Sculpting Trim Sheets in ZBrush - Trim Texture Tutorial Part 2

In this part we sculpt some stone block shapes in zbrush and keep our sculpt tileable for seamless texture baking. Edge damage and crack sculpting techniques.
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[@taylorbunker]

I'm late to the party, but I still thought I'd share an alternative to the process at 19:50 that I stumbled upon. Instead of turning on Backtrack and Snap to Track, try this: - Click and hold on the mesh to start a brush stroke - Hold Shift and then drag out a line (it will tell you what angle that line is and snap to certain intervals) - Keep your pen down and release Shift Thank you for all the tutorials Tim, they're very helpful!

[@mohsenghafari8275]

your method works, but still doesn't tile the ornament.

[@toxicsludge77]

You are such a legend Tim, hope you realise how many people you are helping with these vids. Love em!!

[@PolygonAcademy]

Thanks bud :) always see you in the comments, appreciate it 🤛

[@H0w3r]

the best way i have found to deal with tiling something like those ornaments in your case is to go under deformation and smart resym (by default it does it from right to left). You start doing your patter from left to right but don't go all the way to the end on the right. you stop just before it. You mask out a decent bit of your geometry on the left side (where you started your pattern) and click smart resym. it will basically take the masked section from the left and mirror it over to the right.

[@sret919]

These are absolutely gorgeous tutorials, thank you so much !

[@arrw]

Absolutely amazing guide. Thank you.

[@johnrborowski]

I cannot emphasize enough how much this series has helped me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@VertexPolyFort]

i feel like im finally getting better with trimsheets thanks to your videos! really amazing job❤❤

[@malgash1demi907]

Another solution about the Divide step at the begining : Zmodeler => Crease the outer edges, then Divide as you need

[@PolygonAcademy]

cool! didnt know that, thanks for the tip :)

[@malgash1demi907]

@@PolygonAcademy Btw thanks for this series of Trim Sheets tutorials this is awesome !

[@spinomcar21]

This is the best! Not only did I learn about trim sheets, but I also learned a lot of ZBrush's tool kit! I didn't know MultiAppend was a thing before this video! Thanks a lot, Tim! More power to you!

[@rickysargulesh1053]

Thank you for the great tutorial Tim. Learned a lot here.

[@PolygonAcademy]

Cheers!

[@steve6404]

Thanks Tim! Really amazing tutorials, will start applying these technique to my work.

[@PolygonAcademy]

You’re welcome! Thanks for stopping by to watch!

[@roqtest3070]

not all heroes wear capes, thank you for this amazing tutorial series

[@PolygonAcademy]

You’re welcome, enjoy! Thanks for watching

[@Eli_Aura]

This is hands down the best Zbrush tutorial for environment artists learning zbrush. Important knowledge packed together and explained clearly

[@robvs6558]

Amazing content! You really take the time to make this very comprehensible. Thank you for your videos!

[@PolygonAcademy]

Thanks rob!

[@sadiaa2769]

Tim, you are amazing! Thank you for making my life easy!

[@PolygonAcademy]

You got it :) 💪

[@sjay7184]

Thank you for sharing your workflow for trim Texture. These tutorials really help me understand about trim texture. :)

[@PolygonAcademy]

You,re welcome :)

[@real2late]

If you click the Solo button on the right side of the viewport ui you can isolate the view, so that you dont have to hide all the other objects

[@suryasurya9710]

This Trim Tutorial Series Help In 2024.... Thank You

[@josiahfennell]

This is genuinely some of the best educational content on youtube (for this medium). Really hope you start posting again soon, although I assume you've just been really busy with work (perhaps on farcry 6...?). Anyway cheers man and thanks for the top tier content.

[@RockssoArt]

A new Super Hero ! TRIM SIMPSON ! Love u 💛

[@PolygonAcademy]

holy shit I never even thought of that name but its brilliant :D hahaha

[@Randomlgnd]

For the ornament tiling - Layout the UVs of the lower Subdiv and bring in a tileable texture, mask, inflat, success.

[@PolygonAcademy]

good call! ive used that technique for a unique 0-1 prop in the past and it worked well, didnt think to use it on this tiling geo. good idea :)

[@4un]

Can you please explain this workflow in more detailed way?

