Once finished I will use ZRemesher again, this time set to Half instead of double, to lower the poly count down to an acceptable level. SmileвЂ¦ you now have a much cleaner mesh with smoother topology, and never once did you have to manually re-topologize anything!ДЇrom here I usually Divide the mesh two times up to level three and delete the lower levels to create the mesh I will work with. Using the latest version of ZRemesher with Double button on, hold down ALT and press the ZRemesher button.Turn on Draw Poly Frame so you can see the makeup of the mesh.Duplicate the mesh you just imported in case you need to start over.Once over there bring it in and make it editable. From CC3 select your mesh and use the ZBrush button to send to ZBrush.HenceвЂ¦ ZRemesher and it's improved toolset. Decimation creates triangles, which are fine at the END of the production pipeline but not anywhere else. Remember that GrasshopperвЂ¦ it will serve you well.Дon't use decimation master unless you need low, low poly for a game. No one is going to rave about it on social media but your family/roommate/neighbors will appreciate the lessening of the late night tantrums as your reasons for those tantrums are diminished by starting with a cleaner mesh.ДЄ cleaner mesh is closer to a Godly mesh. It still takes a lot of time and refined talent butвЂ¦ ZBrush has the tools to help us get a long way down that road by just pushing some buttons here and there. So how do we get to this Nirvana state of mesh perfection? WellвЂ¦ you and I don'tвЂ¦ generally. Anyone in a pipeline will thank you for it and you will appreciate what can be made from it with less hassle. OrвЂ¦ if this does not insult your Southern Baptist ways of thinking it is considered the вЂњGodвЂќ of meshes. Pros have many ways of dealing with this and all are a bit complicated if not impossible for beginners.ДЄ clean mesh is a great mesh. Who needs a smooth line you say? There are ways to deal with that after the fact? YesвЂ¦ but not if you are new to this type of modeling. Everything is peachy until you run into an orphaned tri and there goes your smooth line requiring a little more work to refine.

The problem is the triangulated AND quad surface. In Reallusion's defense, there are reasons for the mesh to be this way in its final form such as reducing overhead on the system running it.

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