ZBrush - 4R4 Questions
polycounter lvl 12
Hey to all peeps of PC, couple of question for ZB4R4 if you handsome people don't mind answering!
1- Is it possible to switch off the 'History' steps when saving my Project File so that it doesn't save with my File? My file jumped from 100MB to 2GB because of this history thing.
2- Is there a way with the new topo tools, to remove loops from a mesh? I looked over the videos, but couldn't find any info about removing, only adding.
3- Can I import my old 'UI Layout' into the latest version, or are there issues? Should I just make a new UI?
4- Can I change the location of my Lightbox? I would like to put it down instead of up.
5- Is there a way to load my Alpha/Textures through the Lightbox? I have some Alpha's in my Alpha file, but I cannot use them through LB, is there a step I'm missing, or must I load it manually through the Alpha function in ZB?
Cheers and you're awesome!
1- Is it possible to switch off the 'History' steps when saving my Project File so that it doesn't save with my File? My file jumped from 100MB to 2GB because of this history thing.
2- Is there a way with the new topo tools, to remove loops from a mesh? I looked over the videos, but couldn't find any info about removing, only adding.
3- Can I import my old 'UI Layout' into the latest version, or are there issues? Should I just make a new UI?
4- Can I change the location of my Lightbox? I would like to put it down instead of up.
5- Is there a way to load my Alpha/Textures through the Lightbox? I have some Alpha's in my Alpha file, but I cannot use them through LB, is there a step I'm missing, or must I load it manually through the Alpha function in ZB?
Cheers and you're awesome!
Replies
1- Preferences>Undo History>Uncheck "Enable Saving." Remember to save your master config!
2- Not sure yet...I dont really use their topo tools. With the curve tools If you hold Alt and stroke thru the curve it deletes the curve tho? I will try it and get back to you.
3- I imported my UI and its been fine.
4- Yes. Preferences>Lightbox>Enable "Lightbox Placement." Remember to save your master config!
5- For Alphas to load properly into the Alpha spot they need to be grayscale single channel files, either 16bit or 8 bit. Grayscale images that are three channel (RGB) will be loaded into the Texture palette. Ideally PSDs work best.
I was annoyed that the random ones I got from the net were not loading right so I made an action that converts everything to the right format to be loaded correctly. In PS you can batch the action and point it to your ZAlphas folder. The action does not save them so you need to do that within the batch.
More info about Lightbox file browsing here: http://www.pixologic.com/docs/index.php/File_browsing_with_Light_Box
NO idea why that info is not on the wiki page about ya know... LIGHTBOX.
Any advice, other then "Load UI"? Are they any extra steps I'm missing, or something I need to download?
EDIT: Nevermind, seems like I had to save it out from R3 before R4 would accept it. Nothing to see here people, move along.
This is maybe why to got some problems.