[@askinganime6023]

@Rebel S. Azbeler I don't understand why you would need to layout uvs at that point and what does he mean when he says bring in a tileable texture? Like projection in zbrush and than hand paint mask over it?

[@StylizedSchools]

yesssssssss! been waiting for this!

[@PolygonAcademy]

awesome! enjoy :)

[@user-gi7de1vj3z]

Awesome guide! Thdnk you!

[@BrianLife]

Nice, Wrap mode is a Gem!

[@user-dl5pz1rk2k]

You best teacher💥

[@yuguhtrrh8753]

omg the wrap and Lazy mouse xDD you just saved me so much time dude thanks a lot !!

[@viratith9944]

Thank you so much! Love your videos! :)

[@PolygonAcademy]

Thanks for watching :)

[@byrontribs7539]

beautiful !!

[@PolygonAcademy]

thanks :)

[@pedrodobbin2160]

Thank you Tim!

[@PolygonAcademy]

cheers!

[@emrahozcicek2875]

You should extend your target area. Let's say you want to capture 2mx 2m surface area as tillable. In order to don't have that border problem, first add a plane and make sure your trim sheet border is slightly larger, so you won't have that problem about tiling.

[@joaovitors.s9643]

Thank you so much, mate !! I'm learning a lot with you, studying to be like you in the future :)

[@PolygonAcademy]

My pleasure!

[@armanchahal1]

just commenting at the 1st second of video because i know it will be amazing

[@altruist81]

Very useful for me Thanks

[@noblechapman1372]

I will remember you when I get a job using your videos!

[@PolygonAcademy]

You got this 💪

[@NickOroc]

Nice one Tim 🙂

[@LetMeGaming]

For those who usually export meshes in FBX, you really need to export it in OBJ to have a fully functioning warp mode. Maybe it was only my issue, but you never know. PS: Thank you Tim for your "gold" tutorial series. It is very worth it for beginners like me.

[@tamizhanVanmam]

Really awesome I learn a lot about trim sheet 👍🏻 . I tried for buildings but I struggle on planning and making modular model stage ❤️ can you please make next series for building !

[@jpviegas]

Amazing video! So helpful. If you crease the border edges in ZBrush, you might be able to minimise the seams

[@julianhartinger4449]

Really awesome tutorial- did nott know that there is an easy "one click solution" for the tiling stuff in zBrush. So Thanks for that. And without beeing rude, its nice and soothing that also industry professionals struggle or have some issues with the tiling of stuff. So I dont feel that incompetend. XD So Thanks for the video.

[@PolygonAcademy]

you're welcome :)

[@mohamedlamineboualita2757]

thank you bro

[@PolygonAcademy]

You’re welcome :)

[@CommandCentreWargaming]

Legend

[@PolygonAcademy]

dont make me blush :D

[@Viskovitz]

Tim Simpson, the man, the myth, the legend!

[@pronoydutta614]

There's one option that could work for tiling.. Have a straight uv for the low poly ready in Max. Make sure that there are a lot of loops on the low poly, otherwise it'll distort the alpha badly. Export the image snapshot to photoshop. Tile the black and white/greyscale ornamental part in Photoshop. Invert the new image(turn off the snapshot png or grid) and save as a tiff, etc. Bring it into zbrush as an alpha. Under masking, use mask by alpha.. It should result in a seamless relief sculpt once you use deformations to inflate.. That's one way. It's kinda similar, but you need to have a high enough resolution on your B&W alpha.. Assuming you have a B&W alpha ready. Doesn't work for everything

[@ahtiandr]

Or just use warp modifier on your brushes I guess.

[@Aussie.Owlcoholic]

I believe these are the brushes, or at least they look very similar! simonfuchs.wordpress.com/2015/05/24/zbrush-sculpting-damage-alphas-and-brushes/

[@PolygonAcademy]

Thats them :)

[@xSpartanninjax]

You Sir / Madam, are an absolute gentleman / woman.

[@zhangchijohn]

Thanks very much!

