ZBrush to Blender Workflow - Using GoB

[@gomezart3D]

Awesome, I'm in the process of switching from Maya to blender. this video is exactly what I need, thanks so much guys

[@FlippedNormals]

Great to hear!

[@mae2309]

ALEX you are a crack.. love your work..!!

[@gomezart3D]

@@mae2309 Thank you so much Mae!!! I really appreciate it. I'm happy you love it

[@RR-kn1tg]

@@FlippedNormals Can i share your tutorial in twitter? Other tutorial too

[@m0rph3u5.]

lol I thought that I left this comment... same here ;)

[@christuusgnosis]

I can't believe it took me 5 years to fully try it out. It really works well.

[@imagineer1485]

I'm starting blender course tomorrow.. I was Maya user.. Then learnt zbrush.. Now I needed this!!

[@mortenjaeger4997]

It makes working with both software super fast

[@asadd2]

I'm just sitting here like "oh my god...." "..." "..." "OH MY GOD..." it works perfectly, thank you very much!

[@derudadesigns]

You're the doctor that tells me it's very exciting when my leg is broken, but you know how to fix it.

[@muad_]

Woah woah woah, stop right there! You can't just switch the names up like that in the intro and confuse me! But that aside, happy to see even more blender related content!

[@dweeboid_]

looks like they flipped the normals on you

[@ZephrusPrime]

GoB has been a big help in my workflow especially when I need to do UV's for my ZBrush models.

[@talesdarocha]

Hey guys, loved to see that! Just a quick note: we don't need to create a attribute node for vertex colors, now blender has a vertex color node that we can plug directly in color socket

[@FlippedNormals]

Good to know, thanks :D

[@guttersnipe77]

Brilliant tutorial- this morning I thought I was going to export 34 obj’s one at a time. But this is a great workflow clearly explained. Thanks.

[@eliasdegasperi_art]

Great video. Very useful I am using this workflow since I migrated form Maya to Blender. Thx again for the tips

[@FlippedNormals]

Glad it was helpful!

[@hanthonypiano]

Blender+ZBrush you can do anything. Saw some dude making a skull sculpture with this workflow but didn't have enough knowledge to implement it. I do now though, thx for this

[@saleemmkhan8010]

Finally it's here what I imagined 2 years ago. Cc3 to zbrush to blender to ue4. Awesome pipeline it would be.

[@jrfk3d]

Hell yeah ! So far it has served with basic sculpture in blender 2.93 and zbrush 2018, it doesnt sculpt at the beginning then I restarted my pc and it worked.

[@m0rph3u5.]

Thanks for another great video.. Since I switched from May to blender recently, I couldn't help but noticing that your channel is epic in helping people like me :).. thanks again & Merry Xmas :)

[@briho4565]

Hi all, i was trying to do the same as was explained here in the video but every time when i hit export i get an error saying something about python and about the file path .. what can i do to make it work ??

[@YGODueltainer]

God Bless Jose Conseco for this amazing addon, this really helped me with moving my workflow between.

[@foreverethereal8911]

Hey! I've just added GoB to Blender but I keep getting an error message saying "path unknown". Does GoB work with Zbrush Core too or only with the full Zbrush version? Thanks for your help.

[@dylanlobbregt6445]

Hey guys, question: I've installed the addon and set it up, it works perfectly going from Zbrush - > Blender, but not the other way around. When I hit the addon's export button in Blender it asks me to show it where the zbrush exe is located every time, and never exports the model. Any ideas? Thank you!

[@MrEbawu]

ive been snapping my meshes for about 6 months now. After the export from zbrush back to blender it always somehow messed up the position of my mesh so i needed to snap it to older version of my mesh and delete it afterwards to have an updated version of my mesh. Thanks for this video bros

[@shuaiqiwang7131]

Wonderful tutorial, here I knew the new GoB addon which has improved a lot~ Thanks again~

[@tayfunozturk5766]

There is scale issues sometimes. Is there a fix for that ?

[@m0rph3u5.]

Thanks alot for this useful video.. Switching from Maya to ZBrush and Blender has been really smooth thanks to Michael Pavlovich and FlippedNormals ;). Loved your "Switching to Blender 2.8" video.. that was Godsent!

[@mae2309]

I love this Crossover just for tte fact tgat i can rig carhacters inside blender. And retopo as well. . Cheers boys

[@alessandrowyatt6271]

I dont mean to be off topic but does any of you know of a tool to get back into an Instagram account..? I stupidly forgot my password. I love any assistance you can offer me!

