on making as they come. Thanks again. 😃
Wow it's funny I watched this video a good few months ago and it never sunk in. I had a digital sculpting module on my course 😂 and I've re watched this now after using z brush since then and it makes sense haha! Thanks
"a pixel canvas where all the pixels arn't the same size" that is an absolute gem of a line. Thank you! You've made this so much clearer and easier to understand. Subscribed!
haha allright ,yeah thanks. I thought it was stupid lol. I always make a low poly base mesh first, and then use dynamesh to add topolegy and get rid of the intersecting meshes, but the edges always get really weard geo. I think I'll ddynamesh in the future, then sculpt for a bit, and then use zremesher to add descent topo. thanks again for the clear explaination
Amazing upload and explanations of the different tools! Another interesting video topic would be Retopology and whether using tools in Maya/Zbrush are better for certain situations :) And then how to use/create displacement maps etc... Thanks again!
Perfect tutorial just needs to show us how to get the base shape when you explained it. Covered a few things I wanted to know I was just using zremesh 100% of the time.
Hi, learning Zbrush here! Nice video and very well explained. Thanks! Speaking of low-poly meshes for video games, would it be a good idea to follow this workflow I'm thinking of?: 1. Create the character at high-poly 2. Use Dynamesh to get rid of large polygons 3. Extract the Normal Map (Image File) from this Dynamesh 4. Use Zremesher to clean the mesh into low-poly 5. Export the low-poly mesh into an OBJ File 6. Use both the Normal Map and the OBJ File in the game engine What do you think?
hey there. you would probably use dynamesh and zremesher for the the high poly. To make it simpler, you do anything and everything to make a high poly model. whatever it takes to make the high poly exactly how you want it to look, using as much or as little techniques as you want. Once a high poly model is finished then a new game resolution mesh is created using the high poly as a guide. Students always want there to be a method to "automatically" generate this but as of now, there isn't. you make it by hand using maya or a program like topogun. then you UV map the new game model and back the normals from the high poly to the new low poly. hope that makes sense. cheers! and good luck
Hi J, If you were going to extract from that mesh (like for clothes, etc.), would you do it after the first zremesh pass before dividing? Also, since you asked for suggestions--I think a lot of us students would love a talk about breaking into the industry. Thanks so much for such a clear and articulate video!
There isn't a perfect time to extract a mesh to make clothes out of, its your preference. You could duplicate the zremesh and delete polygons to make a new clothes mesh or you could paint a mask on the body in the shape of clothing, then extract the shape, and zremesh the extracted shape. There are several ways to do everything, the important thing is to do the most efficient thing you know how to do and to make new meshes quickly as to not break flow and to keep working towards what you want to make. and thanks for the suggestion about the video topic. gl and happy zbrushing
Thanks for the great tutorial...Many people out there just talk about using the dynamesh without stressing the need to "get your forms and get the hell out of dynamesh"..Thanks for showing me the fundamental i was never told about.
I'm on my first serious sculpt and I've been struggling trying to get things smoothed out and detailed for weeks, but this explains SO MUCH!! Thank you very much for sharing and explaining everything so clearly!
Wow, what an amazing tutorial. You explained the whole process so well and clear. The process of using dynamesh and z-remesher make so much more sense, thank you!
Hi Jay, I have a question about detailing when you want to use an insert mesh for things such as screw heads and alike. I believe this is something you would want to do with IMM brushes, but if you want the new mesh to be a part of the base mesh, you would need it to be a dynamesh, correct? Would using a mesh to create an alpha be a better solution to this sort of final high res detailing? I had hoped this video would shed some light on how to get that high res detail in place, with dynamesh, alpha, or some other method. Suggestions?
When I want screws as seperate meshes I duplicate the mesh I'll use to draw them out on, delete subdivisions, then draw out my screws. When I'm done, I delete the original mesh, leaving just the scews. hope that helps, good topic for a video maybe
Would you prescribe that same process (dynamesh, zremesher, then start to subdivide) for all of my subtools? I'm working on a simple bust (head, neck, shoulders) and I have a head, the hair, and shoulders all as separate subtools. I was going to insert eyeballs as subtools at some point. Should I even do that? Can I join all my subtools into one? Is that even the best idea? Would love to hear your counsel on this. Thanks. Straightforward video
I'm just getting into ZBrush and I found this video to be fantastically helpful in understanding the difference between Dynamesh and ZRemesher. Thanks for making it!
