Intro to ZBrush 3 UPDATED!

Introduction to ZBrush 3 covers everything you need to know to get started working in ZBrush. ZBrush 3 is the industry standard application for digital sculpting and has been used in nearly every recent blockbuster film and video game that has visual effects. Ryan Kingslien was part of the development team responsible for creating ZBrush, and in this DVD he covers each essential feature in-depth and from a practical and accessible point of view. Ryan also provides a detailed understanding of how each ZBrush feature builds upon the others to allow artists to sculpt without limitations. This DVD is aimed at beginning learners and is designed to quickly get them up to speed with ZBrush 3.

• Sculpting
• Brushes
• Masks
• ZSpheres
• SubTools
• Polygroups
• PolyPainting
• ZAppLink
• Transpose
• MatCap
• Materials
• Rendering
• Lighting
• Displacement Maps
• Normal Maps
• Topology
• Turntables

1. Get Sculpting in 5 Minutes
   
2. Sculpting Fundamentals
   
3. Review
   
4. Sculpting Details
   
5. Review
   
6. Masks
7. Documents verse Tools
   
8. Sculpting Workflow with Clay Brush
   
9. Understanding Brushes
   
10. Polygroups and SubTools
    
11. Polygroups
    
12. Subtools
    
13. Transpose
    
14. ZSpheres
    
15. ZSphere Quadraped
    
16. ZSphere Hands
    
17. Posing Your Model
    
18. Transpose Master
    
19. MatCap Materials
    
20. Material Basics
    
21. Managing Materials
    
22. Lighting
    
23. Rendering
    
24. PolyPainting Essentials
    
25. PolyPainting Multiple Objects
    
26. PolyPainting with Cavity
    
27. ZAppLink Part 1
    
28. ZAppLink Part 2
    
29. Exporting PolyPainting
    
30. Using ZMapper Primer
    
31. Displacement Maps Primer
    
32. Turntables
    
33. Topology Primer

• Product Code: RKI01
• ISBN: 1-59762-858-1
• UPC: 805366017064
• Duration: 436 minutes
• Formats: DVD-ROM

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Ryan Kingslien

Resident Artist
The Gnomon Workshop

Ryan Kingslien studied traditional art at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and digital art at the Gnomon School of Visual Effects. He was the Product Manager for ZBrush 3 at Pixologic where he worked with programmers and artists to fuse traditional and digital art. While at Pixologic, Ryan consulted with companies such as ILM, Sony Pictures Imageworks, Bungie Studios, Ubisoft and Electronic Arts to integrate digital sculpting into their production pipelines. Currently, Ryan is a resident artist at The Gnomon Workshop where he continues to sculpt, share his passion for digital art and teach.