ZBrush 2020 Essential Training

Course details

ZBrush combines 3D modeling, texturing, and painting into one digital sculpting workflow. Take a tour of the features in ZBrush and see how to use them in real-world projects. Instructor Ryan Kittleson shows how to create basics forms with meshes, sculpt details with brushes, paint and texture models, and render the results using professional-level project pipelines.

Topics include:
- Using primitives
- Working with subdivision levels
- Sculpting with brushes
- Applying materials
- Creating and combining polygroups
- Creating voxel models with Dynamesh
- Editing a mesh with the ZModeler brush
- Working with ZRemesher
- Moving, scaling, and rotating objects
- Painting on a model
- Using texture maps
- Sculpting and painting a UV layout
- Using split screen mode

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - ZBrush 2020 in action
02 - Preparing for this course

1. ZBrush Quick Start

03 - Starting ZBrush for the first time
04 - Loading tools vs. opening projects
05 - See what's new since version 2018
06 - Learning the interface
07 - Navigating in 3D space
08 - Using the Gizmo
09 - Additional Gizmo tips
10 - Using Undo History
11 - Working with the camera
12 - Importing 3D models

2. Sculpting

13 - The most commonly used brushes
14 - Using Brush settings
15 - Using Symmetry
16 - Controlling brush size
17 - Smoothing a model
18 - Inverting brush effects
19 - Working with Alphas
20 - Using the XTractor brushes
21 - Sculpting with undo history
22 - Moving with infinite depth
23 - Using the DecoCurve brushes
24 - Using a brush without back and forth

3. Using Tools and Subtools

25 - Working with subtools
26 - Adding new tools and subtools
27 - Splitting subtools
28 - Combining subtools
29 - Using Insert Mesh brushes
30 - Creating Insert Mesh brushes
31 - Using Curve brushes
32 - Extracting new shapes
33 - Using Live Booleans
34 - Generating the Boolean mesh
35 - Using Transpose Master
36 - Creating text
37 - Using folders

4. Making Models with ZSpheres

38 - Creating ZSphere models
39 - Using the animal ZeeZoo library
40 - Converting ZSpheres to geometry
41 - Using ZSketch

5. Selections, Masking, and Polygroups

42 - Selecting parts of an object
43 - Making masks
44 - Creating polygroups
45 - Mask, polygroup, and selection tips
46 - Generating masks by topology
47 - Splitting by mask, hidden, or polygroups
48 - Masking where two objects overlap
49 - Masking by color

6. Using the ZModeler Brush

50 - ZModeler introduction
51 - Inserting and removing edges
52 - Closing holes
53 - Extruding faces
54 - Bridging holes and edges
55 - Splitting points
56 - Polygrouping with ZModeler
57 - Limitations of ZModeler

7. Using Subdivision

58 - Dividing a model
59 - Sculpting on a subdivision model
60 - Limitations of subdivision models
61 - Using Dynamic Subdivision
62 - Creasing edges

8. Using DynaMesh

63 - Activating DynaMesh
64 - Sculpting with DynaMesh
65 - Combining objects with DynaMesh
66 - Limitations of DynaMesh

9. Using Sculptris Pro

67 - Activating Sculptris Pro mode
68 - Sculpting with Sculptris Pro
69 - Using the new Snake Hook brushes

10. Paint, Materials, and Texture Maps

70 - Applying materials
71 - Painting color
72 - Laying out UVs
73 - Converting between color and texture maps
74 - Painting with SpotLight
75 - Using NoiseMaker
76 - Importing models with texture maps

11. Editing Models

77 - Deleting part of a model
78 - Mirroring a model
79 - Working with ClayPolish
80 - Painting with alphas
81 - Using the Clip and Trim brushes
82 - Closing all holes
83 - Flipping and doubling surfaces
84 - Using Deformers
85 - Using Morph Targets
86 - Adjusting colors
87 - Decimating models
88 - How to sculpt and paint on UV layout
89 - Using EdgeLoop
90 - Using Paint Fade
91 - Using ZRemesher
92 - Projecting detail

12. Visualizing and Analyzing Models

93 - Visualizing wall thickness
94 - Calculating volume and surface area
95 - Seeing draft analysis feedback
96 - Rendering with filters

13. Exporting Work from ZBrush

97 - Using GoZ
98 - Using the 3D Print exporter
99 - Exporting with the Multi Map Exporter
100 - Exporting to FBX format
101 - Using the Standard Export option

Conclusion

102 - Next steps