It's really confusing and has a lot of features, and it has a very very flexible toolbar, and a lot of very flexible UI which only serves to make it more confusing when it starts off. Now, ZBrush can be a really intimidating tool the first time that you pull it up. So today I want to talk a little bit about ZBrush. We'll look to create separate elements in separate Ztools and then merge each mesh into one single scene for a final completed piece.In this Essentials video, I just want to give you the briefest of introductions to ZBrush, and specifically the facets of ZBrush we'll be using for the series, that is navigation, some masking, and a few of the deformation tools.

Both have a great number of features to facilitate our workflow and help speed up the process of production. Other key functionalities within ZBrush are the modify topology palette and, especially useful, the transpose action tools. We'll explore using the layers palette when adding in details as well as the deformation palette for easy scaling and mirroring. With GoZ, students can use their particular 3D program to directly export/import their meshes to model with in conjunction with ZBrush to achieve better results. We'll investigate how quickly Qmesher can interactively, and on the fly, create proxy/stand-in meshes that will later lead to creating more complex meshes. In this Intro to ZBrush course, students will learn better practices for workflows to move a project from A to Z as well as learn how to use a combination of tools within ZBrush to easier create the work needed.

Zbrush lessons for beginners