You explain very, VERY well. Honestly I think one of the best tuto I've seen in a long time. There are so many people out there that make informative but badly made tutorials. Your's is easy to follow
Great tutorials! clear and informative. Would you be able to cover a simple production workflow? from sculpting > adding details > texturing in substance painter?
I started to learn Zbrush 3 weeks ago and I watched tons of videos. I was much confused. This video has made clear, this video is crucial, fundamental. I would have liked to watch it before. I'm pretty sure that your channel is a gold mine, Thanks!
Dude, witNice tutorialn 4 hours of watcNice tutorialng tNice tutorials video, I bought soft soft, and made my first 56-second soft clip. You're an aweso teacher,
@@artofjhill Hi J! I didn't expect a response from the man himself! Cool! I just downloaded it. (Thank you!) I'm just starting Zbrush and there is a lot to take in. The interface is only just beginning to make sense to me. Your art so good and it is very intimidating ...you just bypassed the uncanny valley into making real faces. haha. Amazing work!
So I did my last dynamesh at around 128 res, and remeshed to around 150k and added a few subD levels but any sculpting is like a chore. So I used the MakePolyMesh3D and that made it to where sculpting is a breeze. Is MakePolyMesh a recommended option once all the dyna/zre meshing is all done.
One question... I'm noticing other zbrush artists using dynamesh on a human face way further before using Zremesh, meaning they don't stop at just the basic form and instead get in a lot more detail, like wrinkles and pores, before zremeshing. And they they just do the zremesher guide thing (drawing in dotted lines), zremesh, and reproject the details. Do you not recommend doing it that way?
Awesome explanation of what these tools do. Just started using zbrush and its very complicated and other tutorials on youtube just say use dynamesh without explaining what it is or why your using it. +1 indeed =D
I want to get into zbrush but some of the technical stuff just completely loses me...the sculpting itself is something I can see myself getter better at but I feel as though the technical aspects to zbrush will hold me back. so these types of videos are really appreciated
+Bruce Wayne I'm glad to hear that Bruce, big fan btw. Can you tell me things that you feel are holding you back or you'd like to know more about. I'd love to make more of these types of videos and help solve this exact thing. I want more people to sculpt :)
This is a crazily good tutorial! It cleared so much up for me, I thought dynamesh was the way to go and it kinda made me hate zbrush because it gets slow at the end and not the clean workflow that I'd like. This is great! Would you do a tutorial on exporting and minimalizing your object for other software ? (for example Cinema4D). I create static meshes and everything I want to export my model there are like a million ways to recalculate your mesh and I just hate how I'm just doing random stuff. Thanks again, you're a great teacher!
thank you for the kind words man, glad the video helped. You want to know how to move a mesh to another program for what purpose? there are automatic ways to make a smaller polycount but for games we still do it by hand
Wow! I've been BATTLING with a sculpt I'm busy with and you've just showed me what I was doing wrong, not to mention you finally cleared up for me the difference between Z-remeshing and dynameshing. You sir should be an instructor. Thank you! You just got a new sub. I will go through all your Z-brush videos
+CallMeLum awe thanks man, I appreciate it. glad I could help
Same for me now. Thx J Hill! *.*
you're welcome!
Thanks J !! in just 10 minutes you made it clear on how to implement an optimal work flow.. Thanks!!!
you just saved my life man, i didn't get it at all how to work with these things! THANKS!
Damn. This was what I have been looking for whiteout knowing it. Big thanks!!!
+dennou2012 you're welcome, glad it helped :)
This is incredibly useful. I've been lost about when to use Dynamesh, ZRemesher and divisions and your video explained it really well. Thank you for making this video.
you're welcome, glad it helped!
Excellent. Going to look for more videos from you now. ZBrush has such a steep learning curve and RUclips is full of the "whiskers and pores" level of detail on how to work with it. Nice to get a 'Dynamesh' overview!
