ZBrush: How To Get Clean Edges

www.zbrushworkshops.com
For my ZBrushers. Ever found it difficult to get really clean, crisp edges in Zbrush? maybe the form gets muddy?
When I was in school, a friend told me that all ZBrush modelswere just blobby... and, at that time, he was kinda right.
This little tutorial takes a look at some of the ways we can get more control over our edges in the new ZBrush.
Hope this little tutorial helps you on your journey. :)
-Ryan

[@tuomoluukkanen7265]

"Here's a quick tutorial on sharp clean edges: As we all know, ancient sumerians didn't discover clay architecture until 1500 BCE... "

[@diegoprods7971]

hahaha

[@parallaxoldchannel]

lmao and the last 2 secs is what you came for

[@kpbelshaw]

lol!! yeah on the one hand i appreciate people posting these vids to help others out but i'm a bit tired of these ones that waffle on and take forever to get to the point!

[@Kholaslittlespot1]

Where is this setting now guys? The Accucurve one

[@My2Cents1]

GAWD yes!! ... sigh...

[@trzarector]

ZBrush never fails to amaze me! Thanks for this.

[@labbytch]

Love it when you talk about those algorithms and how they came together. You'd be like my new preacher of art and consciousness 😄

[@seanpaints]

Omg, this makes me so happy as someone who is currently in the trenches as a zbrush newbie :)

[@tomlecl17]

I love how passionate about your work you are

[@SMK352]

This is great! Clear step by step. I could listen to your voice all day too.....: )

[@pruephillip1338]

I am quite charmed by this guy. Good teacher, loves his subject.

[@moduleheadindependentcreat8158]

Stumbled on this years ago, of course i totally forget how i did it until today. Thanks for the refresher!

[@HanSolocambo]

That's great :) :) Thanks for always sharing Ryan. Your tutorials are always so exciting.

[@romainmartinak8663]

Great vid ! But the true question is how do you switch your cursor pointer and draw on your viewport, with this pen and red, green colors ?

[@tranduyhung7770]

lol you sound so soothing kinda gives off that bob ross especially with your whispers subbed!

[@gargenchoolah]

Hi Ryan, Can you kindly share with us, the easiest way to make gears, cog wheels, springs, screws and bolts. I am still looking for the most poly smart and editable version. I tried, 3D Alfa and found it be non symmetrical & hi-poly dependent. ZModeler has some edge holding limitations. Array mesh tends to become a trial and error method. I do not wish to depend on Modo as it is getting very expensive to keep upgrading.

Ryan you're a great teacher, thank you!

[@RemiliaZ]

This is literally mind blowing!!

[@BungieStudios]

Thank you for the quick history lesson. I like that sorta stuff. Helps me understand things better. Subbed!

[@kasperrubin5754]

You voice is so soothing! Great video!

[@crimsonk3y484]

You are a wizard my man! Thanks for the tutorial!

[@EagleTopGaming]

At 5:23 why does it come out as a clean line and not 2 points. Is that just how that click happened to work out or where you doing something to make that work.

[@lalamarian3070]

Hi ryan, how u can eksport zbrush screen to image directly and use pencil to draw line. I am new of zbrush user.

[@TheKevphil]

That's a really unique if unintuitive approach. Thanks!

[@tiffsterie]

hi Ryan i have a problem when using delete loops, zbrush keep crash, any solution?? zbrush 4R7 P3 on yosemite

[@lilitbeglarian7942]

This is crazy useful, thank you so much!

[@altberg__]

how nice. thanks again and again ryan

[@mequable]

Awesome, thank you for sharing and the commentary.

[@DragonCrestPC]

Great job as always!

[@starmanmia]

Thank you for the tip it saves time and much appreciated.

[@jclefbouncyrock]

Awesome - very helpful tip - thanks!

[@brandy1999]

Nice tip about accu curve, didnt realize thats what it did.

[@jeromyperez5532]

I really enjoyed these tips. I feel like an idiot for not realizing these things earlier though. Haha. Anybody else having the issue where the brush pulls the edges further than the center with Snake Hook and Move? Anybody got some tips for that?

[@pawpotsRS]

how about sharp masking? when i tried to mask the edges it becomes chamfer like edges.

[@thomasbrissot6639]

Thanks so much, this is so simple and useful :)

[@wireinet]

Incredible technics :) thanks!

[@michaelchenlin2240]

Speechless, Iam Shocked ............ Never thought of that..

[@jurandfantom]

And that why everyone should, try "hmmm what if... " :) Great idea and very useful

[@patrickVDK]

Thankyou Ryan!!

[@MichaelChin1994]

Incredible!

[@yamename]

Super useful. Thank you.

[@meteoraestudios21]

Nice tuts!

