Character Design & Modeling

•  send as a .zpr files
• microtextures
• skin, scars, etc, that are done at the very end after you are done with your UVs
• Lightbox under "noise"
• getting Zbrush up to the highest quality
• document 
• back (drag range to 0)
• pro (you'll see resoultions. double)
• create a new document, your resolution will stay the same
• side panel
• dots
• stroke
• alpha
• texture
• painting in poly paint
• this is how to get ID and UV maps 
• material
• (only use mat cap for class)
• gradient
• color controls light in ZBrush
• V switches between different colors- black is that silhouette mode
• if there is a square with a line and a dot on it that controls if the brush is on the surface of the object or not
• saving
• Load and save tool
• saves your model
• file save
• saves EVERYTHING
• docking a palete
• click the circle and line icon
• click it again to reshelve it
• holding alt and clicking on a model switches the subtool
• ctrl-d adds subdivisions
• unclick smt, this adds resolution without changing its shape
• mrgb, rgb
• ctrl + W
• Changes the color of your poly group
• keeping multiple menus open
• hold shift and press on the other menu
• mirroring a part of a subtool
• geometry -> modify topology -> mirror and weld

Alphas

• find a texture you want to use and download it
• open photoshop
• pixels- between 512 & 1k
• square canvas
• open the image you downloaded
• paste it into your canvas
• move around the image to find the best part that you want to use
• crop your image
• Ctrl+A image -> crop
• create a new layer above the image
• gradient tool 
• in toolbar choose the circular gradient
• click on the gradient in the toolbar to find the presets for the tool
• basics -> white to nothing
• cursor in the center, click and drag to create the gradient
• holding shift lets you move the gradient around
• this creates the soft edge on the alphas
• duplicate the gradient until the center is darker and larger
• the blackest part of the image is what will stay
• select all of the gradient layers
• flatten them
• merge layers
• select your image 
• image -> attributes -> gradient ramp
• this allows you to continue editing the attributes of the image
• if there is too much information
• filter -> blur more
• this takes some of the edges off of the image
• ctrl on thumbnail to select the gradient
• ctrl+shift+ I to invert the mask
• select your image and delete, clearing anything other than what you have selected
• make the background black
• save as PSD if you still want to save the layers
• image-> mode-> grayscale
• Zbrush does not use layers
• file -> save as -> .PSD

ctrl + alt+ drag

(enable Prefrences -> config-> enable customize)

Brush-> depth -> lil graph

brush-> automasking -> backface mask

stroke -> curve -> curve mode

stroke -> curve-> delete curve

stroke -> lazy mouse