DataLife Engine - Softnews Media Group

Popular highlights include:
• Setting up base materials in ZBrush
• Filling Subtools with Color
• Painting Illuminated Panels
• Painting with Symmetry
• Isolating Portions of Subtools
• Working with Polygroups
• Cavity Masks to Emphasize Detail
• Painting Wear into Armor
• Adding Color Variation
• Layering Color and Detail for Skin
• Blending Textural Detail with Alphas
• PolyPainting Techniques
• Photoshop Integration with ZApplink
• Cloning Photographic Detail
• Painting Scarring and Decay
• Converting PolyPaint Colors to Texture Maps
• Painting with Projection Master
• Using Cavity Maps as Texture Guides
• Editing Textures in Photoshop
• Assembling Textures in Photoshop
• Painting Specular Maps in ZBrush
Lesson Outline:

1. Project overview and workflow discussion 6:11
2. Using paint-overs to work out color schemes 6:34
3. Setting up materials in ZBrush 5:33
4. Applying base colors to subtools 9:56
5. Adding underlying color and texture to the flesh 12:30
6. Adding spot detail with alphas 14:10
7. Attaching the head and neck 13:01
8. Blending skin detail together 12:41
9. Finishing the skin 7:38
10. Painting the scarring on the arm and abs 12:03
11. Painting the leg base 8:02
12. Painting the raised armor panels 8:29
13. Using cavity masking to emphasize detail 6:22
14. Painting recessed areas 10:13
15. Painting the tubes 9:48
16. Painting the gun 13:22
17. Adding wear and tear to the armor pieces 9:47
18. Adding blast marks and damage to the armor 7:42
19. Painting illuminated panels into the armor 9:46
20. Using the ZProject brush to clone detail from photographs 7:15
21. Converting poly-paint colors to texture maps 7:35
22. Using Projection Master to paint detail 5:21
23. Using ZApplink to connect to Photoshop 11:27
24. Painting textures in Photoshop 9:13
25. Assembling and saving out textures in Photoshop 5:07
26. Rendering textures and normal maps in mental ray 5:29
27. Painting a specular map in ZBrush 13:11
28. Bonus Lesson: Using cavity maps as painting guides in Photoshop 5:28
Total Run Time: 4:13:54

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http://rapidshare.com/files/277006326/Texturing_Next-Gen_Characters_in_ZBrush.part01.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/277022157/Texturing_Next-Gen_Characters_in_ZBrush.part02.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/277030794/Texturing_Next-Gen_Characters_in_ZBrush.part03.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/277034436/Texturing_Next-Gen_Characters_in_ZBrush.part04.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/277047537/Texturing_Next-Gen_Characters_in_ZBrush.part05.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/277060352/Texturing_Next-Gen_Characters_in_ZBrush.part06.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/277073116/Texturing_Next-Gen_Characters_in_ZBrush.part07.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/277084287/Texturing_Next-Gen_Characters_in_ZBrush.part08.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/277097223/Texturing_Next-Gen_Characters_in_ZBrush.part09.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/277109052/Texturing_Next-Gen_Characters_in_ZBrush.part10.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/277109235/Texturing_Next-Gen_Characters_in_ZBrush.part11.rar