Can't believe you only have 18k subscribers. With the quality of your content you deserve more. Thank you for explaining everything in such a nice way! Looking forward for more
Need more tuts like this were you go into depths of stuff and explain why you do what you do. It would be awesome if you did that with brushes, textures, masks and so on, because you're able to explain thoroughly and that's what I need to learn and understand.
I failed my Zbrush class because my teacher couldn't make me understand why we did the things we did. But you nail it perfectly. Thanks!
glad I could help man. I will definitely make more tutorials like this about other techniques and aspects of digital sculpting and making characters
Looking forward to it!
Thanks for the great tut dude!
Brilliant mate thank you for taking the time to explain this. Wishing you the very best.
Amazing, the best explanation about the differences between dynamesh, zremesher and divide ever!
Carla Soriani yay!
absolutely agree!
Best explanation. Finally makes sense.
meant to say very clear and concise delivery as well, lot of promise
Thanks so much for this video, I think this is one of the best dynamesh videos on RUclips! Also great that you added a camera, makes it more fun to watch the video.
Great video man keep it up!
AdamConcepts awesome, thanks man!
Wow. I'm so used to watching a guy from Isreal on a Lenovo laptop demonstrate something with no sound or captions at 240p. Please continue making clear and concise videos, very refreshing. Thanks!
Thanks dude! Will do
@@artofjhill you kept your promise. well done. this video is still useful in 2024. even though the tools have changed slightly.
How could I have overlooked this video so long? That's a great tutorial about workflow!
+Sven Bardos thanks man :)
Best way I heard dynamesh explained. Thanks.
Glad to hear it. I hope it helps
Thanks youtube for actrully recommending me a video i wanted to see!
Instead of sending me down a rabbit hole filled with weird Japanese soap commercials or some shit.
Awesome tutorial, you just changed my whole perspective on dynamesh.
lol glad it found it's way to you
Thanks, Glad someone finally cleared that up, nice in 3 bullet points. Just so that I understand:
[Step 1]: Use pre-existing armatures or create Zspferes and build framework/armature, shape....
[Step 2], add dynamesh ( to do your anatomy, shapes) & Ctrl select background to adjust when stretching polygons occurs.
[Step 3] use Zremesh to get better control over polygons and start dividing to nr.2 and nr 3.....
[Step 4], reach/create divisions 6, 7, 8 for detail.
------------ is this correct via your explanation?
Also, on a different subject, that workspace of your looks user-friendly...I tried customizing my own, but the "ctrl + alt" thing doesn't want to work properly. I'm trying to add brushes to the toolbars, and then it just doesn't lock on, or remain when I enter program again. Any advice?
Hey! Glad you liked the vid. The 3 steps are 1. Dynamesh (this is the most loose stage, whatever method if making meshes works but dynamesh will almost always be used as well) 2. ZRemesh (make new topology that becomes your "bsaemesh" to finish) 3. Divide (the last thing you'll do is have a mesh with multiple divisions and a high poly count to do details)
Awesome work-flow presentation! Totally explained a number of my misconceptions! Thank you!
great, glad to hear it helped
great topic I am searching for it so long, thanks
glad it helped!
Uhm is this the way you do it?
1. So you use dynamesh for the base shape.
2. After getting the desired shape you use Zremesher right?
3. Then you use divide to increase polygons for the details.
I'm new to zbrush and I have watched a lot of tutorials, but your video is the only one to describe the uses of dynamesh and zremesher. Thanks very much!
+Karl Eclaire you got it! Thats the basic process.
+J. Hill Thanks, I got confused between what to use first. Thanks for this vid!
Thank J Hill... So helpful....
Thanks man this was very clear and easy to understand, great video!
I have idea for next video: Zbrush useful tips. Example: I just started using Zbrush, and I didn't know how remove copy of my subtool from scene (so i restarted Zbrush usualy ) - yesterday somebody told me to use ctrl+n to clean my layer.
Great tutorial and i can't wait for more :)
Wow. You cleared up a lot for me with the detail. Thanks a bunch. definitely subscribing.
You are my savior. Thanks for sharing your knowledge, you rock.
Thank you for this video. I found it and really needed it.
+Rahul Rajoria you're welcome :)
+Jay Hill Love your videos. Its so inspiring for me. Im glad i found it. :)
awesome tutorial! helps a lot
Perfect tutorial
Hey J. Thank you so much man. This helps a lot :)
Fantastic content mate!
