ZBrush Dynamesh Tutorial for Beginners

In this ZBrush 4R7 tutorial for beginners I show in a very simple example what Dynamesh is, when and how to use it.
This is an answer to a request I had for a ZBrush and Blender tutorial I created before.
The Dynamesh feature is a kind of automatic remeshing that can be applied for any 3d object in ZBrush. You just turn the object into a dynamesh, set the resolution and each time you want to remesh you just hold the control key down and with left mouse button pressed wipe over an empty area of the viewport.
00:10 : Create Sphere with 128 resolution
00:40 : Transform sphere with the Move brush
01:05 : Turn object into Dynamesh
02:12 : Reduce resolution of dynamesh
02:45 : Dynamesh for highly stretched mesh polygons
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[@kleindavid9416]

Thank you for not talking too much ang showing great tipps!

[@JayAnAm]

You are welcome!

[@MultiCappie]

ZBrush is in the top 3 worst user interfaces I have ever seen (computer geek since 1987). Thank you for helping. Pixologic should be paying you.

[@JayAnAm]

:-) Thx

[@fergoka]

What a great tutorial man.

[@JayAnAm]

Hey, glad it helped!

[@polystormstudio]

Great, thank you for this. I was trying to figure out how to use it in zClassroom but it only seemed to show "what you can do" rather than "how to actually use it"!

[@srijith9611]

Thanks for the video. It was a great tutorial sir

[@khonkhethtan5598]

thanks dude

[@2muchofyou]

how do you take a complicated mesh like a starship and make it solid so you can hollow it out for printing? like a fill cavity without touching the outside shape at all?

[@LeVadng]

thanks! am gonna make fish :D

[@ubermatik]

So how often do you 'recalculate' Dynamesh? Great video, really helped my understanding, but I'm still not entirely sure how it should fit into a workflow. Do you use Dynamesh mostly in the 'concept' stages of sculpting, and less so later on?

[@JayAnAm]

I use it til I am really happy with the whole shape and when I don't expect changes to this anymore I remove dynamesh and subdivide for adding the really fine details.

[@ubermatik]

Great, thank-you! Your videos are really helpful in getting me started with the important details of asset creation and working in Unreal, keep it up!

[@ubermatik]

As an addition - if I model something in Maya that has non-square topology, could I then drop it into Zbrush and 'fix' it with Dynamesh? Mostly considering an efficient workflow where I'll model something with edge loops but not pay much attention to the edge spacing.

[@JayAnAm]

Thx, I will.

[@JayAnAm]

I think when importing obj to ZBrush there is an option to triangulate.

[@CRAZYJONSO]

cant find this button in the latest version of zbrush- has it moved? thanks

[@erichendrix8412]

Volume maxed out still cannot hear you well. Holding ctrl key and left clicking paints a mask, it doesnt update the dynamesh. Everywhere it says ctrl key and left drag but it doesnt work what am i missing

[@JayAnAm]

Dont drag over the mesh, drag the surface. It's like wiping the surface while holding the left mouse button and ctrl key pressed.

[@leatherandpoemscharmyman5774]

HI I would like to know the "feartues" of dynamesh as "project" , "polish" and some more, cause some times when I use dynamesh some times add and some times rest geometry...

[@alinerdelav]

does it stills enable you to use the soft tool?? because mine, seems that is not working when dynamesh is on, like if i move and press shift it doesnt softens

[@benimo6]

ive tried to use shift smoothening and yeah i cant do it either, i have this issue of wanting to go dynamesh a low res sphere but then it gets stuck on looking faceted and i cant smoothen it out anymore