Eat3D - ZBrush 4 Character Production 2 & 3

Eat3D - ZBrush 4 Character Production 2

In this DVD, instructor Michael Pavlovich continues where he left off in part 1 to produce a low poly version of the cowboy character to use as a game-res asset. After getting the high-res sculpt organized and ready for rebuilding he goes into several different methods to re-topologize the sculpt. In ZBrush he primarily utilized 2 methods to simplify the sculpt: ZShpere Re-topology and ZRemesher. Michael also sets up a working file to show you how to re-topologize completely in Autodesk Maya; utilizing high-res meshes, reference layers, and live meshes to either clean up previously created geometry or create new topology using polygon modeling tools. He also goes over many tips and tricks to increase your speed and accuracy while re-topologizing in Autodesk Maya.

Whether you prefer working in a traditional 3D Package, ZBrush, or a combination of the 2, there will be techniques you can use to get you a final game-res mesh with as little hassle as possible.

About the Instructor:
Michael Pavlovich has been in the game industry since graduating from the Ringling School of Art and Design in 2005. Starting as an environment artist, Michael has worked on several titles for multiple platforms, at both Electronic Arts and Sony Online Entertainment. Michael is currently a senior artist at Certain Affinity in Austin, TX.

DVD Chapters:
00 - 04min - Introduction
01 - 08min - Preparing the High Poly Mesh for Retopology
02 - 09min - Adding Topology Guides for QRemesher
03 - 05min - Running QRemesher & Cleaning up the Topology
04 - 05min - Retopologizing the Hands
05 - 26min - Retopologizing the Torso
06 - 50min - Retopologizing the Head
07 - 20min - Exporting the Medium Poly Meshes
08 - 05min - Importing the Medium Poly Meshes in Maya
09 - 17min - Importing the Low Poly Meshes
10 - 11min - Useful Tips and Tricks
11 - 19min - Cleaning up the Head Topology in Maya
12 - 10min - Creating and Appending Polygons
13 - 13min - Cleaning up the Head Topology in Maya 2
14 - 14min - Adding the Mouthbag
15 - 34min - Retopologizing the Hand in Maya
16 - 15min - Retopologizing the Shirt in Maya
17 - 21min - Retopologizing the Boot & Spur in Maya
18 - 07min - Creating the Low Res Bullet
19 - 09min - Retopologizing the Holster in Maya
20 - 22min - Retopologizing the Pants & Belt in Maya
21 - 15min - Retopologizing the Badge & Cigar in Maya
22 - 18min - Retopologizing the Teeth in Maya
23 - 06min - Creating the Eyes and Tweaking the Shirt
24 - 37min - Final Tweaks in Maya
25 - 17min - Retopologizing the Gun
26 - 17min - Tweaking the Low Poly Gun in Maya
27 - 21min - Preparing the Mesh for Unwrapping
28 - 30min - ZRemesher

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ZBrush 4 Character Production 3

In this DVD, instructor Michael Pavlovich continues where he left off in part 2 to create UVs, Textures, and Rendering for the cowboy character. He starts off by UVing the low-poly mesh utilizing 3 programs: Headus UV, Autodesk Maya, and ZBrush UV Master. Once the UVs are complete, Michael then goes into xNormal to create the Normal Map, Ambient Occlusion Map, and capturing the Poly Paint for the Diffuse Map. He then takes the maps into Photoshop to clean them up and then uses Quixel's dDo plugin to create the final textures. Finally he takes the mesh and textures into Modo to create the final presentation renders.

In this final DVD of the series, you will have a number of solutions for quickly and easily created quality assets for your own custom character pipeline.

About the Instructor:
Michael Pavlovich has been in the game industry since graduating from the Ringling School of Art and Design in 2005. Starting as an environment artist, Michael has worked on several titles for multiple platforms, at both Electronic Arts and Sony Online Entertainment. Michael is currently a senior artist at Certain Affinity in Austin, TX.

DVD Chapters:
00 - 04min - Introduction
01 - 36min - Unwrapping in Headus UVLayout 1
02 - 23min - Unwrapping in Headus UVLayout 2
03 - 38min - Unwrapping in Maya 1
04 - 10min - Unwrapping in Maya 2
05 - 09min - Unwrapping in Maya - 101
06 - 05min - Unwrapping in ZBrush - 101
07 - 23min - Baking in xNormal
08 - 19min - Assembling the Bakes in Photoshop
09 - 32min - Cleaning the Bakes & Creating a Selection Mask
10 - 08min - Baking the Cavity & Stubble Maps
11 - 27min - Creating the Facial Hair
12 - 09min - Creating the Eyeball Textures
13 - 24min - An Introduction to dDo
14 - 15min - Generating the Leather, Metal, & Clothing Textures
15 - 43min - Rendering in Modo

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