This space allocation control makes UV Master my prefared method of ZBrush texturing hands down. UV Master, besides being a more advanced plugin, also allows for the creation of understandable texture maps, with a user driven allowance for areas of importance on the model and potential locations for seams in the textures. The main two are ZBrushes default UV mapping tool, and the more advanced UV Master plugin. I shall persevere with this course, despite my concerns, and delve into ZBrushes UV Mapping methods and the addition of mapping plugins which I have been investigating in hopes of finding the method of UV mapping that is most beneficial to ZBrushs sculpting tools.Įxample of UV Master unwrap from control paintingĪfter spending time today researching the various methods of texturing in ZBrush, I have foudn that there are two main methods, each with various different types of utilisation. The loss of the ability to individually manipulate areas of the texture makes me quite nervous, as this is an area that I am very confident in my ability. This approach will make for a crystal clear texture, but will remove the standard form of texture alteration in Photoshop as the texture will be unrecognisable when viewed as a seperate image. I have decided to utilise ZBrushes UV Mapping function, which research led me to believe is interesting, creating a small block for each individual poly to completely remove all poly distortion from the UV Map. 001, which allowed me to have a completed mesh for importing back into ZBrush. This segmented mesh reacted poorly to welding except for when welded at. Fine for areas of high detail such as the Demons human hand, but problematic around areas where I sought a simple smoother curve, such as the spikes. This created very tight poly clusters around areas with more ZSpheres. The exported ZSphere mesh was broken into segments in conjunction with the individual ZSpheres from which they were created. Initial tests regarding the exporting of mesh still connected to ZSpheres were. So after some deliberation I decided to forego my personal desires to continue with ZSpheres and progress with the simple continuation of the Demon model to be used in the final animation. Though there seems to be a method of accomplishing what I required with a model still in its ZSphere state, it is a luxury I currently have no time to pursuit, increasing the technical learning curve and heightening the possibility of additional risks and errors to the development process. With the knowledge I’ve gained after almost a day of experimenting with ZSpheres I am confident that I could produce a more detailed initial mesh, but my lack of understanding of the ZSphere exporting process – and the level of control over mapping therein – have left me quite comfortable with working from its current state.Īfter looking online for information on the subject of texturing ZSpheres, I found that most information on the subject (which was sketchy at best) seemed to point to the exporting of the converted 3D mesh as the standard course of action. If mapping and texturing the model will be too troublesome as ZSpheres I will simple save off the mesh as an object for UVW Unwrapping in 3DSMax, and reintegrate the model into my development process from there.įlyaround of the final state of the Demon ZSphere model But this raises some issues concerning my lack of knowledge in ZSpheres, so I will need to learn if such a model can be UV Mapped (imperative for the sculpted detail to be transfared into 3DS Max via a normal map). I would prefare to keep the model in it’s ZSphere state, detailing it in mesh mode, to allow for continued manipulation at the ZSphere level.
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After spending a few hours early this morning making tweaks to the ZSphere model with fresh eyes, and adding some aspects of additional detail from the concepts, I am now ready to move forward with this model as the base mesh for the Demon.įinal ZSphere state for the Demon prior to sculptingįirst priority is to run some tests to determine how to integrate a model created with ZSpheres into the standard production pipeline. After spending the majority of the day yesterday toying with the tools, and creating a test model with ZSphere before working up what would be the final model, I am currently pleased with the models current state.
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