[@ibrahimblake1219]

@Alessandro Wyatt instablaster =)

[@alessandrowyatt6271]

@Ibrahim Blake Thanks for your reply. I got to the site on google and im waiting for the hacking stuff atm. Takes quite some time so I will reply here later with my results.

[@alessandrowyatt6271]

@Ibrahim Blake It did the trick and I actually got access to my account again. I'm so happy:D Thanks so much, you really help me out :D

[@ibrahimblake1219]

@Alessandro Wyatt Glad I could help =)

[@onestudiofreelancer3902]

Thanks guys! This helped me a lot!

[@Sockaa]

When I press on the Export the first time, I just get error :(

[@sammedia3d]

THIS IS GOLD! THANK YOU

[@jishnukk1149]

very usefull,, firstlty am confused about the setttings but now its smooth and easy

[@adsgnz]

Thank you for this video! I asked about it on the last stream, I'm glad you did it, It's very helpful.

[@FlippedNormals]

No worries!

[@Create_o_raptor]

Hey!. I noticed that all the tool options are greyed out in z brush. Can you please help me out?

[@bonenlp8518]

Dose it worke with zbrush core to ?

[@willespada423]

I’m using Zbrush Core 2021. Will this workflow with GoB work or do I use a workaround to use Blender on my Mac if I want to rig and texture?

[@Jjroberson114]

I have it working both ways but Blender is not showing up in the GoZ app list, which is annoying because anytime I try to send a mesh back to Blender it pulls up whatever app is set to current for GoZ. Anyone having this issue and figured out how to fix it?

[@janklingner2694]

But can GoB transfer UDIMS to ZBrush? ZBrush doesnt show it as "UV Morph" and my baking-tests looks bad...

[@Santanazation]

I really needed this thank you!!!

[@FlippedNormals]

Glad it was helpful!

[@timothy3349]

Thankyou for the tutorial! Can ZBrush/Blender workflow be used like Zbrush/Daz3D for posing character like one of your video do?

[@Kiyamlol]

the floor of the object is not the same in zbrush and blender, is this normal? i was hoping it would work like maya where the pivot would be at the feet on the floor of a character.

[@danielandresposada]

I was thinking it was going to be a video about how to do some sculpting stuff in Blender like in Zbrush hahahaha. But I did not know about this, it is really useful.

[@FlippedNormals]

Glad it could help!

[@badpablo7982]

For some reason I have one of my subtool missing its polypaint, the rest are fine. it is always that particular subtool, any idea why?

[@Ange-or2np]

My Zbrush.exe is under a Program Files > MaxonZbrush.... Blender also does not show up in zbrush after clicking reset next to goZ. Any clues what may be the issue?

[@yonejo]

Love u guys!

[@northland547]

i have a model in zbrush it has over 70 mln polygons, when im trying goz all objects to blender it begins break down . Do these programs support such polygonation or is it because the PC is not powerful enough? dont know what to do ( Could someone give advice ?

[@onurerbay7672]

Awesome tutorial! When I hit GoZ with the lowest SubDiv level in Zbrush, the model is shown with the Vertex Color node already applied in Blender, not with the image texture in your video. When I connect all the maps manually in Blender, the model looks distorted. Only when I make GoZ with the highest SubDiv level applied, the model looks good in Blender, but this slows down the computer. How can I export with the image textures already applied to my lowres model in Blender like at the beginning of your video?

[@adamtemple9417]

I think there's more to this installation than what's shown here or on git. I get nothing but errors trying to export. That or it's not ready for 2.9 or the updated zbrush breaks it

[@aunsakram9663]

me too. did you figure out what the problem is? let me know if possible thanks

[@FlippedNormals]

Have you had a previous version of GoB installed by any chance?

[@adamtemple9417]

No previous version

[@FlippedNormals]

I had some errors in a previous installation. What I tried was deleting the gob add on from the blender folder. After I re-added it worked again.

[@adamtemple9417]

@@FlippedNormals I did some digging and there's more to this installation that needs to be done on the zbrush side. Something to do with the goz structure. I'll post back when I get around to playing with it.

[@BenJi2DxD]

But how to transfer the material and it's color? I have many materials / shaders with different colors, but the model is white, only the polypaint is kept :(

[@Tetsuox9]

I keep getting an error when I try to import to zbrush

[@Alexander_S_K]

Even though the scale and everything is setup correctly when i import objects manually into blender from zbrush, for some reason, when i export the high poly from zbrush and the low poly from blender their scale doesnt match in Marmoset toolbag (i use this for baking). However, if i import that high poly into blender first and the export it from there again as an fbx the scale matches in marmoset with the low poly! I cant wrap my head around why this happens.

[@Solidegg]

Would this work for Rigging and animating?

