Upon clicking on a material, KeyShot will remind you to Hold Alt if you want to retain the texture of your model. Alternatively, you can click and drag the material on the name of the SubTool (or on the group if you want all the SubTools to have the same material) on the right panel. To apply a material, simply choose one from the library and click and drag this material to the part of the model you want it to be applied. Model imported in KeyShot and overview of KeyShot's interface. On the left panel is the library where all the Materials, Colors, Environment maps and other textures are located. On the top of this panel, you will find the different tabs where we will modify and create the Materials, Lighting and Cameras. On the right panel, you will find your model, with all its different SubTools, that can still be selected separately. You can see that KeyShot has imported your model perfectly, with its textures applied to it. Just go to the Render menu and in the External Renderer palette, click on the button KeyShot, then, do a BPR render to send your model automatically to KeyShot.Įnable the KeyShot bridge in the Render menu in ZBrush. Step 1: Sending model from ZBrush to KeyShotįrom ZBrush, it is now very easy to send your finished model to KeyShot with the KeyShot bridge.

I will show the different materials I have used and the lighting setup I have created to render my image Mer-Man. Know the Basics: ZBrush - part one: Modeling Know the Basics: ZBrush - part two: Texturing Know the Basics: ZBrush - part three: Posing Know the Basics: ZBrush - part four: FiberMesh and UVs This tutorial will cover the basics of applying and modifying materials, and lighting a scene in KeyShot. 3D art director Gregory Stoffel continues the Know the Basics: ZBrush series by looking at the lighting and materials options using the ZBrush to KeyShot bridge.

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