[@krisCrashTV]

Well that sure beats slaving away with polish and inverted damian standard. Turns out that annoying thing you always accidentally do with move tool is useful. I hate ZBrush

[@jros2721]

Great video!

[@kurilladesign]

just awesome!!!

[@AmuscariaMods]

How did you quickly duplicate the mesh in the opening of the video? I know Zbrush has that quick-duplicate like Photoshop, but I can't find it because I dunno what it's called.

[@kandysman86]

Amuscaria Mushrooms snapshot. It's not really a dup. You can't edit or move it. It's just a pic

[@Xaia]

what kind of sorcery is dis? amazing

[@Kholaslittlespot1]

Where exactly is Accucurve located these days, please? Would really like to drag to point!

[@Kholaslittlespot1]

Aha, got it. I was in the wrong curve menu!

[@volf7f8]

ooooooohhhh so that is why that thingy is for cooool!

[@damaged7080]

REALLY GOOD VIDEO APPRECIATE IT!

[@mclkshiro]

This approached very well. Can I run this with a new version of the zbrush?

[@Solomon_Amoasi972]

You sure can

[@mclkshiro]

@@Solomon_Amoasi972 Thanks. I learned how to turn a gizmo into a transpose.

[@minivipers]

youtube is an university and I love who contribute things** thanks man

[@chyzawski]

Thank you!!!!

[@diepa3d]

nice Tips... thx

[@myNICKnameISgelo]

why u dont use clip brush instead?

[@RyanKingslienVertexSchool]

+myNICKnameISgelo this is just more interactive of an approach. :)

[@myNICKnameISgelo]

rkingslien is there some drawbacks between 2 methods? The topology is also the same? thank u for replies

[@rougecrown]

topology will probably get fucked. but of course you should only retopo when you finish the sculpt.

[@TheAzatec]

Daaaaaam....Seriously...Used ZBrush for 4 years and never knew about this tricks -_-

[@CyborgCat]

You sounded like The Bob Ross of Zbrush for a second there xDD 4:42

[@Azzazel_]

Genious

[@LEGIT134]

Nice video:)

[@MuzzJoob]

Genius 👍🏽

[@nyx2278]

I liked the story telling part.

[@ulsd]

damn if i knew this two years ago.. better late than never

[@peterhagen8908]

Mr Kingslien is probably the most talented guy in the matter digital sculpting. But in the analogical one as well.

[@soronefabrik1]

its magic

[@meridjal]

Use the clip brushes to get more controlled results

[@revotiva]

nice

[@nikhilgawankar5044]

Ryan Kingslien - Bob Ross of ZBrush

[@schonkigplavuis8850]

Time to go back to the transpose

[@ryuuy6313]

neat

[@DanIel-fl1vc]

This would be useful with masking, mask the area you want flat and then use transpose, beyond that not very useful.

[@oinkards1143]

Woah

[@auqifx]

Transpose is the most needlessly confusing thing

[@The28studio]

I agree

[@DPDPDPDP]

After all I've been through...

[@mishodarjo]

Zbrush Bob Ross

[@mingw2342]

why am i watching this tutorial while now i can just edgeloop masked border from a plane then zremesh and extrude it-- then i saw it's 2016

[@andrewphelan8066]

Ace

[@charliemodefactor9217]

Ryan, you are awesome, but this has nothing to do with AccuCurve... It is a transpose tool trick

[@saikopiratos]

if you would have pressed shift+F i would have got eye cancer xD but well if creasing is still possible after that process, why not.

[@Papyruski]

AAAHHH BLACK MAGIC

[@randomstuff6094]

use maya import it to zbrush XD

[@paulsingh7276]

WTF how many years i struggled trying to zmodeler ffs

[@studioag835]

????????????wtf????? Mind BLOWN ????

[@totopoo123]

=o

[@yurimins]

“Wa-la, you got your thickness”

[@pavelyankouski4913]

lol wat ^^

[@My2Cents1]

Buddy, some constructive crits here. Not trying to be a hater or to be mean. But man you talk too much. Get to the point. Reason being, by the time many of us take to youtube, we are frustrated with a problem. We search on how to solve it, and we click on a video where the thumbnail and title seem right. Then we have to sit through your history lesson, but I just needed to know how to properly flatten a surface. Then several minutes in you do your big reveal - which proved useless to my particular situation. I just wish I had known that instead of wasting my time.

[@RyanKingslienVertexSchool]

Well.... I have to be straight with ya. Don't want to be fake here. I don't make videos just for you and what you want. I make videos because I want to change peoples lives. So sit through it, don't sit through it... all good... but I'm not gonna tell you how history is the key to actual learning and you don't tell me how to teach. Deal?