052 ZBrush 2018 New Curve Brush Functionality

[@TajiyaO]

So... after going through the video's entirety, this was actually a very good showcase of the curve tool, how to control the twist of the curve, and pointing out how to lock it in place. Learning how to control the fluidity and elasticity was the most important segment, and it even helped me get over some MAJOR humps with my actual training, and tutor's assignment. One thing I'd suggest, there are moments instructions happen so quickly that, I found myself uncertain on what to do, or what was going on, a bit. But other than that, this was way more informative and instructional than my first watch. ⭐x 5

[@saikopiratos]

Pixologic please give us a "path" tool like Adobe illustrators.this would be insanely useful for curvy hard surface stuff.

[@eddu369]

i really appreciate these concise videos man.

[@alperisler89]

so it turns out that you can't alter the orientation of the imm brush on the curve?

[@ЕвгенийЮрчак-г3ц]

please tell me how to turn a lowpoly mesh into a highpoly rope curve

[@Some_one11237]

yeah but how do i apply this curve???

[@omegapuschel]

Am I missing something about how the twist function works? When I hold ctrl and click to twist it just masks out the part im hovering over

[@turtlemasterroshi]

click the curve first, Then press and hold ctrl.

[@JiriMatys]

Please, is there a way how to rotate an whole object along whole curve? Just to rotate not only a part. Thank you.

[@TheUncutAngel]

how do you create multiple curves? Every time I try to make a new one, the old one disappears.

[@MichaelPavlovich]

curve mutli tube has this functionality, but if you want to "drop" the geometry and start a new curve, simply click on your object (away from the curve), or use stroke > curve functions > delete

[@naokiohta466]

Thanks a lot! Every time I search about Zbrush techniqe, your video hit.

[@박동인-x6e]

Hi sir, thank you for your video. Well I'm using zbrush 4r8,and I can't use twist function, with click the curve, and ctrl.. Is it about version problem??

[@MichaelPavlovich]

Yes, 4r8 came out when dinosaurs still ruled the earth. please upgrade

[@박동인-x6e]

@@MichaelPavlovich haha thanks :)

[@modaxlive9211]

Hi dear Michael. I have a question , when I press "To Mesh" button in brush palette ,I just have a box at result and IMM won't convert to tool ! thank you in advance .

[@MichaelPavlovich]

The only thing I can think of is you don't have an IMM or IMM curve brush selected when you're hitting the "To Mesh" button. If you have say, the standard brush selected and hit "To Mesh", yes, it'll just make a geo box, because it doesn't have an associated IMM object to turn into a mesh

[@modaxlive9211]

@@MichaelPavlovich thank you for replying . I select the IMM brush and also I choose different tool in from its menu using M key . but the result is same . have you any tutorial video on this issue ? if yes may I ask you to put the link here . thank you

[@simeonbonev1242]

A little something here.How can i put imm on just a part of curve(framing whole cloth but want to put tubes only on collar for example).I did it somehow by mistake but cant figure out how to repeat it.Clicking only on red curve with start and end puts imm on every curve there is.

[@VoidloniXaarii]

Thank you very much again

[@karimdaouiji9146]

Super useful thanks!

[@ВасилийБабич-ъ8т]

When you clamp the shift, the geometry is smoothed, not the curve

[@Rin8Kin]

In this presentation kzbin.info/www/bejne/h5eVY41_d82MmcU they have been showing the option to CUT the curve in the midle. But i can not find any mention of this functionality since then. Do you know anything about it?

[@an.unarmed.civilian]

can you edit a curve after laying down a second, third etc?

[@legalmix]

Did you figured it out?

[@an.unarmed.civilian]

@@legalmix you have to use the multi tube brushes.. they work OK, but seem to function a bit different.

[@legalmix]

@@an.unarmed.civilian Thanks man

[@wilcals5294]

+Michael Pavlovich Seems like the "wrap curve around object" command is gone in 4r8 . Is it? If not, what's the new command for that?

[@MichaelPavlovich]

if I understand correctly, the stroke menu - curve functions - frame mesh options are still there (Border, Polygroups, and Creased edges); if you hold down shift and, say, want to auto-snap your curve to any of those options, they have to be turned on in this menu (they should all be on by default). You can also use curves helper for more precise placement: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bqiynK2vbLt7d8U

[@wilcals5294]

Hi. Thanks for the response. I got it now. it's the curve strap snap brush. that's what i'm talking about. I forgot that it's a brush not a command lol.