[@Kasharicdaims]

For the tiling issue, it looks like you're starting the tile too close to the edge, if you look at 21:19 you can see that the texture is tiling from green line to green line, if you start by doing your first click a little further in than directly on the edge, it should tile fine from then on. This is just a guess, but it jumped out at me while I was watching.

[@abdullahamrsobh]

finally I waited so long for new content from u. I was afraid you decided to quit youtube

[@PolygonAcademy]

nope, not quitting, was just on vacation and starting a new job haha. back at it now!

[@rebx5891]

This is such a great tutorial series - but I'm really struggling with the decoration stroke, particularly with using other decals. Any other information out there on how to set the settings so the backstroke works (like the math?)

[@violenttriangles]

For tiling, make a duplicate of the strip and paint on the details. Then duplicate the detailed on and move it side to side with the first copy to find where it tiles. Move these so their joint is somewhere inside the original strip and hide everything but these three. Hit reproject to transfer the two strips to your first strip. Delete the two copies. Now you can fix the sculpting of the seam in zbrush using blur etc.

[@lunabeige]

Can u show us your library please? I'm curious about your learning/inspiration books.

[@PolygonAcademy]

hey thats a good idea for a video! Ill put it on the list to do at some point :)

[@arthurtasquin4426]

@@PolygonAcademy That's a great idea ! I'm a big fan of artbook and it could be very useful to know your favorite books as an environment artist :).

[@marsmotion]

honestly for the ornament id make one in max as a model then array it or make one then use zbrushes array mod. at the resolution that strip will be its not needing too much detail really that will transfer. plus i do agree with people who said paint it in sub painter thats also good suggestion.

[@PolygonAcademy]

good suggestion!

[@dimitardimitrov7950]

For the Wrap Tile at minute 21:42 if you extend the strip with some extra length and then delete the polygons after perhaps it will help with the tile

[@dimitardimitrov7950]

and if you try to use shift like in Photoshop if there is the same function :D

[@raeeskamaar6190]

Awesome vids as always! I'm still learning ZBrush, so I'm still slowly getting used to the user interface. I feel a lot more comfortable with Mudbox at the moment. Could one get away with sculpting extensively with other sculpting software other than ZBrush? I know that a majority of artists use ZBrush, and it's usually recommended almost all the time. That's not to say I won't use it, but I'd just like to master sculpting in a more user-friendly tool before I dive full-on into ZBrush.

[@MTBesh]

Maybe to make seamless pattern on mesh, unwrap mesh in 3ds max, place tiled alpha inside 3ds max to check that all tileable in UV-ed space, after that load in zbrush mesh, add texture, and make mask by texture and extrude. It will work i think? :D

[@MTBesh]

if that work, make tutorial :)

[@PolygonAcademy]

@@MTBesh yea I thought about this method, it should work for sure. I have used it to get patterns on unique unwrapped props before for the highpoly. but havent tried it on tiling meshes yet

[@Viskovitz]

duuuude! I´m missing your videos! will you come back any time soon? pretty please?

[@Yehoogame]

Thanks for the rest of the series Tim! I'm currently watching this part. Question: have you ever tried baking in Marmoset? I've been using it for 2 years now and since the first time I've baked props/textures in it, I stopped baking in Painter, it's more efficient and gives way better results in less time. :) PS: this part's sound is way lower than Part 3&4.

[@PolygonAcademy]

thanks for the heads up, think i forgot to boost the sound levels haha i was finishing all the editing/exporting on these at 3am last night lol. Havent tried in marmoset, I bake mainly in painter because I can roll right into the texture creation without having to jump between another software, heard its dope though!

[@MercStrider]

Midogame, have you tried baking in Painter recently? It's gotten quite fast. I also used to use Marmoset, but now I just use Painter. Give it a go

[@ibmmotion7693]

Cool sir. What is the difference between cooking and trim chit and what is the best among them for work

[@aaron30052]

Hey Tim, Thanks for the trim sheet tutorials. I've got the gumroad files as a contribution to Polygon Academy to keep on cracking this in-depth content. I am by all means on the lower end of being an amateur when it comes to content creation, mainly due to the fact I am coming from a programming perspective, so sometimes I find it hard to keep expressing creativity with the foreshadow of being pragmatic. To my question, and I wanted to ask you before going to a forum for help. After sculpting in ZBrush and Import to 3DS Max, I duplicate my high poly meshes for the AO*(Not sure if this is the correct tum/reason). Now in your videos of sculpting in ZBrush, you say set brush wrap mode to 1 to enable wrapping for tiling. I have done that, but when I have the objects side by side, my cracks don't line up and the open edges are not straight when I've used wrap mode near the edges. I am wondering if there is another setting possibly ?

