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Cristiano · 04-10-2008, 02:08 PM

Does anyone use zbrush 3.1 for scultpies? If so, how do you get it out of zbrush and into SL? kthnxbai.

Siyu Suen · 04-10-2008, 02:10 PM

I use my student copy of Maya, with the script they provided on the wiki. I think if you download sculpty paint or pretty much any other free, sculpt supported program that can import an object you'll be just dandy.

They say they're working on a way to export it, in fact, I think a zscript does exist but it's impractically complicated so it's not really talked about much. But yeah, just use something like milkshape or Wings.

virrginia tombola · 04-10-2008, 08:44 PM

I am thinking about getting Zbrush as well (right now I'm using mostly Wings and Archipelis). I understand the idea behind importing an object file to Wings, but are there "pre made" starter objects with the right number of vertices for Zbrush? If so, where can I find them?

I think this weekend, I may "go geek" with the free trial: so in general I'm looking for tutorial suggestions. The Shiny Life ones look like a good start, are there any others you zBrushers could recommend?

Cristiano · 04-10-2008, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by virrginia tombola

I am thinking about getting Zbrush as well (right now I'm using mostly Wings and Archipelis). I understand the idea behind importing an object file to Wings, but are there "pre made" starter objects with the right number of vertices for Zbrush? If so, where can I find them?

I think this weekend, I may "go geek" with the free trial: so in general I'm looking for tutorial suggestions. The Shiny Life ones look like a good start, are there any others you zBrushers could recommend?

The Shiny Life Tutorial is excellent - I spent time working with it today and had great success.

Shiny Life Video: Creating Sculpted Prims with ZBrush 3 | Shiny Life

There is a link in the article to a free program that converts the obj file from zbrush to a sculpt map without needing anything else. It works great. The tutorial teaches you how to set the sphere in zbrush to have the right number of faces for SL.

Summer · 04-11-2008, 10:15 AM

Just a sidenote, I went to try Zbrush they have a trial you can get. I was so excited to try it, I read all about the cool features and it's at a reasonable price for my budget. It wouldn't work, I contacted support and apparently on a handful of Vista machines it's a no go at this time. The fact I can not try it makes me want to try it more than ever.

Cristiano · 04-11-2008, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Summer

Just a sidenote, I went to try Zbrush they have a trial you can get. I was so excited to try it, I read all about the cool features and it's at a reasonable price for my budget. It wouldn't work, I contacted support and apparently on a handful of Vista machines it's a no go at this time. The fact I can not try it makes me want to try it more than ever.

That's weird, it runs fine on Vista for me - I downloaded the trial as well.

Jackal Ennui · 04-17-2008, 06:51 PM

I use Wings3D - export the ZTool to obj, import that into Wings, export into sculpt map. The exporter script and some templates can be downloaded from here: Wings 3D - Second Life Wiki

Walker · 04-17-2008, 06:56 PM

2k Suisei wrote a converter for ZBrush2 and ZBrush3.

SL Forums

Just another option for you.

There's another converter (command line windows app) on the forum somewhere that converts obj files, but I can't find it now. It's been a while since I explored all this stuff.

prinţesă nină · 04-17-2008, 07:33 PM

this one works effortlessly for me.

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Originally Posted by Walker Moore

2k Suisei wrote a converter for ZBrush2 and ZBrush3.

SL Forums

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Walker Push Button Receive Electro Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: UK Posts: 10,313 Doom Rider Champion! SL Join Date: 13 May 2006 XBOX Leaderboard: 36^th My Mood:	2k Suisei wrote a converter for ZBrush2 and ZBrush3. SL Forums Just another option for you. There's another converter (command line windows app) on the forum somewhere that converts obj files, but I can't find it now. It's been a while since I explored all this stuff.

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