Also awesome for learning about things you’d never even thought of, or knew existed. Short clips answering almost everything you might want to know about ZBrush. “ Getting Started with Sculpting - ZBrush for Beginners Tutorial” is one of the best intro videos out there. Wish I’d found him sooner! “ ZBrush for Ideation” is a good starting point. The BEST for learning ZBrush’s interface. This tutorial assumes a certain level of comfort with ZBrush, but if some part of the instructions is totally new to you, the following may help (free!): Volume 2 was instrumental in helping me understand how displacement works in Redshift. This is the best value if you can only buy one C4D/Redshift guide. In-depth walkthroughs you can follow along with. But for animated models or uber-realistic renders, you’ll want to modify these steps to better serve your end goal. If you’re using ZBrush, C4D, & Redshift, I’m guessing you’re not making game assets anyway. This tutorial uses a prop that would ultimately end up in a still illustration, so things like faultless topology, numerical precision, real-time rendering considerations, and perfect UVs didn’t matter much. Not for production pipelines! (But adaptable) If you see a step and think “That’s not right!” or “There’s a better method than that,” etc., do let me know! Hope the “fruits of my labor” help someone else.

The method herein is the result of foraging for and compiling bits and pieces of info from various sources. I’m still learning these processes and haven’t yet seen a comprehensive “ZBrush to C4D & Redshift” tutorial.

How to prepare a ZBrush sculpture for exporting to a scene in Cinema 4D (retopologize using ZRemesher, project details, UV with UV Master, and create displacement & normal maps.) Then, use Redshift’s displacement settings to get accurate, high-res details on a low-poly model.

Redshift tutorial pdf