AL Howell

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@mr.j7899 Күн бұрын

Hey Al, please post new vids soon! We miss you.

@AlHowell 11 сағат бұрын

Thanks! That means a lot 👍

@ollicron7397 3 күн бұрын

Theyre pretty much telling people it's time to pirate the software.

@Rheez3D 3 күн бұрын

❤

@K9Tvz 14 күн бұрын

Cool stuff man! Out of curiosity what do you do with 3D as a career? I'm not sure if you'd said before, I free lance often and as much as I can lol.

@AlHowell 13 күн бұрын

That’s awesome! What kind of freelance work do you do? Currently I teach students 3d. It’s my full time gig. I used to do some indie game development and freelance work. I stopped freelancing to spend more time with my family

@K9Tvz 13 күн бұрын

@@AlHowell very cool man. I primarily free lance for indie projects.

@Myselfsama 15 күн бұрын

did the video get cut off? Felt like there was more to it at the end there.

@AlHowell 14 күн бұрын

Sorry about that. I think there was some more but I edited it out. That’s why the inflection of my voice at the end seems weird

@busimagen 2 күн бұрын

Spent time talking about cutting to the chase at the beginning, ended up actually just cutting the end.

@CoffeeRoo1 22 күн бұрын

definitely love this but looks like your doin better! :D hope your summer has been good so far!

@AlHowell 22 күн бұрын

Thanks! Yep feeling better and having a great summer. How has yours been?

@CoffeeRoo1 22 күн бұрын

@@AlHowell mines been good! :D

@SolarVergmoid 25 күн бұрын

DEFINITELY get Blender. It’s just going to get better and better at the many things it’s capable of. Remember to contribute to it, if you end up using it. Blender is the shining example of what people can do if they work together - EVERYBODY benefits. But… After trying SCULPTING with Blender, which is _fantastic_ BTW, you discover that you absolutely LOVE it, you’re good at it, and want to get REALLY good… then if you have the $ - definitely get into ZBrush. It SUCKS that Maxon has bought it and are gouging everyone for it but ‘thems the breaks’. Eventually, Blender will catch up to them. I have both and NEED both. I find Blender to be quite enjoyable to work with. ZBrush is a powerhouse, but remember to work cautiously, save, and practice good file management. They both have huge learning curves.

@roofoofighter Ай бұрын

The real reason Blender won’t be on iPad is because Apple’s App Store and Blender’s license are incompatible. BTW Blender’s UI is customizable too but people still complain about it. 🤷🏻‍♂

@joelwagner2885 Ай бұрын

The real reason Blender won’t be on iPad is because Apple’s App Store and Blender’s license are incompatible. BTW Blender’s is customizable too but people still complain about it. 🤷🏻‍♂

@MarcinDiering Ай бұрын

can u tell who made the graphic from the thumbnail of this video? I saw it on instagram and I am looking for his profile :| I can't find it anywhere, I think I didn't save it

@AlHowell Ай бұрын

Here you go: 80.lv/articles/blender-4-0-to-feature-gaku-tada-s-illustration-on-its-splash-screen/

@MarcinDiering Ай бұрын

@@AlHowell yaay thank you 😀!!

@Daniel_Vital Ай бұрын

Why would I pay for software this days? This subscriptions are predatory and I don't have money for all that. I prefer to crack everything until I don't get a serious job. There´s no way they will go for a one time fee. And if they go that route, it will not be cheap.

@thanatosor Ай бұрын

ZBrush Artist fix Blender sculpting: ** Adjust Antialiasing to lowest level **

@AlHowell Ай бұрын

It made a HUGE difference at the time

@thanatosor Ай бұрын

@@AlHowell How about current Blender version?

@AlHowell Ай бұрын

@@thanatosor since 3.0 Blender has made improvements elsewhere and bc of that, turning it off is less noticeable

@thanatosor Ай бұрын

Did he try again in 2024 ?

@FishBoyBlue Ай бұрын

YO! I already have Zbrush on ipad, with the perpetual license! All it took was Easy Canvas and a fast router! Apple pencil feels great, everything works. Only downside is that it's locked to my wifi. So, yeah, I cant sculpt on a train, but the couch and a movie night is still very nice!

@AlHowell Ай бұрын

That sounds great!

@SilentSniperMamoru Ай бұрын

This is sadly no longer valid, perpetual licences are gone, and the price for the student annual licence is 73 euro or 75 dollar a year.

@AlHowell Ай бұрын

Dang... That's unfortunate...

@olliewilliamsAI Ай бұрын

I’m new to 3D. Can you recommend a video that covers 3D software beyond sculpting?

@AlHowell Ай бұрын

Which 3d software are you interested in?

@sheekm227 Ай бұрын

Running Zbrush on a surface tablet with a pen is near perfection, as also mentioned the iPad has the luxury of both Nomad and Forger, with the latter being capable of hooking into C4D on the fly. So if they're going to charge a nominal subscription fee for the iPad, it better damn well be a feature rich experience.

