ZBrush 2022 bas-relief tools first impressions. Am I out of a job?!

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ZBrush 2022 bas-relief tools first impressions. Am I out of a job?!

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Matt Bonaccorsi - bas-relief sculptor

2 жыл бұрын

I road test the new bas-relief tools in Zbrush 2022...
For context - I'm a bas-relief modeller for the coin industry, trained in hand sculpting, but have been using ZBrush for the last 10 years.
Link to my modelling canvas:
mavericknumismatics.com/nft-m...
#ZBrush2022

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@PollenSax 2 жыл бұрын

I hear you. I do a lot of 3d cnc carves, and have squished models down to do similar things. At first I was really excited about the new bas relief tools,, but then I realized everybody can do it now, lol. Looking forward to your next one. I'm interested in the 3d from photo software. I'm not a good sculptur, but I like art, and have been studying zbrush a long time.

@hemakadisaanayake3493 Жыл бұрын

that was so use full! !

@cfriedalek 2 жыл бұрын

Out of a job? Ha!. Tools don't have the ingenuity to use themselves ... they need a human attached! Sounds to me like you're already adding the human element to the new tool. Anyway very interesting, especially listening to an experienced bas-relief modeller. Cheers. Oh, and glad you're recovering from Covid. Hope it wasn't too distressing.

@mattbonaccorsi 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for that comment - much appreciated! Almost back to normal now, although my sense of smell is still 'lacking'.

@matesberka1697 Жыл бұрын

s. Thank you In The setup❤️

@guilhermemarques3344 Жыл бұрын

thank you

@olgwoodart4996 Жыл бұрын

It is only one tool in a tool chest. There are many tools out there and none are perfect. Demand might be reduced but the need for artistic interpretation and skill will still be there. Though the Zbrush bas relief projection is pretty dang good.

@straightlevel.cruising2644 8 ай бұрын

One more question: at the end of finishing that bas-relief, would you be able to cut it in two or three (or any number) equal parts and use those parts as individual pieces/parts in other projects? Something similar to making a large cube with six different bas-reliefs on its six sides, and then cutting this larger cube in 4 x 4 x 4 = 64 smaller equal cubes, and saving each little cube as a separate part. Then you could 3D-print all the 64 smaller cubes, and make a game out of it for someone to reconstruct as a 3D puzzle game. But it all starts if one can cut the initial large cube in smaller individual cubes. I am not sure I described the process well, sorry if that is the case.

@mattbonaccorsi 8 ай бұрын

I think I understand what you mean. There's no reason why you couldn't apply reliefs to the sides of a cube in the way you describe. The only issue might be that as each individual model is very high poly, you might end up with an unwieldy project. There's several ways to mitigate that, though.

@straightlevel.cruising2644 8 ай бұрын

@@mattbonaccorsi Is there any tutorial out there that shows how to take an already made object and cut it in pieces, so that you obtain as many new parts as you want out of it? Is there an existing function in ZBrush (cut?) or this is what you meant by "mitigate" (use other procedures to obtain the same effect)? Thank you thank you!

@paulclark304 10 ай бұрын

It is scary how fast things change. The need for creativity will never go away so don't worry too much. Questions as I'm new to Zbrush. The plate background you are using. How did you create it? What is it called in Zbrush? Thanks!

@mattbonaccorsi 10 ай бұрын

Hi Paul, I agree with you, but I think designers and artists will have to change their definition of what creativity looks like. I spent much of last year teaching on a graphic design degree, and ai is definitely a threat to 'decorative' design. I spent a lot of time teaching my students to leverage their conceptual skills in terms of symbolism, satire, inference etc. It's the human connection stuff that AI can't do. Regarding the plate. It's one I made myself so isn't in the zb defaults. I wanted something with no back mesh, and a particular separation between the resolution of each subdivision. I'll upload it to my site and post a link if that's helpful.

