Cris_Palomino opened this issue on May 27, 2001 ยท 10 posts
Cris_Palomino posted Sun, 27 May 2001 at 8:41 PM
Attached Link: http://www.awakemm.com/poserarcana/tutorials/gs/gs01/index.html
ZBrush artist, Glen Southern has graciously given his tutorial on importing Poser figures into ZBrush to be housed at Poser Arcana. It's a wonderful tutorial and a great intro for Poser and ZBrush users alike. Thank you, Cris Creative Director, Poser Arcana http://www.awakemm.com/poserarcana
nomad posted Mon, 28 May 2001 at 8:01 AM
Thank you very much. Have been playing around with zBrush this month. This indeed is a useful link. :-) Nomad
bloodsong posted Mon, 28 May 2001 at 4:58 PM
zbrush imports??? since when? :)
HandspanStudios posted Mon, 28 May 2001 at 5:39 PM
I couldn't find it on the demo and was wondering if just the demo had import disabled. I guess I'd better go read this :-). Ingrid
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Cris_Palomino posted Mon, 28 May 2001 at 6:02 PM
Glen just advised me that this tutorial applies to the about to be released version 1.23. We will revise the tutorial to reflect this. Yes, bloodsong, not only does it import, but as you'll see in the tutorial, it will allow you to work with the mesh. Some pretty cool things are being done. Cris
dwilmes posted Mon, 28 May 2001 at 9:11 PM
I am unclear on the import, do you need to bring in each tex map, or does it read mtl files? Dan http://www.neca.com/~dwilmes/cr2edit.html Sorry Win only for software http://www.zenwareonline.com for ZenPaint, ZenTile, ZenGrid and VueMaster
Cris_Palomino posted Tue, 29 May 2001 at 4:24 PM
ZBrush presently only brings in the geometry where you can manipulate it and paint the figure. You cannot yet bring in texture maps, but that is something that is being contemplated for a future release. The ability to export the texture maps is also being looked into. Cris
bloodsong posted Tue, 29 May 2001 at 5:02 PM
ooooh! sayonara amorphium! (maybe! ;) )
Cris_Palomino posted Thu, 31 May 2001 at 10:40 AM
I got this information from Pixologic: "TO UPDATE at RENDEROSITY Poser forum: A) This tutorial (Glen's) WILL work with version 1.13 and above... B) In ZBrush you CAN import the texture that is associated with the imported Poser mesh, painted, modified and exported back to be used in Poser." The other thing I found out is that when you make changes to the geometry and export the model, it makes three files: the obj, new UV coordinates and a .mtl file (which can be read by Bryce). In addition, Pixologic added: "In order for objects that are imported into ZBrush to retain the exact points and polygons count, the TRIQUAD needs to be set to '0' (especially for morph targets). If you don't -ZBrush will try to optimize the object. TRIQUAD is a slider which is available within the TOOL/ inventory/import submenu of the PolyMesh3D 3D tool (star shape tool) -your open door out of ZBrush." I had already found ZBrush to be an wonderful program and now with the addition of importation of OBJs and the ability to do textures, I am truly amazed. Pixologic needs to see whether the Poser community will embrace their program in order to see if there is a need to provide more resources for Poser within it. As one Poser user, I am hoping this will be the case. Cris
dwilmes posted Thu, 31 May 2001 at 11:04 AM
Cris, do you need to browse to the textures, or can it read the Poser MTL file? (Or an MTL file in general) Can it use trans and bump maps? That is great that it does the UV mapping, so that its output can be directly used by Poser without intermediate steps. Dan http://www.neca.com/~dwilmes/cr2edit.html Sorry Win only for software http://www.zenwareonline.com for ZenPaint, ZenTile, ZenGrid and VueMaster