[@PolygonAcademy]

Thanks for the support! I really appreciate it :) you have to turn on wrap mode for each brush individually, that might be it? Only other thing incould think of is your basemesh wasnt set to a power of 2 like 4m wide?

[@aaron30052]

EDIT: So I found my solution. The problem must have stemmed from creasing my edges. My solution: In ZBrush, before subdividing, I crease via Geometry -> Crease -> Crease Button, then I Subdivide and for my final 2 subdivisions, I use the smoothing option. I noticed with this method, 1, my trim sheet is tileable, and second, when I am in 3DS Max setting up for Substance Painter, if I clone a trim piece and when I move it 4m left or right, both pieces of geometry match 100% so this method alleviates geometry shrinkage. @@PolygonAcademy I have narrowed it down to this; if I subdivide in zbrush without smoothing no problem, even in 3DS Max, I duplicate 4m left or right and the meshes align perfectly. So when I subdivide 3-4 times then 2ish time with smoothing turned on, then this problem occurs. I made sure I creased my edges and still happens. A penny for your thoughts? I've tried numerous ways with Live Boolean turned on and off. Thanks for your advice :)

[@topologicaldoctor1498]

good one and I just want to know about the music track that we can hear at the end of u r videos did u design it or is it some track on the internet

[@PolygonAcademy]

Its from artlist.io :) just some royalty free music i found on there

[@teddyxz5182]

[@Walkion]

I strongly recommend the brush library tool from xmdsource.com/, its just 10 times easier to quickly find the brush you need from your library, it has a direct link to Zbrush so no more back and forth in your folders. I suppose you already know about it of course, but for anyone that is not yet aware of this, its just amazing and will save so much time. Thanks for your videos again Tim, you are the best!

[@PolygonAcademy]

ive seend some of the xmd stuff in the past but never looked deep, will take a look! thanks for the recommendation.

[@joelwynd9233]

Hey Tim, Great videos, I've smashed through all your content in a few days, really helping me to understand the pipeline better. I am wondering though at the end of this video you use subtool master to export all tools, how long does this process take to complete? I know this depends on polycount and computational power ect...l but i feel like I've got some setting wrong as it takes quite a while to complete the export. Just want to get a rough idea to compare to. My rig has a ryzen 9 3900, 32gb ram and a 16gb vga so im not exactly running it on a shitty setup. Thanks again for your content, love it cant wait for more!

[@PolygonAcademy]

for me i think it took about 1.5-2 mins maybe? most of the subtool meshes were about 1-2 million polygons each if I remember correctly

[@PolygonAcademy]

also, thanks for watching all my content hahah! really appreciate you powering through my ramblings, glad you got something outta it :D

[@JulioCesarCruzaltaNarvaez]

Thank you very much, I'm learning a lot!!! I have a question, why do you export from max in obj and not in fbx?

[@PolygonAcademy]

With zbrush its old habits, i use fbx for everything else but zbrush didnt use to support it, so ive always done obj for zbrush by habit haha

[@JulioCesarCruzaltaNarvaez]

@@PolygonAcademy Thank you... :)

[@duonghuyen2755]

love this video. tks a lot

[@Dtikwa]

couldnt u fix the tiling issue in the unwrap ? as in cutting it off early a bit ?

[@BernhardRieder1]

very cool, do you perhaps still have the ztool from this trim sheet? would be dope.. thank you and keep rocking!

[@coffeediction]

On 20:35, Ive got an idea, couldnt we just manually damage up the edges? This way using same method you used for the concrete? Yes it does get us a shorter strip, but we could just use geometry folding even we dont want the edges visible and a whole line of strip instead. Would this be viable or other issues appear Im not aware of? Thanks!

