How to apply normal map zbrush Videos

• 1. 3Ds Max to ZBrush Retopology and normal map pipeline (Arabic)
• 2. Maya to ZBrush to UDK - Part 23 - Exporting the normal and displacement maps.
• 3. Normal Maps Zbrush to Daz Studio Genesis 3 Female
• 4. Tutorial: How to create Normal and Texture Map in Pixologic ZBrush (Part 3)
• 5. ART258: Part 5 -- Creating high-resolution Normal maps in zBrush for Maya
• 6. Zbrush to maya pipeline tutorial
• 7. Blender tutorial how to apply normal maps cycles
• 8. Zbrush ~ Tutorial: UV Layout with Normal Maps BASICS

3Ds Max to ZBrush Retopology and normal map pipeline (Arabic)

User Comments

haib masu commented on 22 Nov 2014

ليه ماستخدمتش ال normal map من جو ال zbrush ?

doodee commented on 03 Feb 2015

+haib masu  أتمنى :_(

haib masu commented on 03 Feb 2015

عندك حق الزيبرش برنامج لل organic modeling اكثر من اي حاجه ثانيه بس يمكن يتعدل ال بيكنج  نورمال مابس في ال 4r7  اعتقد انه هايبقي افضل بكثير  حتي لل hard surface 

doodee commented on 03 Feb 2015

+haib masu  العفو لكن على فكرة الزيبرش مهو بذاك السوء ... لكن يظل الزيبرشو أي برنامج أخر بالبكينج تبع النورمال لا بد يكون فيه أخطاء ... ولازم بالنهايه تعدلها بيدك وأكاد أقلك شبه مستحيل تحصل نتيجه من دون ما تعدلها بالفوتوشوب ...

haib masu commented on 03 Feb 2015

شكرا

doodee commented on 02 Feb 2015

لأنه سيء نوعا ما ...

Maya to ZBrush to UDK - Part 23 - Exporting the normal and displacement maps.

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UndergroundEducation commented on 11 May 2010

Hello Russia! The next video is available from my my profile page. There are 33 videos in all in this unit.

EDGAR PROTSKO commented on 11 May 2010

VERY NICE AND USEFULL-RESPECT FROM MOSCOW)but where is part 24 or another ending and finals???

Alex Neto commented on 16 Aug 2010

Woon amazing vids !! congratulation and tanks a lot for Help us !!!! from Brasil !!!

Chris Lalinde commented on 06 Dec 2011

i caaaaaaaant how i do this with zbrush 4.0 or 3.5???PLZZZ REPLY!!

Chris Lalinde commented on 03 Dec 2011

dude you are just awesome!!!Subscribed!

Normal Maps Zbrush to Daz Studio Genesis 3 Female

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Cris Palomino commented on 20 Nov 2015

Looks good, SickleYield. I've done a PDF tutorial for setting up figures previous to G3 with multiple tiles using Blender to do it. You can get it from here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B19JhjigT8XbcDZMVnRFNzFhdDQ/view?usp=sharing This will let you use the Multi Map Exporter with older figures.

Cris Palomino commented on 21 Nov 2015

+SickleYield Sure, I have a thread on the forums with it, too. //www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/66307/creating-multiple-tiles-for-daz-figures-in-blender I originally did this for Ghost of Macbeth who needed the information.

SickleYield commented on 21 Nov 2015

+Cris Palomino I know how to do it (I've had to for several products), I just didn't feel like going through the entire workaround for the tutorial. Hopefully that's a help to someone who is still on G1 or G2, though, may I distribute it on the forum if asked?

nevarran commented on 15 Nov 2015

Very useful tips. Much appreciated.

SickleYield commented on 16 Nov 2015

+nevarran :)

Tutorial: How to create Normal and Texture Map in Pixologic ZBrush (Part 3)

User Comments

edudigital commented on 06 Jan 2013

thanks for the tutorial , i didnt found similars before, your video help me much. It replace zmapper

artisan661 commented on 06 Jan 2013

very nice video! you explained it great. helped me out a lot, thanks bro :)

Victor S commented on 26 Dec 2012

Great work Aleks, a very insightful tutorial

zoqu commented on 02 Jul 2013

BIG HELP!!!!

ART258: Part 5 -- Creating high-resolution Normal maps in zBrush for Maya

Zbrush to maya pipeline tutorial

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Drishticone Productions commented on 30 Apr 2013

Hi Dharmesh, you have two options 1). unwrap the uvs in z brush only, then create normals map for those uvs and export the lowest subdivision model as obj. Then import this obj in maya and use the generated normal map, this obj will have same new uvs from Zbrush. 2). You can unwrap the model in maya and use topogon to transfer the high details of normal maps and texture on the new unwrapped model. Or open the high mesh in topogon for retopology there. But you will need to learn topogun for that.

