ZBrush Professional Tips and Techniques

Paul Gaboury 지음

Sybex 2012년 05월 18일 출간

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Learn to work effectively and creatively with all versions of ZBrush!ZBrush is used by top artists in Hollywood to model and sculpt characters in such films as Avatar, Iron Man, and Pirates of the Caribbean. In addition, this amazing technology is also used in jewelry design, forensic science, aerospace, video games, toy creation, and the medical field. Written by Pixologic's in-house ZBrush expert Paul Gaboury, this full-color, beautifully illustrated guide provides you with the ultimate tips and tricks to maximize your use of all versions of ZBrush. Reveals numerous little-known tips and tricks that exist within ZBrush, but often go unexploitedShares an abundance of helpful techniques and insights that the author has acquired from years of helping professional artists in various industriesOffers dozens of version-neutral solutions and shortcuts in areas such as sculpting, texturing, posing, rendering, and moreFeatures quot;Artist Spotlightsquot; from several ZBrush experts, offering their how-to's for using the feature-rich software in today's studiosImprove your productivity and quality of work with this helpful, easy-to-understand resource.

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Foreword xiiIntroduction xiiiChapter 1 Understanding the Basics 1Customizing Your ZBrush 2Customizing Your 3D BrushFly-Out Window 2Customizing Your LightBox Tabs 3Adding a Folder Shortcut to LightBox 4Adding a Texture or Alpha to a 3D Brush from LightBox 5Recovering Your Subdivision Levels 6Using Reproject Higher Subdivision 8Using Relax Deformation 10Using Local Subdivision 10Creating a Custom Tileable Alpha with 2.5D 13Using Alphas to Create Meshes 17Creating Wallpaper 20Creating Your Own Palette 25What&'s Next 26Artist Spotlight: Joe Lee 27Artist Spotlight: Magdalena Dadela 35Chapter 2 Special Project&m-Creating Accessories for a Bust 43Creating the ZMan Logo 43Placing the ZMan Logo on the Hoody 48Creating the Zipper 49Making the Zipper Shape 49Making the Zipper Mask 50Creating the Stand 52Completing the Stand 55Creating a Skin Texture 57What&'s Next 59Artist Spotlight: Morgan Morey 60Artist Spotlight: Zack Petroc 68Chapter 3 Sculpting&m-Developing Your Next Piece 75Using Hard-Edge Brush Techniques 75ClipCurve Brush with BRadius 76ZSketch Brushes for BaseMesh 78Adjusting and Creating Brushes 81Using a Custom Brush with Tilt 81Creating a Stone Column 84Creating a Surface Noise Brush 87Understanding the Power of ShadowBox 88Getting Started with ShadowBox 88Silhouette Drawing with ShadowBox 89Using ShadowBox to Create Accessories 92Making Difficult Items with ZSpheres 93Creating Chain Mail 93Creating a String of Bullets 97Using Morph Difference to Create Thickness 99Artist Spotlight: Tomas Wittelsbach 102Artist Spotlight: Vitaly Bulgarov 110Chapter 4 Sculpting Hard-Surface Details 115Creating a Hose Component 115

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저자(글) Paul Gaboury

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Paul Gaboury is the ZBrush Lead 3D Application Engineer for Pixologic, the makers of ZBrush. He helps clients such as Pixar, Disney, Hasbro, Sideshow Collectibles, Weta Workshop, and others incorporate ZBrush in their pipeline and recommends features that will improve their efficiency and the quality of their projects. Paul is an accomplished digital sculptor and also travels the world to demonstrate ZBrush at studios and schools. In addition, he was the technical editor on Introducing ZBrush 4; ZBrush Character Creation, Second Edition; and ZBrush Studio Projects: Realistic Game Characters, all from Sybex.