ZBrush Character Creation - Advanced Digital Sculpting 2nd Edition

■ Hard-Surface Sculpting 373

Matchmaker

Matchmaker allows you to conform one shape to another in ZBrush. This is more powerful
than a mere shrink wrap operation as Matchmaker will retain some form between the objects.
This makes the tool ideal for applying tracery and molding details to objects. You can even use
it to lay on pieces of armor or clothing. Keep in mind that Matchmaker works only down the
z-axis. You cannot wrap a stroke around corners or bends that turn away from the camera view.
Figure 10.67 shows how the Matchmaker effect works only down the line of sight. Figure 10.68
illustrates how the projection will work only in areas that overlap the target object.

1. From the accompanying DVD, load the ZTool Matchmaker. This consists of a polysphere
   and an intricate design created in ShadowBox. Orient the ZTool as shown in Figure 10.69.

Figure 10.69 Load matchmaker1.ztl from the DVD.

Before

After

Figure 10.67 Matchmaker works by projecting
down the line of sight to the object.

When the object is larger than

the target, only those areas

that overlap will be projected

by Matchmaker.

Figure 10.68 Any areas that are not over a sur-

face will not be projected.