ZBrush Character Creation - Advanced Digital Sculpting 2nd Edition

196 chapter 5 ■ Texture Painting

Figure 5.64 The Front view keyframe set

You can save SpotLights for later use by clicking File → SpotLight → Save SpotLight

or using the Texture → Save SpotLight button. SpotLights will save all your loaded textures

at the maximum resolution. This allows you to keep all your favorite texture sources in one

easy-to-access file. For example, you can create and save SpotLights for human skin, fur,

reptiles, or rocks and have each ready when the project demands it.

Polypaint with HD

Using polypaint with HD allows you to completely overcome the texture resolution limita-

tions in previous versions of ZBrush. With billions of HD polygons available for polypaint,

you’ll find extremely high-resolution texture maps simple to create in ZBrush. If you have

HD subdivision levels on your ZTool, ZBrush will include any color or sculpting detail

found on the HD levels in the extracted maps.

The process used to paint into HD subdivision levels is the same as that described in

Chapter 4 for sculpting details in HD levels. HD color and geometry can be rendered directly

inside ZBrush or exported into high-resolution maps for rendering in other software. To tex-

ture paint into HD, follow these steps:

1. Load the superAverageMan ZTool from the Lightbox and enter Edit mode.


2. Step up to the highest subdivision level. To add HD subdivisions, select Tool → HD
   Geometry and click the Divide HD button. At the top of the screen you will see a notice
   telling you how many polygons are available. While you can divide into the billions, try
   to remember that the higher you divide here, the smaller your working area will be.


3. Hold your mouse over the area you want to paint and press the A key. ZBrush will
   isolate a radial region consisting of the maximum number of HD polygons the system
   can display. This number is set by ZBrush on install to an ideal value based on your
   system resources.