Drishticone Productions commented on 28 Apr 2012

Well, if u wanna have the fun and enjoy the adventure of real hunting in forest then that wont be available in McD 3 miles away.. :D LOL, no you are right Go Z is cool, but this guy John speaking in tutorial is using Zbrush from the times when there was no Go Z so you can look at it as techniques used before this stuff was there . :) There will be stuff even better then GoZ in future but knowing Goz wont hurt anyone. :)

Drishticone Productions commented on 13 Oct 2012

You can create a basemesh and add little detail in maya to create your low poly character, later unwrap it and bring to Z brush for detailing. export the normal maps if you are having problem with displacement map. Use the generated normal map with the low poly character in maya. Normal maps are lighter then disp maps still do a great job of making low poly character project the details of high poly one.

Drishticone Productions commented on 12 Jul 2012

You can create detailed characters in Z brush in poses and render images and turntable video. But if you want to render video with character animation then you'll need to first create the character in Z brush in a "T pose", then export the character from Z brush into obj file and import that obj into maya. Here in maya you can rig and animate the character as you want and render out the video from maya.

nicholas cato commented on 28 Apr 2012

yeah but why reinvent the wheel it just so much work todo when you could just click a button and be done with it. Thats like me saying I'm gonna go 40 miles out into the forest to possibly kill a deer and skin it and cut it up and cook it instead of going to Mcdonalds 3 miles from here.

Drishticone Productions commented on 21 Mar 2011

@gandhi420430 - Displacement map can provide better quality output but eats up alot of memory while rendering so it is used where its really necessary like detailed main character and for normal stuff like props etc normal map can be used as its lighter on rendering.

Drishticone Productions commented on 15 Mar 2013

Thanks for your input, this tutorial was recorded by my sir Mr. John Lieaho. His accent is little different but the knowledge he shares is valuable. Thanks for the suggestion of taking out cool from my name, but I'll give it a pass for now. :) God bless u. TC

Marcelino Gonsalves commented on 15 Mar 2013

Hey Mr cool you have put up a great video tutorial but do you mind not being such a wannabe cool guy & removing one word out of you mouth every minute,man this made the video go on for so long when it could have been short helpful and to the point

gandhi420430 commented on 20 Mar 2011

thanx 4 reply can just guide me in one more thing displacement vs normal map 4 gaming normal map works best bt wat abt production?which is better in terms of quality?disp or normal??? i guess displacement wats ur advice on that

Drishticone Productions commented on 25 Nov 2012

send me blank email with title " Need .MAP script " at my email id " rdcanime(at)rocketmail(dot)com " Replace (at) with "@" and (dot) with a " . "

zala loxx commented on 13 Oct 2012

is awesome tutorial and i really enjoyed it, but how can i make high poly object into low poly since i had a problem with displacement........

blender tutorial how to apply normal maps cycles

User Comments

Giannis Mariettos commented on 14 Mar 2015

+URtuts Is there any similar way to apply normal maps in the simple blender renderer? thanks!

URtuts commented on 17 Mar 2015

+Giannis Mariettos yes you can apply normal maps in render internal, i'll try to upload a tutorial soon.

michaelemouse1 commented on 15 Nov 2014

Thanks for the tutorial, I just subscribed. I have two questions: You plugged the normal map into the displacement of the Output Node. Does doing it like this result in an increase in geometry? Is it significantly heavier on the system than a bump map? Is there supposed to be a black screen from 6:47 onward? Thanks again for the tutorial.

URtuts commented on 15 Nov 2014

+michaelemouse1 hi, the normal map doesn't increase the geometry it's like a bump map ,also you can plug the normal map into glossy and diffuse nodes ,sometimes you get a better result, here is an exemple //urtuts.blogspot.com/2014/10/blender-tutorial-how-to-apply-normal.htmli just realized about that black screen, but the tutorial ends in 6:47 don't worry ,i think when i edited the video in camtasia for some reason rendered 12:48 ,thanks for let ot me know and sorry for that.

GregorianBC commented on 11 Nov 2014

Thank you, learning Blender, you helped me! Cheers

URtuts commented on 12 Nov 2014

+GregorianBC glad you found it useful,thanks for your comment.

