ZBrush to Maya to ZBrush - Retopology and UVing with Quad Draw

In this tutorial I will go over my Retopology and UVing workflow from ZBrush to Maya and back to ZBrush. Retopologizing in Maya is much faster and easier than in ZBrush with the benefit of easily creating UVs.
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ZBrush - pixologic.com/
Maya - www.autodesk.com/products/maya/
Music - • "We Always Thought the...

[@ak3pm378]

Bro, i love you...i have a high mesh project to submit in 15 days and was worried that remeshing in zbrush would make me lose all my details. But now i can remesh and get a good uv even tho my mesh has a lot of sculptris tris and dynamesh. So once again 7 years after you made this. I love you and can i marry you

[@westomopresto]

That GPU cache trick is amazing. Thank you

[@BingleFlimp]

Well he did it. He made retoping look relaxing.

[@girlybits]

You, sir, are a scholar and a gentleman.

[@AlexCheparev]

Thank You!

[@jackharding6483]

Duncan???

[@danielevans3165]

Alex Cheparev brilliant video, so would this retypology With projections be able to animate with its new typology, or is there a way to take the projections out of zbrush as a bump/normal or displacement to be placed over less poly dense version of mesh?

[@strotoven]

Background music is the best in any tutorial

[@TheChannel1978]

yes, too lound in some others

[@sheldondrake8935]

background music is the first time in the history of youtube that it was perfect. It's rarely even bearable. the tutorial is also nice ; )

[@Scrahdabley]

i think i might be the only one who hates it soo much booom buung booom bbuungg fuckin stahp!

[@666Exodia666]

@@Scrahdabley Im gonna steal the background music.. someones know the song? Amazing, thanks for help.

[@Imickskrals]

@@666Exodia666 Not saying it's the same, but it reminds me of the game "Mini Metro". It's like those sounds in loop, maybe you can use those.

[@ankh428]

Great job, excellent video! Very detailed yet concise, teaches not only the "how" but also the "why". Thank you so much.

[@loboden]

Thank you very much Alex. By far one of the best tutorials about the retopology workflow.

[@lilitbeglarian7942]

Thank you! So many people just fly over the retopo to zbrush workflow and leave me in the dark. Thank you so much!

[@ifu69lek]

5 years have passed but this still works, helps me finish my uni project, tnx a lot!

[@reydock]

Thanks a LOT for this tutorial ! I found many retopology tutorials, but none of them could explain the next step ! thanks !

[@silvaright]

This is by far the best tutorial on the Quad Draw tool i've ever seen, the sound was perfect, and the tutor very knowledgeable for sure :), I'm subscribing by the way, keep up the good content!

[@AlexCheparev]

Thanks!

[@MrBmxerFTW]

This wasn't exactly what i was looking for, but ended up being more than what i needed, thanks

[@erickednaldodelima]

I've Logged here only to thank you! I really appreciate this quality video, I'm currently studying game development but some parts are a bit of mess, I think only few people are able to teach properly knowing the essential of everthing. Hugs from Brazil!

[@workrase1]

Quite exactly the tutorial i was looking for. Cheers my man!

[@SheyenneART]

I loved this tutorial so much, it helped me a lot. Clear and understandable. Thank you. :)

[@PiyushYankee]

this Is the Best Tutorial on the Ungodly subject of Retopolizing and Unwrapping.. It wasn't Boring And I understood it better than ever :) thanks Dude :D

[@alrightythen7156]

The first tutorial video that felt good ! Thank you!

[@MadMrAdam]

I love the relaxing music, it's at such a nice volume too so i can still here you perfectly mmm.. And great tutorial!

[@AlexCheparev]

Thanks!

[@ntrzaskowska]

amazing tutorial, exactly what I've been looking for!

[@TheREALSisko]

Excellent tutorial. Clear, and a nice atmosphere thanks to the subtle music. Well done. Subbed.

[@Joo-ry1gt]

It is gratest tutorial i've seen ever on KZbin. thanks a lot.

[@hyperr1979]

Thank you saved me a lot of time trying to browse videos for an actual working one

[@SydnificantMe]

This was such a clear and relaxing tutorial, thanks!