@AlHowell Ай бұрын

Yeah, no kidding. That's good to hear that the surface works well with Zbrush. I have never tried it.

@AlUser3460 Ай бұрын

hello, great toutrial! what are the downside of quad remeshesr and how to keep the sculpt detail

@AlHowell Ай бұрын

I cannot see a downside. I use Zremesher (zbrush equivalent that spawned quad remesher.) all the time. In zbrush to keep the details, I have to project the details back onto my zremeshed model. I'm sure there is something similar in Blender but I have never done it.

@AlUser3460 Ай бұрын

@@AlHowell the quad remesher dosent work with some boolean objects

@regiluthfi Ай бұрын

wtf?! did they even realize there is FREE software called blender with even more features? this is ridiculous price

@marksapollo Ай бұрын

I really hope they keep the ani action features on the iPad version.

@rezlight6237 Ай бұрын

I think they should release it already. its nearly mid 2024

@marcins5584 Ай бұрын

We are maybe impatient, but it would be better if they will release it when its ready and polished. Bad reviewson start no one forgets... Like in photoshop mobile

@marcins5584 Ай бұрын

Nobody says that quad remesher (made of Zremesher creator from Zbrush) is aditionaly 15 bugs

@AlHowell Ай бұрын

Nomad is $15. I don’t remember how much quad remesher is

@mzsutodraw Ай бұрын

If the program has monthly costs, it's just about making money, nothing else. It's better to stick with old versions like ZBrush or Blender or Nomad. What corporations are doing is simply perverse.

@ahmedjameel9295 Ай бұрын

let them add a light source like nomad in PC version

@christianr.5868 Ай бұрын

I’m looking forward to it as an iPad only user. Hoping it’ll come with rigging. That’s the major thing I’m missing from nomad

@AlHowell Ай бұрын

Are you talking about zspheres rigging?

@christianr.5868 Ай бұрын

@@AlHowell ai believe so, I haven’t used Zbrush before, but I heard there was some sort of rigging, so that must be it

@kickskii Ай бұрын

4:46 I'm not even joking Read the patch notes for 2024.0.4

@kickskii Ай бұрын

It's basically them making folders work how it's intended(which worked on an older version) goz crashing when setting manual path(which was also not a thing on an older version) and the big only notable change that affects user life is the gosh darn screensaver, it's been broken for a while too

@AlHowell Ай бұрын

Lol! I just looked it up… that is hilarious! And sad… thank you for sharing this with me

@Momosauur Ай бұрын

Personally I'd love this to use as a sketching tool for practicing when I don't feel like doing the full pipeline/booting up my PC and sitting down at my desk. Feel like I could get small practice sessions in easier with this. But with that the pricing scares me, it wouldn't be worth it if it was subscription based (which most likely it will be..) Don't like the overly simplified UI that would mess up muscle memory between PC and iPad though.

@AlHowell Ай бұрын

Good point about muscle memory… but yeah, for those random moments throughout the day, hopping on an iPad can be way more convenient. It would also slow me to be more social when I sculpt, I can be on the couch still interacting with my kids

@darkcult99 Ай бұрын

I’ll pay one off price. Monthly subscription they can fu*k off. For everything else there’s Nomad Sculpt.

@AlHowell Ай бұрын

Haha. Agreed

@aeonbreak4728 Ай бұрын

why would anyone care about reddit bots

@McRibs Ай бұрын

Likely there will be a 1 computer, 1 mobile tier for zbrush and 1 computer 1 mobile license as part of Maxon one. IF Maxon one stays the same price and just includes zbrush for ipad, which I think they will because they're likely dropping dev on Forger, it won't be that terrible of a deal.

@modelenginerding6996 Ай бұрын

Would have Zbrush on Ipad except they crushed all artists in their last advertisement. 🤣It would give Maxon an excuse to revamp the difficult UI though.

@AlHowell Ай бұрын

Literally lol!!

@stowlo Ай бұрын

My problem isn't the UI but it is related... I want a legit object tree!

@AlHowell Ай бұрын

Yeah... yep... 100%

@EyesofLamia Ай бұрын

Good to see you back Al! Zbrush interface rules! We should start a Zbrush interface lovers cult xD

@AlHowell Ай бұрын

Thanks! That's hilarious! When people hate on it's usually a dead give away showing they haven't REALLY been in Zbrush long or they haven't tried to customize it.