What do you do if you used dynamesh to make your high detail final sculpt? I'm on about 400 dynamesh and want to start texturing, how do i handle this?
J Hill, a fine bit of instruction, thanks for making it plain what constitutes proper foundation in ZB. I've been searching the forum and You Tube for an answer to an issue that's only produced partial answers, that I'm betting you will have a better sense for how to resolve than many. Note, I'm working backwards from conventional CG art that begins with simple shapes, moves to complex, then uses transfer detail hi to lo to yield something useful in animations. My work with scan data begins with high, super high as in 10s of millions poly, this data being plagued with many overlapping faces and pinched polys. All the video tuts I've reviewed instantly go off track to what would work for me, as they're working with scans of objects, require highly manual work with brushes to thicken walls, removing polys, inflating, smoothing, etc. etc. I need something procedural. I'm not concerned with animation, my subject matter being hard structures, so seams are less relevant. My scans are of huge complex environments, caves, also manmade, e.g. interiors. Issues with tessellation and surface noise, mainly with manmade scenes featuring straight edges and planar shapes, are what I'm seeking to clean in ZB. If I bring in a 20 million poly mesh and make a Dynamesh (retaining poly count) I get Swiss cheese (from overlapping faces and pinched polys), that or shattering (from poly islands). I've successfully converted to Dynamesh with a bit of smoothing to the raw tris, then used iterations of polish crisp edges at more aggressive levels and other tricks to then generate polygroups I can use to zap surface noise on planar shapes while retaining decent edge sharpness. My question, how would you optimize edge sharpness and preserve max detail in crevices, that is actual features v. artifacts, in a largely procedural workflow? With that I mean, it's fine to use the lasso to snag a few missed islands on a mask, pulling sliders to grow/shrink selections, but need to stay clear of working with brushes.
Big thanks.
Hey there. This is a big question, and one I wouldn't be able to answer without taking a first hand look so allow me to burst your bubble up front. Also, while the idea of automating everything sounds great and is an understandable goal, it isn't always realistic. Again, without seeing the source and target meshes first hand I can't know but in my experience, most things needs a little care by hand. To get around getting messed up geo out of dynamesh I would try using decimation master first thing and then maybe zremesher. if you could sucessfully get a relativley low Zremesh, you could then subdivide up to a high enough resolution and project the details from the scan onto the new mesh. then do any of the polishing/cleanup of the forms on a much nicer mesh with subdivisions. Hope you find this helpful. Good luck with your projects, cheers
@@artofjhill Thank you J. I'm naive about most of ZB, but also realize it's a bit presumptuous to plant big questions, apologies, but thanks for understanding that what I'm really after is to gain global perspective. You set that frame in your tut, urging users to understand the importance of foundation. So, your response is actually much of what I needed to hear, point me down the road and which main fork I take. You suggest Decimation Master> ZRemesher> Subdivide, transfer detail, got it. What would be most helpful now would be to affirm my understanding of taking that fork, and skipping Dynamesh. As I understood it from your tut, Dynamesh is used to produce the basic shape. Since basic shape is inherent to my scan, there's nothing gained in Dynamesh, yes?
Interestingly, when I was able to avoid the Swiss cheese moving to Dynamesh, it was two variables in play (a no no, but okay), decimated from 20 M to 19 M and added low levels of Polish Crisp Edges. If overlapping faces, pinched polys, and poly islands caused the Swiss cheese and shattering, does Decimation Master act on polys in a way that filters against those problem children? It seems so, but just curious to know what happens during decimation beyond reducing poly count.
I had tried ZRemesher, couldn't tell if Activity Monitor was correct in ZB going unresponsive or if 20 M should take many hours to do its thing, but it seemed out of bounds to me after 30 minutes, so I bailed. I'm now thinking to try decimating, even quite aggressively but to a duplicate of the 20M, see if ZRemesher likes that, then use the 20 M instead to project detail, proceed with Polish Crisp Edges, Auto Group, etc. from there.
Please know, I can't and don't expect granular workflow parsed by you, you're most generous to respond at all. I do value your global understanding and feedback to point me toward that end of things, the broad view, can then experiment and cut my teeth in the details. Again, big thanks!