Zbrush ~ Tutorial: UV Layout with Normal Maps BASICS

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ravyne82 commented on 26 Jan 2013

you can paint on the model in Zbrush if you want. It's very intuitive and really cool. I'm new to Zbrush as well, but that's the one thing I've seemed to excell in. To get a good texture, you'll need to subdivide pretty hight though... think the best was 5 or 6, which is my limit, but that may have just been because I was also painting texture too. The only thing I haven't figured out is how to paint material in just one location... It places the material over the entire character when I try.

RequiemsVoid commented on 14 Oct 2012

hmm, it could be any number of things.. 1. Click "switch color" under the "color picker". or 2. Make sure you have the right mesh selected and drawn on the canvas. or 3. You ARE still in edit mode. or 4. Either "Mrgb or rgb " are turned on.. found next to Move, Scale, Rotate. If it's none of those, please feel free ta message back and let me know ^_^ If anything, just save out your model as a ztool or export it ~ either way will save the UV's ~ then just reopen Zbrush and import/open it again.

RequiemsVoid commented on 05 Jun 2013

There are a few ways to do this: 1. Toggle "Local Transformation" ~ found on your sidebar (Button above L.Sym). 2. Use hide/show masking to focus on a specific part of your mesh (activate it by holding Ctrl + Shift + drag over area you want to highlight). 3. Use polygroups or create separate subtools and press "F" to center camera on objects. Hope that helps answer your question.. if not, I'll see bout creating a "Community Question Vid" on camera controls and post it up today or tomorrow.

RequiemsVoid commented on 03 Feb 2013

lol, this is actually a pretty common question... but no, you don't have to delete your highrez sub divisions. You'll create something called a Normal Map or a Displacement Map, depending on the complexity/detail you wish to retain, when you render your model. I've been working a while on a rigging set of tutorials, that cover this and many other things.. but they'll not be finished for a bit. Since I can't put links in youtube comments, Google "normal map or displacement maps in Zbrush?"

ravyne82 commented on 26 Jan 2013

Thank you. I just got the Z4R5 update today and needed to map my project for my class. Instructor said I needed to make the file smaller and I'm trying to figure out how to do all this without loosing all the sculpting I put into my model. The one thing I'm having problems with though is that while GoZ finds both versions of Photoshop installed, it's ignoring my installations of both Maya and Max. Now I can't figure out how to make it search again without reinstalling... any suggestions?

RequiemsVoid commented on 29 Jul 2012

Hmm, I thought bout uploading her model for download w/this tutorial.. but really, the process is pretty much the same regardless what model you use. The tutorial teaches the "process" of painting on UVs. However, I can understand the frustration of not being able to "follow along" with the Maya import, high rez texture and rendering. ~ however, that bit was just added in to showcase what you "could do" with a uv'd model. IE: its not required to understand the basis of the tutorial.

Jason Shoumar commented on 05 Jun 2013

Is there an easier way to rotate your object around a specific area ? I find the rotation controls to be too loose. If you look at mudbox for example, you could frame your camera on a specific area, and when you do a rotate, it stays steadily focused around that area. With ZBrush I wasn't able to find that extra control, especially if I wanted to frame (F hotkey) on the face or on the hand. Zooming in manually and trying to rotate around such areas can be very frustrating.

Vin4enco commented on 17 Jun 2013

Can the UVs and Normals from Zbrush be used in a Video Game Engine of some sort ? Coz a lot of people i see, say that for that its better, or i must use Maya/Blender/3Dmax. But from i can see in this tutorial its actually quite easier to do it in Zbrush. So can i import all those things in the Game Engine(Unity) and do my stuff without causing any problems? Or i really need to use another porgram ?

RequiemsVoid commented on 17 Jun 2013

Ya, honestly.. it doesn't really matter what program you create your UV's in... UV's are "universal". You can even edit UV's you've laid out in Zbrush, in Maya, if you really wanted/needed to. ^_^ The only difference, as you seen in the vid. Is the amount of time you dedicate to creating UV's. Just choose the program you have the most experience with or is the fastest.

Johan Ryberg commented on 07 Feb 2013

hey , i ve got a question thats really bugging me .. whne i do the normal map from subdvisiion 1 , i get u can in zbrush se those really boxe edjes, not smooth at al , and when i press goz , thoose edges turn up in maya aswell . .and if I do the normal map from a higher subd, the detailj goes away in maya , would really need help here .. thx in advance.. : )

Jason Shoumar commented on 05 Jun 2013

You know what, if it's not so much to ask, could you create a video regarding this issue ? I'd like to see how a pro would do it and how long it would take. When my scene has multiple objects, using the Ctrl + Shift and highlight area doesn't quite do the trick coz the other remaining objects would still be visible.