Zbrush 3.1 Avatar ZTLs (Please Test) & Tutorial Walkthrough

Hi All,

I set out this weekend scouring the ZBrush Central forums and messing around to figure out how to bring the SL Avatar Models into ZBrush 3.1 and prep them as zTools for my painting and sculpting pleasure.

I think I have it worked out (and I haven't been this happy in months..lol)!!!! I've written out what I've done in a screenshot walkthough so you can try it yourself. Or feel free to download my finished ztls (which are located at the bottom of the tutorial) and test them out.

slhowto.com/slhowto_prep_sl_avatar_zbrush.asp

If you come across anything while testing please post back to this thread!

~Fi

P.S. The site is currently under construction - so don't mind the mess.

Yey! iv been looking forward to learning this for weeks, im not what you might call a super experienced zbrush user but this deffo intrests me



Cant wait for part 2


Marni
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I thought Canned Mushrooms already created a "Fixed Avatar" and posted it. He even made sure the UVWs were corrected.

I'll test yours out though...

Cannedmushrooms did the female avatar only & I was practicing with that ztl but found it to be a bit 'too sculpted' for a starting point for painting & sculpting clothing. I was also using the Second Skin Labs versions posted here at the forums - but was getting lots of crashing in ZBrush 3.1 - impatience lead to me figuring out how to create my own.

This post is about the process for prepping your own ZTLS without the need of an expensive modeling software like Maya or Max.

Now that the tutorials are only on the veho site - does anyone actually still have the pack of goodies that came with canned mushrooms wonderful tutorial (specifically that modified ZTL of the avatar?)

I'm trying to locate a copy.

Thanks for the tutorial, Fianna. I haven't had any trouble with the SecondSkin meshes, but I am going to try this just for the sake of doing something new. And UV Mapper looks like an interesting tool.