Getting Started with Sculpting – ZBrush for Beginners Tutorial

In this ZBrush for Beginners Tutorial, we cover all the necessary tools you need to know in order to get started with ZBrush! Features covered include Zspheres, masking, dynamesh, UI, brushes, and many more.


– Hotkeys –
Navigation:
Pan – Alt RMB
Rotate – RMB
Zoom – Ctrl RMB
Perspective – P
Help – Ctrl while hover over features
Subdivisions
Subdivide – Ctrl D
Up – D
Down – Shift D
Polyframe – Shift F
Useful Brushes
Standard – BST
ClayBuildup – BCB
Smooth – Shift
DamStandard – BDS
Move – BMV
Size – S
Intensity – U
Symmetry -X
Masking
Paint Mask – Ctrl Paint
Remove Mask – Ctrl Alt Paint
Invert Mask – Ctrl Click Outside the model
Clear mask – Ctrl Drag Outside the Model
Blur Mask – Ctrl Click on the model
Dynamesh – Ctrl Drag Outside the Model (with no mask)

– Time Stamps –
1:02 – Opening ZBrush for the first time
1:50 – Clearning the Canvas
2:50 – Edit Mode
3:16 – Navigation
4:03 – Saving (Document, ZTool, ZProject)
5:54 – UI Overview
7:27 – Polymesh3D
8:50 – Brush Size/Draw Size
9:03 – Best Brushes
12:30 – Dynamic Brush Size
13:06 – Wireframe View/Polyframe
13:27 – Subdivisions
15:52 – Dynamesh
19:18 – Undo History
20:29 – Trim Brushes
21:40 – Symmetry
22:30 – Sculpting Theory
28:36 – Matcaps/Materials
29:05 – Mirror and Weld
30:07 – Mirror (Deformation)
30:58 – Radial Symmetry
39:59 – Subtools
35:46 – Moving, Scaling and Rotating
38:13 – Solo/Isolate Selected
38:37 – Hiding Polygons/Polygon Visibility
42:25 – Splitting Your Model (Group Split)
43:26 – Masking
47:30 – Layers
49:54 – ZSpheres