Problems with polypaint
polycounter lvl 4
hello,
I got an issue with polypaint. Did some search yesterday on both ZBCentral and Polycount but didn't find any clues what I am doing wrong.
Here's what's wrong:
on the left: polypainted material with standard white matcap on
on the right: I want to switch to stadard material to add some lights and grab some view of it. (matcaps doesn't work with standard lights, right?) The second I switch base white matcap to anything else (matcap or standard material, no difference) I get some weird stains on the polypaint.
what I checked:
no layers,
no hidden masks,
no hidden geometry
and
no clue what's wrong.
Appreciate any hints that could lead to finding what's wrong. Same thread is waiting to be approved on ZBCentral.
I got an issue with polypaint. Did some search yesterday on both ZBCentral and Polycount but didn't find any clues what I am doing wrong.
Here's what's wrong:
on the left: polypainted material with standard white matcap on
on the right: I want to switch to stadard material to add some lights and grab some view of it. (matcaps doesn't work with standard lights, right?) The second I switch base white matcap to anything else (matcap or standard material, no difference) I get some weird stains on the polypaint.
what I checked:
no layers,
no hidden masks,
no hidden geometry
and
no clue what's wrong.
Appreciate any hints that could lead to finding what's wrong. Same thread is waiting to be approved on ZBCentral.
Replies
It's easy to fix. At the top of the screen, select just the M mode (not Mrgb!) and click Color > Fill object. It will fil the selected subtool with the current matcap.
It worked! Thank you.
Although I had no idea I could paint the matcap. There is going to be some heavy reading of the ZB help files later today.
Big thanks again!
Edit: hate to say it but I got stuck one step further, if I add lights - they have no effect on the subtools I filled with the matcap:
added a sphere to check if the lights are working ok and they seem to be fine. The upper body subtool was filled with the matcap and it ignores the light.
any hint how to get this polypainted model to work with light will be greatly appreciated.
Matcaps don't really use lights, it's all baked into the matcap image (at best changing the light might change the shadow direction, if you have shadows set to render). To take full advantage of zbrush's light system you have to use one of the standard materials (the lower half of the material list). Those will update with the lights