zbrush poly paint question

Rhinokey

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..................can i toggle the poly painting on and off without losing my painting work?.................
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ironbearxl

Yes, press the colorize button under the texture palette

Taylor Hood

Was all those '.' nessacery?

Rhinokey

oh snap iron, i tried that before, but i didnt notice a dif cause i had the material that wal already on the model selected and it showed it as preview.
but yes it does work

mLink

LoM Chaos wrote: »

Was all those '.' nessacery?

Yes, they were.

ChaosEidolon

Now, here's the real question...is Polypaint actually good now that 3.5 is out? I dicked around with it briefly, but not long enough to really discern if i liked it.

In the previous versions you needed to have the polies way too high to get any kind of decent resolution out of it. I think i heard they upgraded it...but I dont wanna get excited yet.

CheeseOnToast

Polypaint is based on verts, so high poly will alway mean better res. You can always use one of the UV tile methods to UV the high poly, then assign a texture of whatever res you like.

ChaosEidolon

I'm aware of how it works. What I'm wondering is if its an improvement over the previous incarnation.
The tile methods aren't really an option for production work. What I'm hoping is that the update somehow squeezed extra detail out of each poly since "PolyPainting accuracy has increased from 8 to 16 bit"

I want sooo bad for it to work...and work well.

achillesian

what about ascii painting

CheeseOnToast

Is this any use to you?

How do I create Displacement/Normal/Texture maps from HD geometry ?

It's automatic. When you have HD geometry, creating Displacement Map, Normal Map, and PolyPaint Maps will automatically extract high definition details from the HD geometry.
Note: To extract HD PolyPaint, you need to be in the highest subdivision level of your base mesh, if you are in any lower subdivision level, the PolyPaint will be extracted from the active level, not from HD.