[@SaccusMan]

For the ornaments at minute 20:00, what if I duplicate the mesh horizontally and then merge it into a longer unique piece? This way I should be able to use the wrap mode without painting on the border edges, do you think it could be a good way?

[@PolygonAcademy]

yea thats a good call, others have suggested something similar, could be a good workflow :D

[@Heroickittens]

Not sure if you still answer questions on here but would you mind telling me why you choose to use subdivide over dynamesh? Is there a specific reason or are both choices viable?

[@Patallogus666]

оооо кайф!!!!

[@vasilmilchev9362]

Does anyone know if the "Edge Crease" tool in Blender works for other softwares outside of usage in Blender? I am trying to create a trim sheet and when I import the meshes to Zbrush and divide them (after a couple of subdivisions with no smooth switched on) it still shrinks the edges a bit and ruins the tiling of the sheet. I have resorted to adding some support loops just so that I can continue working, but I would like to know if someone has an answer, thanks :)

[@vladimirxoxoxoxox2938]

Hi! Cool info! Where to find your environment-course You mentioned in the 1 part?

[@PolygonAcademy]

been so busy i havent had time to make it yet haha, sorry!

[@RodrigoIsaas]

When I try to polygroup some parts doesn't separate, don't know why but some parts stick together and zbrush interprets them as one continue topology. How can I fix that? The distance between all those parts are equal, should I separate them a bit, leaving a minimum space between?

[@benhardwiesner6963]

couldnt you convert the ornament heightmap into a tiling normal map with substance designer and simply overlay it in painter?

[@PolygonAcademy]

Very true, probably would be the best way to do it. A lot of ppl had questions about how i did it in zb in the last vid, but i think doing details like that in sp is the way to go moving forward :) cheers!

[@adamplechaty]

Hi Tim, any idea why my wrap mode is acting up? Whenever I try to sculpt on the corners of my rectangular mesh, with mode 1 it not only sculpts in the corners but also on two other places on the X axis. No matter how much I google, I cannot find an answer. Help lol. EDIT: Found a workaround which might be useful to someone. You can store a "morph target" (Tool-Morph Target) and then paint over the spots with unwanted brush strokes with a "morph brush". That way you can have a tiling brush strokes over a non-uniform (rectangular) mesh. Tim, how did you get your wrap mode working?

[@vn2025]

Wow, really efficient sculpting, these tips are priceless! Does anyone know if there's such wrap sculpt option in Blender as shown at 11:30 ?

[@iamjohnhult]

Late reply, but using tiling under the brush settings in Blender gives the same effect.

[@vn2025]

@@iamjohnhult Yeah, discovered it, too 😄

[@BrianLife]

Sorry I missed it, did you delete all Subdivisions? and export the High Polly dense mesh? and did you decimate it first?

[@marsmotion]

its the normal thing to do. he should have if not

[@Nashfanfl13]

Guys the brush he uses in this tutorial what kind of brush would that be in Blender if any of you know I want to follow a long with him but I don't have Zbrush. I have been just using the standard brushes that comes with blender, but I want a look more like his.

[@PigeonSlayer]

Hey Tim, i am having a bit of an issue with the Curve wrap part, i am trying to recreate this tutorial but my brush stroke doesnt follow correctly on the opposite side of the trim part. It has a gap because of the Zbrush unified space, but i cant click unify because that moves my trim part and rescales it. Do you know how to fix this issue? (The curve wrap setting works when i use a Zbrush default plane/unify the piece)

[@plant066]

ive got the same problem, did you ever fix this ?

[@Dhieen]

is it really important to use a graphic tablet? because i have a small desk and when i use it i dont have alot of space and if its for 1 hour i dont want to use it

[@lppicard4995]

There are ways to make trim textures always tile Perfectly!

[@lppicard4995]

If you are working on a 4x4 trim texture, make it 8x8 using 4 of your 4x4 basemesh, then use wrap mode to 1 and you will never destroy edges and will always see how it tiles. :P I can send you pictures if you don't understand, it's hard to explain.

[@PolygonAcademy]

ah yea totally understand, good idea :) thanks!

