Language: German

ZBrush 2018 and 4R8: Video training on the updates

Photography & image editing, 3D, Audio & Video · 23 Videos · 4.4 h Video training · German

by Christian Gerth

What have the updates to ZBrush 2018 and previously to ZBrush 4R8 brought you? Christian Gerth explains it to you. In this 4-hour video training, the sculpting expert highlights all the important new features. In practical mini-projects, you will see what you can use the new features for.

Over 4 hours of video training on the ZBrush 4R8 and ZBrush 2018 updates
All important innovations explained: How to use them for your 3D work
Topics: Gizmo 3D, Live Booleans, Sculptris Pro, news on deformers, 3D texts, subtools and more
Practical mini-projects that show you what you can use the new functions for

Get the most out of the ZBrush 4R8 and ZBrush 2018 updates! This training provides you with all the relevant information on new functions in an easy-to-understand package.

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23 Videos, 263 minutes

New features in Pixologic ZBrush 2018

23 Videos · 264 minutes

01 Open free of charge

ZBrush 2018 and 4R8 - Video training on the updates: 1 Training overview

3 min

Like version 4R8, ZBrush 2018 comes with a few new features. However, these are clearly visible in the ZBrush map.

13 MB To the text tutorial: ZBrush 2018 - Gismo 3D, Live Boolean and more

02 Open

ZBrush 2018 and 4R8 - Video training on the updates: 2 User interface

8 min

ZBrush 4R8 and 2018 come in a flat design and with freely selectable language settings. In addition, some menu structures have also been improved.

25 MB To the text tutorial: Customizing the ZBrush 2018 user interface for efficient work

03 Open

ZBrush 2018 and 4R8 - Video training on the updates: 3.1 Gizmo 3D: Operation

10 min

With Gizmo 3D, ZBrush finally brings you a practical transformation tool. It not only allows you to move, rotate and resize, but also to duplicate directly and make other practical adjustments.

36 MB

04 Open

ZBrush 2018 and 4R8 - Video training on the updates: 3.2 Gizmo 3D: Orientation

8 min

The Gizmo 3D itself is changeable and can be moved to the desired location or in the optimum direction with just a few clicks.

24 MB To the text tutorial: Adjustment of the Gizmo 3D in ZBrush 2018

05 Open

ZBrush 2018 and 4R8 - Video training on the updates: 3.3 Gizmo 3D: Basic objects

8 min

Parametric basic objects can be inserted and modified directly via Gizmo 3D.

22 MB To the text tutorial: Create and adjust parametric objects with Gizmo 3D

06 Open

ZBrush 2018 and 4R8 - Video training for the updates: 4.1 Deformer: Basics

16 min

With the help of deformers, existing meshes can be deformed in a wide variety of ways. The whole process is also non-destructive up to a certain point, making it ideal for experimental work.

69 MB

07 Open

ZBrush 2018 and 4R8 - Video training on the updates: 4.2 Deformer: Project Primitive

10 min

It's worth taking a closer look at the Deformer Project Primitive. Although it may seem confusing at first glance, its possibilities are almost unlimited.

47 MB To the text tutorial: ZBrush 2018 – Deformer Project Primitive Techniques

08 Open

ZBrush 2018 and 4R8 - Video training on the updates: 5.1 3D text and shape creator

13 min

Texts and shapes can be formed into actual meshes using an integrated plugin. There are a number of setting options.

60 MB

09 Open

ZBrush 2018 and 4R8 - Video training on the updates: 5.2 Mini project: Hero

8 min

With the help of text and a simple shape from Photoshop, we create a real hero's chest.

30 MB

10 Open

ZBrush 2018 and 4R8 - Video training on the updates: 6 subtools menu

5 min

It is now possible to group individual subtools in the subtools menu. The visibility settings have also been simplified.

12 MB To the text tutorial: Effectively Using the ZBrush Subtools Menu

11 Open

ZBrush 2018 and 4R8 - Video training on the updates: 7.1 Live Boolean: Process

11 min

With the help of Live Booleans, several subtools can be offset against each other, and this absolutely non-destructively!

38 MB To the text tutorial: ZBrush 2018 Live Boolean – Guide to Non-destructive Modeling

12 Open

ZBrush 2018 and 4R8 - Video training on the updates: 7.2 Live Boolean: Applications

12 min

This video shows the various applications of Live Booleans. These include array meshes or several subtools, which can modify the existing mesh as a whole group.

41 MB

13 Open

ZBrush 2018 and 4R8 - Video training for the updates: 7.3 Mini project: Screwdriver

42 min

In this mini-project we will create a simple screwdriver using deformers, live booleans and array meshes. Finally, we will create a render in Keyshot.

138 MB

14 Open

ZBrush 2018 and 4R8 - Video training for the updates: 8.1 Sculptris Pro: Basics

19 min

With Scultpris Pro, Pixologic brings a great feature from Scultpris to ZBrush. With this feature, you never have to worry about the resolution again, as it is automatically increased or reduced.

123 MB

15 Open

ZBrush 2018 and 4R8 - Video training on the updates: 8.2 Sculptris Pro: Brushes

10 min

Thanks to automatic parquetizing, working with brushes such as "Snake Hook" has now become very easy and efficient.