[@INK.1291]

Hie man been trying to install the gobzfile did manage to move the blender and path to blender in zbrush but stuck on the Preference thing helpings not reflecting in

[@dutchdronefootage]

Can't believe I have to ask this but I'm stuck at the very first part, installing the addon.. I click Install..., select GoB.py, it says Modules Installed.. but the addon just doesn't seem to show up in my list. I'm embarrased, halp!

[@dutchdronefootage]

Nevermind, got it. I had to install the .zip directly. Not the .py within the zip.

[@yar3613]

WOW! Thank you guys!

[@simplekaty]

Doesn't work for me, I get an error where on import it clashes with "Ryan's Tools" (of zbrush)

[@humansrants1694]

I'm wondering weather to texture Blender models with 3D coat or use Zbrush. I want the easiest way to add weathering to hard surface models.

[@AlejandroValentino]

for some reason when i import a mesh with texture and normals blender put the normal texture in the alpha channel... any idea?

[@Some_one11237]

on zbrush there is only cinema 4d option and it crashes...

[@cyrusverse]

It's available for mac too?🥺 if yes how ton install it

[@IAMTHEKENSTER]

hi guys me again i downloaded the zip file but there is no import export file to enable why can i find it and its impossible to contact jose conseco to ask why

[@minhthanh16992]

Hey guys i just wanna ask where i can find the backface masking in Blender?

[@matthewschreiber3719]

as a dummy looking to begin learning zbrush/blender/digital sculpting for 3d printing, why is this workflow used? what is the purpose? I thought zbrush was a more thorough sculpting program. Is it more for the fact that blender does other things than just sculpting? like model creation in zbrush and then animation or something in blender?? thank y'all for any and all responses and time taken to educate me. cheers!

[@kenshobuq7105]

You mortals have pleased me, very well done, i will allow you to draw breath.

[@nayhtet7543]

It worked! Thank you so much.

[@fredrikappelholm7032]

Do you guys know how I can keep creases from Blender into Zbrush so that I do not have to add the creases manually, again, in zbrush?

[@ZeeThustra144]

Would this work with ZBrush Core?

[@michalslavik9989]

can you update it for blender 4?

[@SpringBreak-3D]

I have some problems with scale, can someone help maybe? when my zbrush say 10mm in blender imports as a 0.01mm

[@andrey_1703]

Just googled exactly the same: blender to zbrush and zbrush to blender, 5 mins before notification of this video. is it even possible? Thanks!

[@mortenjaeger4997]

Happy to help :)

[@eternalguy6023]

Awesome 😍

[@gustavodelance1826]

Any idea on how to instal Goz on mac. T_T

[@donutguy1281]

On a previous video you guys mentioned HP models lagging when imported into Maya and suggested using a GPU cache to alleviate that issue. Does blender have a similar fix or does it handle dense models better?

[@jose_luis_vigh]

Excellent video, one question, how do you do in the case of having polygrups in zbrush and being able to import them into blender, work them there and then be able to export them to zbrush again without losing the polygrups, or in case of blender, how to create them there and then export them to zbrush. From already thank you very much.

[@FlippedNormals]

As far as I know, Blender doesn't support polygroups in the same way. There are the new face sets for the sculpting part, but I would assume these are different from the ones used in ZBrush

[@Norman_Peterson]

powerful tool great thank you

[@KRGraphicsCG]

Now, I can switch to Blender for my modeling work :)

[@FlippedNormals]

Have fun!

[@KRGraphicsCG]

@@FlippedNormals I've been using Modo for many years, but knowing Blender may also help me career wise

[@lucamoos5884]

jesus! This PlugIn is everything. There is one weirde thing, when I import the mesh from zbrush (something around 1.4 poly) it appears in blender in super low quality. Idk what to do, sorry if I overheard that in the video.

[@RR-kn1tg]

nice tutorial !! ill make goblins!!

[@FlippedNormals]

Do it!

[@IAMTHEKENSTER]

Hey guys your videos are always great. So maybe you can help me blender recognizes zbrush but zbrush. Cant find blender

[@3dcgphile]

Hmm. That scale issue doesn't seem to be an issue for your pipeline, but it's a huge issue for mine. When doing environment art instead of characters, I need to bring finished sculpts into Substance Painter at the same scale, rotation, and position as the low poly meshes from Blender. Everything I send to Zbrush through GoB seems to have an arbitrary scale, which means my resulting sculpts (when exported as OBJ or FBX files) can't be used in bakes.

[@FlippedNormals]

For any real pipeline work I would suggest manually importing and exporting. That gives you full control, and you can always recreate your steps.