@user-oe1vb2jd9u 10 ай бұрын

@@mattbonaccorsi wheres the link lol

@mattbonaccorsi 10 ай бұрын

@@user-oe1vb2jd9u Apologies - I forgot! Just added it to the video description.

@user-oe1vb2jd9u 10 ай бұрын

@@mattbonaccorsi thats amazing! thank you i still have a long learning curve for zbrush but i'm having a good start

@shanobix 2 жыл бұрын

Are you planning on making a tutorial on how to sculpt using a reference image?

@mattbonaccorsi Жыл бұрын

Sorry for the delayed reply. I have many plans for tutorials, but life and work keep getting in the way! If you're interested, I'll put together some vids about 'proper' bas-relief sculpting...

@csabalazar8937 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, what is your settings for the base mesh cylinder? Thanks a lot!

@mattbonaccorsi 2 жыл бұрын

I use a flat plane with 3 subdivision levels. 500k, 2.2 mill, and 8 mill polygons. I do most of the detail work in the second layer, and use the top layer only for very fine lines or for polishing surfaces.

@straightlevel.cruising2644 10 ай бұрын

I am really impressed by this feature, it is really awesome!! Is there any free ZBrush app out there, be it only bare bones? I would love to learn this, but I am broke, and too old to start a new carrier, but I would love to be able to create bas-reliefs/semi-reliefs/alto-reliefs and import them in CAD! I am also not working professionaly in CAD, just a hobby that I picked from KZfaq on my own, I just watched hundreds of video clips and got on with it so well that now I am reasonably efficient in CAD.

@mattbonaccorsi 10 ай бұрын

You can try Blender, which is free and has sculpting tools, or SculptGL, which is perhaps a bit easier to learn. It's also free.

@straightlevel.cruising2644 10 ай бұрын

@@mattbonaccorsiDo you happen to know if currently Blender has this "Project BasRelief" facility/tool to take in a 3D scene/model and make it into a basrelief? Or is there any similar procedure that one can apply in Blender to achieve this, even in multiple steps?

@mattbonaccorsi 10 ай бұрын

@@straightlevel.cruising2644 I think it's only ZB that has this feature, but there are workarounds. You can use Blenders depth and mist render passes to make a relief map that you then edit in a graphics package (if need be) and use as a displacement map to create your relief. It's convoluted, but it works.

@GabAliTV Жыл бұрын

At least here it is.

@apollowolf3970 Жыл бұрын

I wasn't lost until he said "Control + Zed" instead of "Control + Z"

@Play-to-earnn 10 ай бұрын

I have a question if you can help me... I want sculpting and export normal map for my low poly to unreal ungine this is normal ? Or use decimation master !!!!

@mattbonaccorsi 10 ай бұрын

Hi, I can't really help you with that one. I don't work with normal maps at all. I sculpt for CNC, so all the detail stays on a high poly model. I don't make low poly versions. I would take a look on the ZBrush forums. There's probably information already on that topic.

@Play-to-earnn 10 ай бұрын

@@mattbonaccorsi thanks

@cnu73 2 жыл бұрын

CNC modeler here....... the results what zbrush provides as of now when I hit Project Relief button is not acceptable....it is still very primitive. Should wait to see if it gets enhanced in future versions. But it will be helpful to build from 3d model.

@mattbonaccorsi 2 жыл бұрын

What settings are you using within the 'project relief' box? I've found that the quality of the projected relief depends on tweaking the settings, but more importantly on the resolution of the projected mesh, AND the plane onto which you are projecting. I project onto a base mesh of 3 million polygons, and it works pretty well.

@cnu73 2 жыл бұрын

@@mattbonaccorsi repeat count - 1000 contrast 1 , tolerence - 0 radius- 0 , then used Adjustlast slider ............

@cnu73 2 жыл бұрын

@@mattbonaccorsi Base mesh about 1 million poly

@cnu73 2 жыл бұрын

@@mattbonaccorsi the issue is, grabdoc gives good results at higher z-depth and this new bas-relief is only to make very shallow models, i.e. 100:1 ratio