[@probelynynchenevmode]

one of the best tutorial i've ever found ! thank you very much!!!

[@businessclank1564]

The scale thing is exactly what I was trying to figure out, thanks

[@markardisson2791]

Fantastic, your tutorials are really helpful thank you!

[@floweyishere7122]

your voice is soothing and audible, really love your tutorial

[@floweyishere7122]

oh and btw your agressive mouse click really startled me

[@MrEgor1989]

Finaly I've found a great tutorial about retopology! Thanks a lot!

[@Xenthorx]

You're the man. Exactly what i was looking for!

[@morganagalvan2206]

thank you, you make it look so simple

[@alexvalkyrie.6487]

Installed, everything works, thanks!

[@MisterGibbycrumbles]

Can I just say Thank You for the nice ambient soundtrack? I wish more people would do that.

[@animeshanand441]

Exactly what we wanted 🔥 kudos man.

[@geyan1415]

Thank you so much! You really helped me understand the whole process!

[@andreasbariseel9492]

Thanks for the tutorial!! By the way you don't have to close ZBrush to restart it. You can just go to preference, initialise. This will restart the program without closing it, much faster as well.

[@user-xz8tx1ov1m]

Thank you for sharing

[@TacticalSquirrel]

Awesome tutorial. Definitely saved this and subscribed.

[@aachahai]

Thank you for this awesome tutorial, very Helpful .. Thanks again

[@ic.xc.]

5:00 I totally dig that background music. Thanks sir.

[@nilexh3476]

Watching in 2021, still the best Retopo tutorial

[@lucaslabs4885]

This tutorial is very helpful! Thanks!

[@CherylynnLima]

That trick with the scaling saved a life

[@marinakniazeva252]

thank you so much for your video! Thank you over and over again

[@eggmster]

this helped me so much i could hug you. thank you!!!!!

[@Bl1tzkriegx]

If you find Maya chugging with such a large mesh at well over a million polygons, you can use the Decimation Master plugin to get a very similar resulting mesh at a fraction of the polycount.

[@jaya_surya_a5118]

I can't understand...is any fastest way to remeshing the zbrush model in maya ?!

[@Mirakuruuu]

@@jaya_surya_a5118 There is a "Remesh" and "Retopologize" tool in maya but it takes billions of years to complete the process if you have millions of polycounts

[@xinjin9592]

BEST TUTORIAL EVER

[@kattywhite4765]

as a student this helps me out a ton, thanks!

[@THEBILLLIONAIREBRAIN]

Awesome work.

[@mb_vfx1790]

Amazing,Thanks a LOT for this tutorial

[@GandalfWithAPipe]

damn this video was so deeply relaxing but still reeeeally helpful! Thank you kind sir!

[@KawasakiOnTheRoad]

Your tutorial is awesome. Keep makeing awesome videos plz!!

[@osmanertasdiken]

Dude this is a damn life saver, i love you.

[@anDREas17gr]

man Im at 4:30 and you already helped me so much! THANK you

[@Aditya_Sawant_Tattoos]

i loved the tutorial ...plz keep making more stuff

[@AndreMercado]

exactly what i needed! thank you

[@antonystalin7783]

Thankyou sir... now i have a big bright on my head

[@Tritoon710]

Thank you so much Alex

[@ionthrusterboy7262]

Impressive experience

[@silvaazarian4296]

Awesome video . Thank you so much .

[@rodlingmetlic4266]

Helped me a lot Thanks 🙌🙌🙌

[@BloodyWolf12345]

great tutorial, very helpful!

[@brian15s2]

this is really helpful man, thanks!

[@denizkre5796]

Well Done. I have learned alot! Thx mate!

[@Caipiranha]

Awesome tutorial, thanks for the help :)

[@perin00]

OMG! Thank you so much! I was so lost about projection! I tried twice in Maya, but it was just coming all wrong.

[@Damage21X2]

I will never retopoligize in zbrush again. Thank you for making a believer out of me

[@SubcribeFailfx]

thanks man! really helpful tutorial!!!!

[@killian5510]

incredible vid learned a lot thanks

[@dddigity]

Thank u so much Alex, this video is very helpful =)

[@AlexCheparev]

Your Welcome!