[@thebabou1844]

Tip: you can decimate your chunky subtools with "use and keep polypaint" enabled. Keeping the mesh low, while retaining your polypaint. I wish blender had a way to check for addon updates :/

[@FlippedNormals]

The issue is that it's vertex based from zbrush. So when you decimate you also loose polypaint quality

[@thebabou1844]

@@FlippedNormals Truth! I found that staying around 75k points- upwards, retains enough quality for stylized. For realistic go higher :D

[@elvinkey9x]

It'll mess up the scale if you create an object in Blender and then export back to Zbrush. Haven't found a better fix yet. :(

[@Kiadaw77]

Thanks a lot.

[@babydontcry18]

I try everything the import export didnt pop up on my blender for me to save :( so stressful

[@FlippedNormals]

Maybe removing and re-installing the GoB addon helps?

[@khaclong1234]

please help, everytime i hit export, there's always strange cube cover all the model in zbrush, i used Blender 2.9 and ZBrush 2020

[@Macalaka]

same for me, what version of zbrush are you using?

[@Macalaka]

i just had a look at the subtools, there is a cube over the exported mesh, just delete it

[@khaclong1234]

@@Macalaka oh thank you, i also had the cube in subtools, deleted it and everything is ok

[@tededin7066]

Thanks for the video guys! Any insight into using GoB to pose a character? (Sending a Tposemesh to keep subdivision levels.) Currently I use Maya Quick-rig for this, it’s the only thing I use Maya for these days. I would like to move everything to Blender. In Blender I’ve tried Rigify and it’s easy enough, but sending it back to Zbrush messes up the vert order or something.

[@FlippedNormals]

I don't know how rigify works, but it seems strange that it would mess with the vert order. In any case, if you keep a backup of the original mesh you send to blender, that should have the correct vert order. Then you can always get it back. That's me assuming there's some way of vert re-ordering in blender?

[@tededin7066]

@@FlippedNormals I suppose you could transfer the vert positions from the duplicated and rigged mesh and send the original mesh back to Zbrush as you say. Just additional steps. The search continues! Thanks for taking the time!

[@FlippedNormals]

In this case, Maya seems like a better choice. Maybe it's worth figuring out where in the process the vert order is changed, again it seems strange to me that rigify would do it.

[@hamizishah3177]

I install go b from github but nothing happened in zbrush nor blender, I'm using windows 7,zbrush 2020,blender 2.9

[@planebreach]

same

[@guardianbear6635]

Tried with Zbrushcore and doesn't work

[@revotiva]

super cool thanks

[@cmxx4925]

Thanks!

[@TimV777]

the export is greyed out

[@ijijniuj]

My materials wont transfer :(

[@kumaranan0206]

Bro, In order to export a higher subdivision level mesh from z to blender, do I have to delete the lower subdivision level in ZBrush?

[@Ceratastheaverage]

i just keep getting an error when i click export

[@Ceratastheaverage]

oh and i dont have the normal zbrush i only have zbrush mini core

[@ahmedyasser8927]

I think it's a Python problem just go to the blender setup and click on it it will show u a panel with a repair button so click on it, and it will rapair the track of Python

[@GuidoWorship]

It's a pity that GOB is not supported in ZbrushCore, wich is the version I use :( Default Zbrush is way to expensive for me, specially here in Brazil. Thanks for the tut anyway boys!

[@Lysanderofthewildwind]

You must Pick a Jack Spearow Version dude...

[@GuidoWorship]

@@Lysanderofthewildwind The Black Pearl it's just not for me man. Piracy is not really my thing lol

[@aliakdogan9426]

@@Lysanderofthewildwind aahahah thats creatively funny

[@runsbuns3675]

tried it 2.91 dossent work wtf?

[@planebreach]

same

[@ZanjiDeaf]

Why i not work? try click Export?

[@ZanjiDeaf]

Oooooo, Sorry, I forget On GoZ. THANK YOU!!!!!

[@Lilian040210]

Doesn't work for me, exports to Zbrush just appear black🤷‍♀️

[@Lilian040210]

It's polypaint :')

[@ДжейсонСтейтем-м1щ]

спасибо !!!

[@dakotagarcia997]

I was literally just researching if there was a GOB update since most recents were like 3yrs ago

[@hnx9083]

Hope to support exporting Crease .

[@himanshunagnure4771]

Blender is the best!

[@aleph-tav]

Anyone having scaling issues?

[@AbyssalSoda]

Blender import does not work, export only

[@dreamscapefx.studio4111]

why would anyone do this? Polypaints are super low res and dependent on high-poly models. I don't see how this is easier than making a texture map.