[@schonkigplavuis8850]

3:06 so strange when twisting it doesn't at ALL twist like in your video.

[@dispersiasvata]

do not complete the curve. in a new place?

[@catsnorkel]

once you have pressed M to add a mesh to the curve, how can you go back to the default tube mesh?

[@MichaelPavlovich]

as long as you have a curve on your subtool, you can switch to any curve brush and update the curve by tapping on it (or, if you want to keep your result and draw a new curve, tap on the object away from your curve, select the curve tube brush, and draw out a tube curve with that brush)

[@joshironside9611]

I need help. When I drag the IMM, the selected IMM Tool becomes squashed. I tried with the Bullets under IMM Army Curve and the bullets just became almost flat. Any ideas to what I could do to prevent this?

[@MichaelPavlovich]

try putting your ZIntensity to 100

[@AfterArmy]

When I try to rotate curve, the brush size makes the curve huge automatically, any tips?

[@MichaelPavlovich]

0:51 shows the difference between brush size (red circle) and manipulator size (blue circle); essentially, move away from the curve until your circle turns red, turn your brush size down, then when you go to manipulate your curve, it'll resize it to your brush size. to change the manipulation circumference, hover over the curve (your cursor will turn blue), and if you hit "s" and change the size, it will change the manipulator size, not your brush size.

[@TajiyaO]

these instructions weren't very clear. Need to explicitly say, go to this, click on that, for each thing you do :(

[@MichaelPavlovich]

there's instructions at 0:22 that are pretty explicit that might be useful, I'll lower that barrier to entry for you here: kzbin.infosearch?query=IMM%20curve

[@TajiyaO]

@@MichaelPavlovich I must say that after watching the whole video, this vid was very informative, it got me thru some difficult learning curb moments of my sculpting, and I need to leave a new, proper comment, once I'm home 🙂

[@DreamforgeStudios]

Does anyone know how to offset the mesh from the curve? I have an asymmetrical mesh that draws next to the curve and I want to move it over instead of drawing my curve "next to" where I want the mesh to be.

[@rowanwhile]

adjust the depth :)

[@mordecai1484]

Hey Michael thanks for tutorial. Is There a way in Zbrush to make Straight Curves? Like holding Shift in PS.

[@MichaelPavlovich]

Yes! stroke > curve > turn on the "as line" button

[@mordecai1484]

@@MichaelPavlovich Tnx for answer. Yeah I found That option but it's not very flexible. I was looking for an option to make straight curve then Continue free curve then switch to straight curve so that Curve didn't interrupt. I was playing with Curve Lathe brush and that's why I needed straight Curve option. Hope Picologicwill implement More flexible way in future to make straight Curves.

[@MichaelPavlovich]

@@mordecai1484 you can turn as line on or off as needed. also consider using the elastic option to pull out to straight lines on the lathe brush. For the most control, you can simply create / slice geometry and use the frame polygroups option with the lathe brush and have it follow the framed curve

[@Scultronic]

Man I love the curve features in Zbrush the only downside or the only terrible thing is that when you stop editing the curve you cannot come back u.u

[@kaysseibrahim6477]

how to close the two ends of the curve

[@jaferalbahli]

Many thanks sir

[@mylesxavier4196]

how do i delete curve tubes

[@rockornUA1]

thanks a lot !!

[@Zoids-bf6op]

cant rotate and cant smooth...its it because of the zbrush version? how to read the version and know its 2018

[@MichaelPavlovich]

In the upper left hand corner of your zbrush interface it should say "ZBrush 2018." If you're not on 2018, you're correct, you won't have this functionality, this is part of the ZBrush 2018 What's New playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLkzopwqcFevYiMOMg8oejnEjue8ymwG3v

[@dispersiasvata]

how not to create a new line every time?

[@MichaelPavlovich]

try videos 82-88: kzbin.info/aero/PLkzopwqcFevZjV5b6_Xhx0gp0Y9XvrhSm

[@satthuphancung]

I checked these Videos and i still dont find out. Could you help me explain?

[@drewjackson3858]

This tutorial is wrong. That was what I wrote before the edit. I was wrong. Forgot Polymesh.

[@11perception]

3:07 manipulate curve

[@jagglebones]

mike you truly are a fountain of knowledge but you talk so freaking fast it's really awkward to follow sometimes. if you slowed your speech and movements down like 15% in these videos it would be excellente

[@CamoronZ]

you can set playspeed to x0.75