High to Low Poly Tutorial

professorXXX

http://videogameartist.wordpress.com/2011/07/08/high-to-love-poly-game-modeling-tutorial/

I made this a few months ago to help my students. Things are I think are pretty great in it. I go over the thought process of the technique for the first few minutes. Then I actually do it in the later part of the video.

One unique thing I think in the video I have is...No unwrapping your high but still being able to paint on it and texture it using polypaint in zbrush. Then using Xnormal to bake out the textures to your low. Very speedy.

Enjoy...sorry about my shitty mic.

DrunkShaman

Interesting video.

So you are suggesting that we should use Zbrush Topology tool to create the low poly. =\
I am having problems with low poly model of my own transfered from zbrush. (lvl 1 sub div mesh). I cant seem to unwrap it and I have tested the unwrapping with the Maya sphere, and that unwraps just fine.

I'll try that retopology tool and xNormal. Thank you for sharing this with us.

professorXXX

No:) Use whatever topo tool you are comfortable with. If it is organic I usually use Zbrush but if it mechanical I will use 3dsmax.

Try using Zbrush - Zbrush UV Master for Unwrapping...amazing

Oiban

Nice! Love how you reuse the same plank again and again, extremly fast workflow!

KyleJoe

haha I can't hear anything atm, but I like the use of the fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu comics!

Z3D

Oh yeah Nick Marks! I saw it on your vimeo, long time ago and I see it again.

_ I just have to say is very userful _

My 'workflowz is almost the same (even).

Jeff Parrott

Cool. Not really sure how unique that workflow is. But cool video. I don't think there can be enough resources like this out there. Look into Topogun. It does the retopo really well plus it bakes out your maps real fast. I've replaced xNormal with that in my pipeline for personal stuff.

DrunkShaman

professorXXX wrote: »

No:) Use whatever topo tool you are comfortable with. If it is organic I usually use Zbrush but if it mechanical I will use 3dsmax.

Try using Zbrush - Zbrush UV Master for Unwrapping...amazing

!!

So, retopo the mesh within zbrush and unwrap it in zbrush. Wow. I never thought of that.

I always thought you use retopo the low poly and than decimate the high poly and project in maya. =\

Thanks.

BARDLER

Thanks a lot! I booked marked this for future use.