Member JanvierPichon Posted April 3, 2019 Member Report Share Posted April 3, 2019 (edited) Hi, recently I was giving 3d coat voxel sculpt (and a bit of surface) a go just to see how it felt (and it's quite good, but need that imbed/plane offset feature mentioned in another post As a 3-4 years long zbrush user, one thing I feel the most underwhelming in 3dcoat when it come to sculpting, is how you see the surface... and I mean , how you DON'T see the surface as you should let me explain, when you sculpt you don't want to be fooled visually about what the surface you sculpt on is, is it a down plane, is it a up plane, is it flat, is it bulging etc... you want a quick read of the forms. I tried many shaders and only ONE was giving decent results, and not even by default, but after removing features, it was the Matcap clay with cavity setting removed (and bulge setting removed) So this is a decent one for those that want to sculpt (remove that cavity stuff though if not it's useless and give false read of the forms all over the place) For this reason I created a matcap that I like a lot, and I want to share it. This matcap was created with a few criteria in mind : Not too dark; not too bright; not too shiny; not too matt; one side a touch darker than the other (so it's more natural) half of a rim light (most important) not a lot of 'flat spots' (in particular in the shadow, that's why the rim light is important, it brake that flat spot effect a lot) In other words, I wanted a good old basic but efficient matcap a workhorse Download the texture, from the shader tab right click on a matcap (important it must be of matcap type not just a shader, an error I made myself) click construct new shader, put this as texture, make sure cavity setting is OFF (flat shading is ON) then in the color managment put Hue : 0 Saturation : 0 Light : 85% and then in the controls at the top of the screen once you finished the shader creation, I recommend values of 20 to 80 for contrast and 90 to 105 for primary light intensity for best results (depending of your screen settings this may vary a little but should give you the best results). Oh, and just in case, even if this is probably ovious for most users, turn cast shadows OFF if not already done (it simply does not go well with a matcap) Edited April 3, 2019 by JanvierPichon I forgot one thing 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member Werner_Z Posted April 3, 2019 Advanced Member Report Share Posted April 3, 2019 Thanks Janvier. I've had similar problems with cavity maps giving a false idea of form. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member Falconius Posted April 4, 2019 Advanced Member Report Share Posted April 4, 2019 Oh this is nice. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member animk Posted April 6, 2019 Advanced Member Report Share Posted April 6, 2019 Thanks, it looks great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member gbball Posted April 6, 2019 Advanced Member Report Share Posted April 6, 2019 I have to agree with this. It's really cool to have PBR shaders, and cavity/bulge settings are neat and provide a nice base for baking, but for sculpting, they are misleading at times. Not to mention, a lot of the default shaders have their cavity/bulge settings cranked way too high and look bad as a result, the default shaders should be better curated. It gives a poor first impression. Glad you stuck with it and created something that works well for you. Thanks for sharing this, I will try it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member Melik Posted September 5, 2020 Advanced Member Report Share Posted September 5, 2020 THANK YOU SO MUCH! I have been looking for a great default zBrush-like matcap and a way to install it into 3D COAT. Even though I absolutely love the sculpting tools and interface of 3DC, one of the things that frustrated me about 3DC was the lighting in the viewport and the way the sculpts looked when orbiting around. Your method solves a HUUUGE block for me. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member stusutcliffe Posted September 6, 2020 Advanced Member Report Share Posted September 6, 2020 The matcap I tend to use most of the time is the default Sculptris one . I assume it is still available . Just download Sculptris and all the matcaps are in one of the folders. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member TapperSweden Posted November 24, 2020 Member Report Share Posted November 24, 2020 I know this is a old thread but from where do i "Download the texture? Im new to 3d coat and i folowed this guide but using a skin colored matcap that i had from the start. It stil look skincolored and reflects way to much light, i would like to have it grey as in the picture of this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlosan Posted November 24, 2020 Report Share Posted November 24, 2020 Hi Hope this help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member TapperSweden Posted November 25, 2020 Member Report Share Posted November 25, 2020 Will have a look after work, thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member TapperSweden Posted November 25, 2020 Member Report Share Posted November 25, 2020 12 hours ago, Carlosan said: Hi Hope this help This looks way more complicated then what Op sugested. What did he mean by "Download the texture? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlosan Posted November 25, 2020 Report Share Posted November 25, 2020 matcaps are texture based shaders. As the firsto post said you need to dowliad the tecture to create any new matcap shader Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member TapperSweden Posted November 25, 2020 Member Report Share Posted November 25, 2020 Ok, but from where, is ther a link? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member stusutcliffe Posted November 25, 2020 Advanced Member Report Share Posted November 25, 2020 Tapper.. Just right click on that "grey ball" image you want in the first post , then "save image as" then you have it "downloaded" ( im assuming thats what you wanted) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member TapperSweden Posted November 25, 2020 Member Report Share Posted November 25, 2020 Thank you! Now i feel a bit stupid, i was looking for a file like when i downloaded brushes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member stusutcliffe Posted November 25, 2020 Advanced Member Report Share Posted November 25, 2020 Ha Ha thats what I suspected... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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