@Myselfsama 15 күн бұрын

Long time Zbrush user here, I think the problem is that while it indeed is great once you know where everything is and you customize it to fit your workflow. It is incredibly unintuitive for someone new to pick up and work on. LIke needing to "drop" a subtool on the canvas and getting into edit mode. Or the things that Zbrush does, and it takes years to figure out why exactly it behaves that way. For example, lazy mouse interfering with Zmodeler, scale settings being extremely unintuitive why the same subtool can change sizing going from 1 tool to another., or why the same dynamesh resolution can have vastly different results on the exact same subtool but at different scale.... things like that which will make no sense with someone less than a few years in the software. And that's just scratching the surface. That said, it is the absolute best sculpting tool by a large margin, and those of us who sunk in the decade to truly see its potential can be blinded by our ease to navigate the software. It could definitely stand to benefit from a restructuring of menus, much in the same way that Blender redesigned their sh!tty interface to something pretty good in 2.8's update years ago, which could give people just now learning the software an easier runway to just get started rather than trying to figure out which buttons they need to press in the cockpit before it moves.

@ZephrusPrime Ай бұрын

I picked up the 2023-24 ZBrush to try out with a bit of a discount. I haven't found any reason to leave my perpetual 2022 license over this last year what so ever. Super disappointed and I will not be renewing. I gave them a year just to realize I waisted my money trying to upgrade.

@AlHowell Ай бұрын

2022 is great! I will be using it for a long time too!

@erwinmeisel2545 Ай бұрын

I’m only interested in the iPad version. I tried the PC version three or four times. After a few weeks not using it I forget everything about how to use it. I know it’s great for people who use it regularily.

@AlHowell Ай бұрын

Yep, you really have to stay consistently to keep that flow.

@turtlemop8712 Ай бұрын

Yeah zbrush’s ability to customize your ui is great, BUT it is only great once you understand your own workflow. The learning curve is very steep because actions you do often are buried within different menus, and so when you are new it is hard to remember where all those things are. But once you realize that you do those actions often, you can throw them into a custom menu or hotkey them and start zoomin.

@sinisalomikko Ай бұрын

Honestly Nomad sculpt is already way better deal on ipad than zbrush. Like it already made features that zbrush has but better. It has hierarchies, instances, way better curve tools, layers that arent tied to topology and pbr viewport. Plus quadremesher thats same as zremesher. Can´t really see myself subscribing to zbrush on ipad, since i have on desktop if i need it.

@AlHowell Ай бұрын

Yeah, it really seems to be. That seems like you have everything you need!

@onemanlowbudget1988 Ай бұрын

What a small world! This was my post on reddit and I follow you for like a year. Big up!

@AlHowell Ай бұрын

No way?? That’s awesome!

@tlilmiztli Ай бұрын

Man... Peel UV was looking so good... :( I Dont care about ipad version not because I think it will be bad or because of fees. I simply cant afford/justify purchasing ipad. I would rather get some big Cintiq. But for those with more money.. Sure, that will be cool. I am waiting for that Nomad on desktop though :)

@AlHowell Ай бұрын

100% I cannot afford one either! The only way I’ll be checking it out is if an iPad shows up at my house and I didn’t pay for it lol

@sbk1630 Ай бұрын

that was sooooooooooo helpfull. thank you so much.

@arturoabogado Ай бұрын

wow super nice, tnks

@werewolf4931 Ай бұрын

the reason why I left zbrush. I wasn't too happy when pixologic announced that Maxon has bought zbrush and they were switching to a subscription service. However, I thought I would give it a try anyways. The price wasn't too bad, and they had a promotion going on. So, I bought 1yr subscription, and never touched it since. When the year ended, and the subscription was about to renew. I canceled it. I decided that even though the subscription rate was cheaper than buying a full version of the program. I didn't want to buy it every year. here are the main reasons why I more likely won't be back using any newer versions of zbrush. 1. Transparency, or the lack of it. when the announcement was made, there wasn't any real hints of what was going to happen. Didn't even asked their customers how they would feel about it. (Just, here deal with it.) not a good way to treat your loyal customers. 2. After a year, the 2023 wouldn't work unless you upgrade to 2024. 3. Backwards compatibility, any file that you made in 2023 won't work with 2022. 4. having to reinstall any and all plugins in the latest version. (pain in the ass) 5. Didn't see any real upgrade to 2024. Wasn't that being one of the reasons why the whole subscription selling point was about. To help stimulate new growth. 5. That whole Maxon app, made feel like I was being watched, that just creeped me out. Thats about it. I think I will stick with my 2022 version. and when that goes away. Nomad Sculpt looks promising, and Plasticity. after thinking about the reason why I left zbrush. I had to clarify what I meant about backwards compatibility. prior to zbrush selling out to yes, it is a sellout) I use to have. zbrush on my laptop and my home computer. So, when I travel or out and about. with my laptop I could work on a project if I wanted to all I had to do is carry a portable drive with the files on it and vice versa. Now, I can't. I would have to buy. 2 seats, every year that I wanted to work on projects away from home. I am just doing this. as a hobby not profession. what really gets me though is that I can't keep 2023 version, only the 2022 version even though I paid for it