BvC
@@BenjaminvonCramon Decimation Master does reduce the polycount of the subtool selected, It may also cap holes but I'm not certain. Duplicate the Scan first and start the workflow with Decimation Master. You can greatly reduce the polycount. Try setting the percentage to 1% after "pre processing current" you'll then have a much lighter model with which you can try to Zremesh from there to get a clean mesh or if that doesn't work Dynamesh then Zremesher. The goal would be to get a relatively clean mesh in the overall shape of the scan that you could divide and project the surface detail onto. It will be much easier to clean up the mesh and make it look however you want if it has nice topology, which the scan does not. Good luck!
Cool techniques! Thank you sire.
Glad to see you posting frequently.
This was informative,
thank you for taking the time to record this.
When it comes to questions/suggestions, I have 3D classes at my college working with Maya, I have a version of zBrush at home that I have played with here and there. But I am required to use Maya for those classes. When I return for fall semester I believe the school will be updating to the 2016 toolset which includes all of the sculpting tools from Mudbox.
Can you provide any insight on sculpting in Maya 2016, (or Mudbox, since it's essentially their toolset) in relation to zBrush. Are you aware of any equivalents to Dynamesh or zRemesher with this tool. Allowing for a similar workflow.
If not, I understand. I've made the assumption that you've worked with Maya in the studios you've worked for, along side zBrush.
Thank you for your time,
Have a good day.
Michael Young I've worked with Maya a while and use it at the studio now. I haven't used the new sculpting and or next level modeling tools they recently showed off, I'm excited to try them! I may end up really liking the new maya and sculpting with it, then I'll be doing videos of that. I maya even do Maya videos here and there but only as it pertains to the type of things I make.
+Jay Hill thank you for the swift reply.
I'll patiently anticipate anything pertaining to maya sculpting, while enjoying any of the videos you intend on making as they come.
Thanks again.
😃
Wow it's funny I watched this video a good few months ago and it never sunk in. I had a digital sculpting module on my course 😂 and I've re watched this now after using z brush since then and it makes sense haha! Thanks
glad it helped you out, happy sculpting dude :)
What a level of teaching. I really appriciated...
"a pixel canvas where all the pixels arn't the same size" that is an absolute gem of a line. Thank you! You've made this so much clearer and easier to understand. Subscribed!
thanks :)
good and clear tutorial, thanks! I used dynamesh as a remesher (which is stupid) thanks for the tips.
BlenderGameArtist That's not stupid, a lot of people do that! I'm glad you found the video helpful :)
haha allright ,yeah thanks. I thought it was stupid lol. I always make a low poly base mesh first, and then use dynamesh to add topolegy and get rid of the intersecting meshes, but the edges always get really weard geo. I think I'll ddynamesh in the future, then sculpt for a bit, and then use zremesher to add descent topo.
thanks again for the clear explaination
Amazing upload and explanations of the different tools! Another interesting video topic would be Retopology and whether using tools in Maya/Zbrush are better for certain situations :) And then how to use/create displacement maps etc... Thanks again!
sir you helps me a lot ! thanks so much
You got it
Perfect tutorial just needs to show us how to get the base shape when you explained it. Covered a few things I wanted to know I was just using zremesh 100% of the time.
Hi, learning Zbrush here! Nice video and very well explained. Thanks!
Speaking of low-poly meshes for video games, would it be a good idea to follow this workflow I'm thinking of?:
1. Create the character at high-poly
2. Use Dynamesh to get rid of large polygons
3. Extract the Normal Map (Image File) from this Dynamesh
4. Use Zremesher to clean the mesh into low-poly
5. Export the low-poly mesh into an OBJ File
6. Use both the Normal Map and the OBJ File in the game engine
What do you think?
hey there. you would probably use dynamesh and zremesher for the the high poly. To make it simpler, you do anything and everything to make a high poly model. whatever it takes to make the high poly exactly how you want it to look, using as much or as little techniques as you want. Once a high poly model is finished then a new game resolution mesh is created using the high poly as a guide. Students always want there to be a method to "automatically" generate this but as of now, there isn't. you make it by hand using maya or a program like topogun. then you UV map the new game model and back the normals from the high poly to the new low poly. hope that makes sense. cheers! and good luck
Hi J, If you were going to extract from that mesh (like for clothes, etc.), would you do it after the first zremesh pass before dividing?