[@SuperBreadhead]

You're amazing dude!

[@neji1641]

This is so so amazing

[@BemusedSoliloquy]

hell yeah for quad draw!

[@truver5732]

Thank you !!!

[@bukchoiii]

love the video, and soft background music. thanks for teaching me something new! why did you turn off symmetry half way through?

[@AlexCheparev]

I was having trouble seeing my retopology mesh, deleting half helps with visualization. It's an optional step, you don't have to delete half.

[@athorninmyflesh]

great music choice!

[@adriennelowe8250]

Thank you so much!! Subscribed.

[@mahmoudibraheem2645]

Amazing video ❤️❤️

[@tomlecl17]

that GPU cache thing is actually reallyyyyy useful to now

[@samisemr]

Very good tuto. Ty.

[@ApoKaUNT]

wow thats look mostly easy than retopology in zbrush. I`ll try right now this!

[@yaroslavb.2589]

Спасибо. За тутор очень полезная инфа. плюсую :)

[@gabriellaene]

Thank you for the tutorial!! I followed the same process and wonder whats the next step to load it into Substance Painter for texturing ?

[@md.arifahmed1831]

I like this way ... Thank you so much

[@anna-marieaims2193]

Hi Alex! Thank you for the elobrate video. I have a question concerning the import of the topology back to Zbrush if you originally started out in Maya. I've seen quite a few tutorials mention that you should go to the lowest subdivision level, export that as an obj to maya and retopologize. However when the reropology gets back into Zbrush various sources say different things and I never know what the optimal workflow is. Some mention just to import the retopologized mesh from the lowest subdivision whereas others go through a projecting process. What's the difference or what is preferable?

[@alrightythen7156]

Great music choise !

[@pepsidragon1]

i'm an absolute beginner in MAYA, can you tell me how did you make the zbrush model transparent so you could see the polygons you were drawing?

[@khangbaanstudio]

Ty bro. Really the fastest install what i see.

[@neobatalla137]

Thanks .. It helps a lot

[@devjitpaul1191]

you must have done this process like a thousand times, i noticed the poly count is exactly 2048, i guess this doesn't matter or make sense, btw, great tutorial, thanks for handing out this information for free, anyway, just wanted to comment

[@kim_louise_404]

Thank you so much for this :)

[@GearsCarminesGirl]

Hey Alex, Thank you so much for the video it's really going to help me with my high poly Zbrush models. I was wondering when you retopo into a lower poly mesh why did you then bring the polycount up again by subdiving to use project all? Why wouldn't you Bake the Highpoly and Lowpoly normals into a texture map to give you the same detail on the low poly? Just curious because that's how I learned it at the college I graduated from for Game Art Thanks

[@aayushaggarwal2236]

Hi April.. That is the way to work in the Games Industry I believe. High and Low Poly models are used to Bake details on the low poly model to become game ready for use in game engines. For Games I believe, the details are highly dependent on the normal map and the other baked maps but not displacement/height map. Whereas for films, displacement map is also needed and this map is directly dependent on the number of subdivisions used while rendering but game assets do not use subdivisions to keep the performance high while real time rendering. Therefore, the process Alex used may be inclined towards creating assets for film rendering using a render engine like Arnold or Vray etc... Kindly correct me if I am misguided but this all came through some observation. Although I myself have many fundamentals that need explaining, I hope my answer clears your question.

[@ko95]

Awesome!

[@purchased_harpy]

Very useful! Thank you :)

[@kshitijjagdale575]

THANKU U saved my life!!!!!!

[@ratach64]

thank you this tutorial is very helpful. but i have a question, what will we do after the "project all"? will we save as low and high? and Transfer to substance?

[@TshiamoKadiege]

thank you !!!!!

[@laurec7050]

Thank you so much

[@venomous]

Great video

[@fatehdogar9119]

thanks buddy good job

[@rollerblader5350]

Help! I have question... After the retopology and open it in Zbrush, can you use exactly that model for an animation in Maya? I don't understand how we animate the low poly model maintaining all the details of a high poly. Thanks for the video though!

[@phreakii]

Great!