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sireel
04-19-2009, 02:34 AM
Hey guys, I'm getting into zbrush and really having a blast but I'm not sure if I missed it in the start up tuts or what but if I accidentally deselect the object that I'm working on how to do I go back to it?

example: I make a neat little dude and I accidentally hit "T" and click on the canvas. so I end up drawing a duplicate of what I was working on before. I can undo to remove the dup object but how to I continue to work on the original?

not sure if I'm explaining myself correctly.
Toxicfrog
04-19-2009, 10:45 AM
clear your canvas, draw a "duplicate" and enter edit mode again...
zbrush is a is... ummmm... a little bit(cough) different, its in fact not a bit like other 3d tools.

this is a really nice starting guide:
http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/ZBC/PracticalGuide_A.zip
(its for zbrush2 but works pretty well for 3)

if you cant get used to zbrushs "strangeness", maybe try mudbox, its more "accessible", from what i've heard.
sireel
04-20-2009, 03:45 AM
hey toxic, thanks for the reply. I c what you mean by the app being a bit off. If you don't mind answering another q along a similar vein:

so I made a neat little guy out z spheres and figured I'd work on deailing him later so I saved the document. Now when I open the document I can't do anything with him anymore and I can't load a "duplicate" any ideas?

Or open q for anyone.......or I may just take his advice and go mudbox :)
toonafish
04-20-2009, 07:43 AM
To save Zspheres, you should save the tool and not the document.

Saving the document in Zbrush will only save the canvas and what you dropped on it, not the Tools.
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