Also, since you asked for suggestions--I think a lot of us students would love a talk about breaking into the industry.
Thanks so much for such a clear and articulate video!
There isn't a perfect time to extract a mesh to make clothes out of, its your preference. You could duplicate the zremesh and delete polygons to make a new clothes mesh or you could paint a mask on the body in the shape of clothing, then extract the shape, and zremesh the extracted shape. There are several ways to do everything, the important thing is to do the most efficient thing you know how to do and to make new meshes quickly as to not break flow and to keep working towards what you want to make. and thanks for the suggestion about the video topic. gl and happy zbrushing
You used the word tertiary so I gave you a thumbs up
Thanks for the great tutorial...Many people out there just talk about using the dynamesh without stressing the need to "get your forms and get the hell out of dynamesh"..Thanks for showing me the fundamental i was never told about.
I'm on my first serious sculpt and I've been struggling trying to get things smoothed out and detailed for weeks, but this explains SO MUCH!! Thank you very much for sharing and explaining everything so clearly!
you're welcome! good luck with your sculpt :)
Very informative, cheers for the video.
Wow, what an amazing tutorial. You explained the whole process so well and clear. The process of using dynamesh and z-remesher make so much more sense, thank you!
Hi Jay, I have a question about detailing when you want to use an insert mesh for things such as screw heads and alike. I believe this is something you would want to do with IMM brushes, but if you want the new mesh to be a part of the base mesh, you would need it to be a dynamesh, correct? Would using a mesh to create an alpha be a better solution to this sort of final high res detailing? I had hoped this video would shed some light on how to get that high res detail in place, with dynamesh, alpha, or some other method. Suggestions?
When I want screws as seperate meshes I duplicate the mesh I'll use to draw them out on, delete subdivisions, then draw out my screws. When I'm done, I delete the original mesh, leaving just the scews. hope that helps, good topic for a video maybe
OMG .That was fucking amazing man i have lots of toturials in my computer about ZBrush but this was uniqe Thank u so much for this amazing video .
+Navid Moment Thanks dude, that means a lot. You're welcome! I'm glad it helped
Excelent, if i was watched that video at 1 year before, now i will be a professional Zbrusher haha :v
Thanks a lot mate !
you got it
That is truely interesting, thanks mate
Would you prescribe that same process (dynamesh, zremesher, then start to subdivide) for all of my subtools? I'm working on a simple bust (head, neck, shoulders) and I have a head, the hair, and shoulders all as separate subtools. I was going to insert eyeballs as subtools at some point. Should I even do that? Can I join all my subtools into one? Is that even the best idea? Would love to hear your counsel on this. Thanks. Straightforward video
I keep separate elements as separate subtools. Clean divisions benefit sculpting and detailing, things like eyes can stay as primitive spheres.
think I am starting to understand now
that was already my workflow , but you explained it so well that i kinda understood it again :) !
subscribed, thanks dude
you made the tutorial the right way
I'm just getting into ZBrush and I found this video to be fantastically helpful in understanding the difference between Dynamesh and ZRemesher. Thanks for making it!
you are really good explaining
Great vid! Liked the frozen clay analogy excellent way to look at it. :)
thanks, hope it helped
You explain very, VERY well. Honestly I think one of the best tuto I've seen in a long time. There are so many people out there that make informative but badly made tutorials. Your's is easy to follow
thanks man, I appreciate it and I'm glad I could help
Great tutorials! clear and informative. Would you be able to cover a simple production workflow? from sculpting > adding details > texturing in substance painter?
Thanks. Yea, maybe I'll do that in a future video.
Very clear and concise thanks a lot for this.
Worked , thanks a lot!
I started to learn Zbrush 3 weeks ago and I watched tons of videos.
I was much confused.
This video has made clear, this video is crucial, fundamental.
I would have liked to watch it before.
I'm pretty sure that your channel is a gold mine,
Thanks!
+matt one thanks man, I appreciate that!
