ZBrush polypainting on multiple subtools simultaneously?

Erwin0265

Hey,

I was wondering whether anyone knows of a workflow, plugin, hidden feature, whatever that would allow me to polypaint on multiple subtools at the same time.

I have a full figure creature sculpt and have managed to merge most of the subtools into one; except for the head (which is 12 million polys on its own). I can't merge the head with the rest of the body as the head has 5 subdivisions and the rest of the body has only 4; so if I merge them, the head will be dropped down to 4 subdivisions and lose detail.

I want to be able to polypaint the creature all in one hit so that there is full colour/texture continuity.

I was hoping the new folders feature would allow for this but alas, no.

Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I could do to achieve my goal; in ZBrush.

Thank you for any of your thoughts....

Erwin

Yeah, it's based on a tutorial by Peter Konig but I got a bit carried away with the details; it's all for learning anyway and detailing is still something I struggle with as I don't want to just slap alphas all over my sculpts (I use alphas, of course; but not exclusively..).

cryrid

Zbrush only lets you work on one Subtool at a time. It's just a core part of zbrush and how it treats the data (this is actually a benefit as it lets each subtool individually reach your system's maximum vertex limit). As a result, merging would be the way to go. 

Easiest solution might be to delete the lowest level of the head so that it has 4 subdivisions too. If you need that base topology for whatever reason, then you can always detach the head and reconstruct the lowest level whenever you're done painting. 

Erwin0265

That's a good solution to my problem. Now all I need to know is how do I delete just the lowest subdivision level?

Sage

Go to sub d level 2 and hit delete lower.

It's under the geometry tab...

Erwin0265

OK, I tried that earlier and it deleted them all.

Perhaps I did something wrong. I'll give it another go.

Thanks

Erwin0265

Hey!

Whatdoyaknow; it worked!

Thank you very much, Cryrid & Sage - much appreciated..