[@lppicard4995]

@@PolygonAcademy :)

[@lppicard4995]

@@PolygonAcademy and when you bake, just bake the standart 4x4 plane in the center of the 8x8 trim and It will be just perfect

[@adelina3333]

Hi, can I ask you a question? I prepared my mesh in 3ds max just like you showed, with the 3 big tiles in the lower part and all, but when I import it in Zbrush it just doesnt subdivide like yours does. I dont get any of the previously made detail and I don't know what I am doing wrong.

[@PolygonAcademy]

When you subdivide in zb, are you turning off the smth button for the first few subdivision? That keeps the edges crisp and then turning smth on for the last one adds a bit of edge bevel.

[@adelina3333]

@@PolygonAcademy , yes I did that, maybe my problem is with the base mesh I guess. Thank you so much for the quick reply tho, I really love your videos, they are great and i have helped me a looooot.

[@PolygonAcademy]

Cheers! Let me know if you get it figured out! Good luck :)

[@SamuelMoyoNdovie]

i know i might be late but multiple append is not working in my zbrush

[@CRAM079]

anyone have a link to that brushset?

[@arash926]

is there any double like button somewhere here?

[@StefanDiNazareth]

Hi Tim! thanks again for your tutorial, I have some problems here in zbrush, dividing less times than you do the polycount grows so absurd, at the end of the various divisions I have a total of more than 30 million in total point, when you stay sleep to 10 million, before exporting from blender the mesh seems similar to yours in terms of density, what can make it happen? the starting parts have this number of tris: A: 5500; B2800; C4800; D178k; E6k; F16k; G1500. am I probably exaggerating with density before importing into zbrush? sorry for the thousand questions :) have a nice day

[@PolygonAcademy]

yea subdividing your mesh always multiplies the polygon count by 4, so I think your starting basemeshes have a higher polygon count than mine, so don't worry if you only have to subdivide it a few times and it doesnt match the amount of times I did it, just aim for 1-4mill for each piece!

[@StefanDiNazareth]

@@PolygonAcademy thanks for the quick answer, I'll come back in blender trying to fix it, I noticed that even if part E is very dense (starting 6k, the one above the curved part),if I don't divide it more times in zbrush (4 or 5 times), when I add the smooth option retracts from the corners, but I can easily have mistaken something in blender. I immediately try to improve. thanks again Tim :)

[@futurelight5536]

I am very beginner and love level design how can i strart on first steps and i love your tourtals

[@PolygonAcademy]

awesome, thanks for watching :D check out my tutorial on greybox level design if you havent seen it yet

[@futurelight5536]

I see it but it so Difficult for me i cant know why i cant imagin where i need to put some things in my level

[@apollotrek9918]

20:33 - Does anybody know where to find brushes like the one used here or similar?

[@neat3954]

Genuine question - Is there any reason not to use Sculptris Pro mode in Zbrush instead of doing all that subdividing?

[@PolygonAcademy]

Probably not, im pretty basic when it comes to zb, so if it works, go for it :)

[@___Goose]

20:52 anyone know if he has any videos of him fixing it in photoshop?

[@TehPascu]

I'm gonna ask this question because I've been researching and can't find a solid solution that works for me. Is there any way to "lock" the borders of the mesh? If I want to pinch some strokes near to the edge of the mesh, the mesh warps and messes up my X/Y Axis and doesn't tile correctly when I'm trying to bake the highpoly into a lowpoly plane. I've tried to lock the sculpt axis in Transform > Modifiers and only select the Z axis, but some brushes with alpha's don't work properly (Orb Cracks in my case). I've also tried doing a morph target and only morph the X and Y axis to preserve the sculpted data from the Z axis, but it messes up some detail... Is there any solution for that? I had thought of adding in my 3D software, a copy of the mesh, left and right, and modify the WrapMode to be able to sculpt without fear of losing the edges. Thanks in advance!

[@LordNuggies]

I'm having an issue with the bottom row of bricks and poly groups. When I auto poly group the bottom row of bricks they don't separate in to different poly groups, it's just the one group. I have a row of smaller bricks further up and that one has worked fine, I used the exact same process to create the two rows of bricks. Anyone know why this is happening?