Nice, just starting to learn zbrush at school and this was the best comparaison ive seen. ty
u just got subbed homie
Thank you so much
Thanks for watching
I feel enlightened.
Dude, witNice tutorialn 4 hours of watcNice tutorialng tNice tutorials video, I bought soft soft, and made my first 56-second soft clip. You're an aweso teacher,
This was so good! I really appreciate this! I subbed. Can anyone tell me how to get a custom user interface like the one he is using in this video?
Thanks. My old files are still on my blog. I should package my latest but until then check out the custom ui post at www.jhill.xyz
@@artofjhill Hi J! I didn't expect a response from the man himself! Cool! I just downloaded it. (Thank you!) I'm just starting Zbrush and there is a lot to take in. The interface is only just beginning to make sense to me. Your art so good and it is very intimidating ...you just bypassed the uncanny valley into making real faces. haha. Amazing work!
So I did my last dynamesh at around 128 res, and remeshed to around 150k and added a few subD levels but any sculpting is like a chore. So I used the MakePolyMesh3D and that made it to where sculpting is a breeze. Is MakePolyMesh a recommended option once all the dyna/zre meshing is all done.
One question... I'm noticing other zbrush artists using dynamesh on a human face way further before using Zremesh, meaning they don't stop at just the basic form and instead get in a lot more detail, like wrinkles and pores, before zremeshing. And they they just do the zremesher guide thing (drawing in dotted lines), zremesh, and reproject the details. Do you not recommend doing it that way?
I wouldn't do it that way but whatever works
more tutorials please, this was awesome!!
There's a video on In The setup's channel about free DAWs, alternatives, and even if you can't afford it you can "get" it. Not quite an
Awesome explanation of what these tools do. Just started using zbrush and its very complicated and other tutorials on youtube just say use dynamesh without explaining what it is or why your using it. +1 indeed =D
+TheMADmk awesome! thanks man, glad it helped :)
Great video, (as always). I started posting my soft on youtube because of you, but if sobody could give so feedback then i know
make my first ever drum loop. I'm not and expert at soft yet but I have learnt a lot at producing and looking back at my journey, I just
Thanks for the vid, cleared many things up!
very good and straight forward demo, no-nonsense and straight to the point.
I want to get into zbrush but some of the technical stuff just completely loses me...the sculpting itself is something I can see myself getter better at but I feel as though the technical aspects to zbrush will hold me back. so these types of videos are really appreciated
+Bruce Wayne I'm glad to hear that Bruce, big fan btw. Can you tell me things that you feel are holding you back or you'd like to know more about. I'd love to make more of these types of videos and help solve this exact thing. I want more people to sculpt :)
thank you very much, very good & clear explanations :)
Finally somebody explained it well. Make a Udemy class video - need more common sense / good at teaching others kinda people.
Thank you! :))
+Sang Phan you're welcome :)
Bro, you're a great teacher and explainer! Thank you for tNice tutorials tutorial!
This is a crazily good tutorial! It cleared so much up for me, I thought dynamesh was the way to go and it kinda made me hate zbrush because it gets slow at the end and not the clean workflow that I'd like. This is great! Would you do a tutorial on exporting and minimalizing your object for other software ? (for example Cinema4D). I create static meshes and everything I want to export my model there are like a million ways to recalculate your mesh and I just hate how I'm just doing random stuff.
Thanks again, you're a great teacher!
thank you for the kind words man, glad the video helped. You want to know how to move a mesh to another program for what purpose? there are automatic ways to make a smaller polycount but for games we still do it by hand
Great lesson! Thank you very much!
THANK YOU! Amazing tutorial!
great explanation, thanks for explaining the concepts and logic behind each stage, it really helped me understand the process
np, glad it helped
Thank you so much, you've solved all my doubts about dynamesh and workflow in Zbrush!
Daniele Di Donato wow awesome! I'm super glad this helped
i've been looking for this info. thank you very much you saved my ass
Thank bro
The problem I did was that I completes my model doing it in dynamesh . Now what? lol
duplicate, zremesh, divide, project all
Thanks for your video dude. Really great and clear video.
Nice clean tutorial, great explanations, thank you !
good tutorial, but can you make a sample, how to convert the stages or the steps?,
Great tutorial mate, thanks for that !!