51 MB

16 Open

ZBrush 2018 and 4R8 - Video training on the updates: 9 Curve Brush

8 min

The Curve Brush is now even more customizable with the Elastic, Liquid and Twist options.

26 MB

17 Open

ZBrush 2018 and 4R8 - Video training on the updates: 10 Lazy Mouse 2.0

9 min

The lazy mouse functions have been refined even further. Clean lines can now be achieved with ease, especially when working with the chisel brushes.

25 MB To the text tutorial: Drawing precise lines with ZBrush 4R8: Lazy Mouse 2.0

18 Open

ZBrush 2018 and 4R8 - Video training on the updates: 11.1 Alpha 3D

9 min

Alphas 3D adds another dimension to the existing 2D alphas. It is now possible to insert entire body parts or similar with a single brushstroke.

34 MB

19 Open

ZBrush 2018 and 4R8 - Video training on the updates: 11.2 Vector Displacement Mesh (VDM)

7 min

With the VDMs, there are no limits to fast and creative work. It is also possible to create and group your own VDM brushes.

22 MB To the text tutorial: Creating and organizing vector displacement meshes in ZBrush

20 Open

ZBrush 2018 and 4R8 - Video training for the updates: 11.3 Mini project: Figure

10 min

In this small project we create a figure using VDMs and we optimize the topology for a clean mesh at the end.

46 MB

21 Open

ZBrush 2018 and 4R8 - Video training on the updates: 12 PolyGroupIt

13 min

With the help of the ZPlugin PolyGroupIit it is possible to create simple and clean polygroups via masking.

36 MB To the text tutorial: ZBrush 2018: Use PolyGroupIt for creating PolyGroups

22 Open

ZBrush 2018 and 4R8 - Video training on the updates: 13 Dynamesh

9 min

Dynamesh is and remains a core tool in ZBrush. But there have also been a few nice adjustments here.

42 MB To the text tutorial: Tips for Dynamesh in ZBrush 2018

23 Open

ZBrush 2018 and 4R8 - Video training on the updates: 14 ZBrush to Photoshop

16 min

The rendering workflow from ZBrush to PS is now much easier and faster with this ZPlugin. With a click of the mouse you get a ready-to-use PS file with all the desired layers.

38 MB To the text tutorial: ZBrush to Photoshop – Efficient Work with Renderings

Examples of use

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From the training: In small projects you use the new features directly, as here when creating a 3D text.
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From training: Sculptris Pro automatically adjusts the resolution.

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ZBrush 2018: These functions are new and you need them for this

Are you a real "ZBrusher" and want to know where to find the new functions from the updates for ZBrush versions 4R8 and 2018 and how to use them? Then welcome to this four-hour video training by sculpting pro Christian Gerth.

Explore the new features in ZBrush 2018

First of all: If you don't know ZBrush at all or only know parts of it, it's best to start with our ZBrush tutorial for beginners. Otherwise, if you're a ZBrush user, you've come to the right place! In this training course, Christian Gerth will show you both theoretically and practically what ZBrush 4R8 and the latest ZBrush 2018 have in store for you . Among other things on the program: Gizmo 3D, new features in the area of texts and shapes, useful plugins such as PolyGroupIit and ZBrush to Photoshop.

The contents of the training on the ZBrush 4R8 and 2018 updates at a glance

The entire video training is interspersed with practical mini-projects in which the new functions of ZBrush 4R8 and ZBrush 2018 are applied. You will create a 3D figure and a screwdriver or create a three-dimensional lettering. In this way, you will learn how to use the new features directly.

User interface and Gizmo 3D

Compared to the previous version, ZBrush 2018 comes with a slightly different user interface. One highlight of the new features is Gizmo 3D, a transformation tool for moving, rotating, duplicating or resizing. Your trainer will show you how to use the tool and how to use it to edit basic parametric objects, for example.

Deformer, Subtools, Live Booleans and Sculptris Pro

For the deformers that you use to modify existing meshes, take a separate look at Project Primitive. You will deal with the editing of 3D texts and shapes and get to know the new possibilities in the Subtools menu. Use the Live Booleans for non-destructive merging of multiple subtools and automatically adjust the resolution using the now integrated Sculptris Pro.

Working with brushes, Vector Displacement Mesh, Dynamesh

New options have been added to the Curve Brush and the Lazy Mouse function allows you to create cleaner lines when working with brushes. The previous 2D alphas have been given an additional dimension, allowing you to work in entire body parts with a single brushstroke. In the video training, you can also explore the Vector Displacement Mesh, learn all about the new features of Dynamesh and how to use plugins such as PolyGroupIit or ZBrush to Photoshop for your purposes.

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Usable with: Pixologic ZBrush
Licence: private and commercial Rights of use

Created with love by

Christian Gerth

Christian Gerth has been working intensively with digital art on a part-time basis since 2010. This can involve compositions, photo editing or even completely painted pictures. He often has an idea or an inner image and then wants to put it on "paper". He uses Photoshop to help him do this. However, a good program or a fast computer is not the main thing. It seems much more important to him to have an eye for a picture or a motif. In addition, a composition is also dominated by perspective, light and shadow, contrasts, mood, etc.. Capturing and implementing all these factors is what gives digital art its great appeal. Your trainer for digital painting & 3D modeling!

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