[@LordNuggies]

Never mind, I figured it out. It was a turbo smooth modifier still in the stack, got rid of it and I was good to go

[@legamerdudimanchenovadesan8329]

You can get the brush here: simonfuchs.wordpress.com/2015/05/24/zbrush-sculpting-damage-alphas-and-brushes/

[@arrw]

Thank you!

[@MrAlfredfabianlee]

Hi i'm having issue with the wrapping brush. Whenever i set the wrap mode to 1. It gave me something like this: imgur.com/a/JrftQDe i've tried different value for wrap mode but they're all gave me the result. Any idea why? Thank you

[@AvengedBee]

I figured it out, when your importing it the dimensions are off, you're model could be way too big.

[@Dhieen]

i dont understand how the lazy mouse stroke works, when i click and drag the line and then i click again i redrag another line but i dont sculpt anything

[@TheIcelandicBoy]

Question; that crack brush you are using at 15:35, what is it called? Where you can click and drag an image that forms the shape on the model, instead of working like a brush? Am more used to Mudbox but I want to get into Zbrush. But I got no idea what that crack image is called in Zbrush, so its making difficult for me to look for HOW to put something like that in my Zbrush XD

[@PolygonAcademy]

i think its called draw? if you see the squiggle line icon in your brush that is called stroke, click that, and then look for the one that is like a square with an arrow, either called drag or draw or something like that. its the other option for your brush panel that isn't the alpha slot. let me know if that helps! haha sorry for the non exact/technical answer, im on my phone at the moment :)

[@TheIcelandicBoy]

@@PolygonAcademy Thanks! I managed to figure it out. Another question that popped up as I was watching this video. Say I want to import my own decoration instead of that flower thingie you used. How do I do it? Ive tried to google it but I keep getting "how to import brushes".

[@PolygonAcademy]

@@TheIcelandicBoy you would import your own alpha and then create your own brush preset, but i was just using one of jonas ronnegards 100's of pre-made brushes in this case, so you just load a brush. but to change the design, load a new alpha and you will need to change the stroke spacing etc. to get the pattern to properly repeat.

[@alwaysmissyouloveyou]

where can i get trim brush in zbrush at 07:48? i Purchesed Gumroad Trim Example Files but i Can't get trim brush.

[@PolygonAcademy]

The trim brush is part of one of the jro tools alpha packs so i cant sell/give it away, but his packs are super cheap, if you search jro tools ornamental alphas you will find a pack of like 50-100 super useful brushes for about 5 bucks

[@Dhieen]

When you use layers you have to apply them to like dynamesh again after?

[@PolygonAcademy]

Nope layers stay active and you can reduce them whenever you want but dont need to apply then before you export.

[@Dhieen]

@@PolygonAcademy but if you want to dynamesh then again, because i didnt use subdivision, my base mesh wasnt ready to have subdiv Anyway thats what i did, apply the layers

[@MyVince83]

This is awesome workflow, but it's not working for me. I try to make blockout in blender, and made all by you guide, but in ZBrush my model crumples. I checked normals, checked transformation, checked creases but this not working for me.

[@PolygonAcademy]

hmmm maybe try a different import/export like fbx instead of OBJ? if not look for some dedicated blender to ZB tutorial and they will probably be able to help, sorry wish I could be more helpful, I havent used blender much :/

[@MyVince83]

@@PolygonAcademy i solved my problem. It's my fault, I used the wrong brush - TrimSmoothBorder instead TrimDynamic

[@omri1324]

If anyone knows the Blender equivalent of wrap mode, please let me know!

[@NateDevs]

There is an option in the Symmetry section of sculpt brushes (The right side panel) called tiling. You can choose each axis you ant tiling on. Just change the Tiling offset value to the distance you need in meters/blender units. In the case of this tutorial you would want X-Tiling with an offset of 4 in the X.

[@miloskomazec9022]

Does anyone have the issue where you import your .obj and the normals are flipped in ZBrush? I am using Blender for the modeling. The normals looks perfect in Blender but once imported into ZBrush, they are flipped.

[@marsmotion]

check your normal direction in blender with the overlay mode that does face sides. often its hard to tell what direction faces are going in blender unless you check or turn off double sided drawing