/ 2026-04-30T21:41:52+00:00 / /lib/tpl/dazdoccenter/images/favicon.ico text/html 2022-06-22T20:03:42+00:00 /public/read_me/index/86455/file_list <h1 id="file_list">File List</h1> <div class="level1"> <p> Below is a list of files provided by the <a href="/public/read_me/index/86455/start" class="wikilink1" title="public:read_me:index:86455:start">How to Master Material Zones: Tutorial Guide</a> product. </p> <p> <h2 id="core">Core</h2> <div class="level2"> </div> <!-- EDIT1 PLUGIN_INCLUDE_START "public:read_me:index:86455:file_list_core" [0-] --><div class="plugin_include_content plugin_include__public:read_me:index:86455:file_list_core"> <div class="level2"> <p> <h2 id="how_to_master_material_zones_tutorial_guide_1_of_3">How to Master Material Zones Tutorial Guide 1 of 3</h2> <div class="level2"> <ul> <li class="level1 node"><div class="li"> <strong>Content :</strong></div> <ul> <li class="level2"><div class="li"> /General/Digital Art Live/How to Master Material Zones Tutorial Guide/MasteringMaterialZonesPart1.mp4</div> </li> <li class="level2"><div class="li"> /General/Digital Art Live/How to Master Material Zones Tutorial Guide/MasteringMaterialZonesSearchable.pdf</div> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> <h2 id="how_to_master_material_zones_tutorial_guide_2_of_3">How to Master Material Zones Tutorial Guide 2 of 3</h2> <div class="level2"> <ul> <li class="level1 node"><div class="li"> <strong>Content :</strong></div> <ul> <li class="level2"><div class="li"> /General/Digital Art Live/How to Master Material Zones Tutorial Guide/MasteringMaterialZonesPart2.mp4</div> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> <h2 id="how_to_master_material_zones_tutorial_guide_3_of_3">How to Master Material Zones Tutorial Guide 3 of 3</h2> <div class="level2"> <ul> <li class="level1 node"><div class="li"> <strong>Content :</strong></div> <ul> <li class="level2"><div class="li"> /General/Digital Art Live/How to Master Material Zones Tutorial Guide/MasteringMaterialZonesPart3.mp4</div> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </p> </div> <!-- EDIT3 PLUGIN_INCLUDE_EDITBTN "public:read_me:index:86455:file_list_core" [0-] --><!-- EDIT2 PLUGIN_INCLUDE_END "public:read_me:index:86455:file_list_core" [0-] --></div> <div class="level2"> </div> </p> </div> text/html 2022-06-22T20:03:47+00:00 /public/read_me/index/86455/file_list_core <h1 id="core">Core</h1> <div class="level1"> <p> <h2 id="how_to_master_material_zones_tutorial_guide_1_of_3">How to Master Material Zones Tutorial Guide 1 of 3</h2> <div class="level2"> <ul> <li class="level1 node"><div class="li"> <strong>Content :</strong></div> <ul> <li class="level2"><div class="li"> /General/Digital Art Live/How to Master Material Zones Tutorial Guide/MasteringMaterialZonesPart1.mp4</div> </li> <li class="level2"><div class="li"> /General/Digital Art Live/How to Master Material Zones Tutorial Guide/MasteringMaterialZonesSearchable.pdf</div> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> <h2 id="how_to_master_material_zones_tutorial_guide_2_of_3">How to Master Material Zones Tutorial Guide 2 of 3</h2> <div class="level2"> <ul> <li class="level1 node"><div class="li"> <strong>Content :</strong></div> <ul> <li class="level2"><div class="li"> /General/Digital Art Live/How to Master Material Zones Tutorial Guide/MasteringMaterialZonesPart2.mp4</div> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> <h2 id="how_to_master_material_zones_tutorial_guide_3_of_3">How to Master Material Zones Tutorial Guide 3 of 3</h2> <div class="level2"> <ul> <li class="level1 node"><div class="li"> <strong>Content :</strong></div> <ul> <li class="level2"><div class="li"> /General/Digital Art Live/How to Master Material Zones Tutorial Guide/MasteringMaterialZonesPart3.mp4</div> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </p> </div> text/html 2022-06-22T20:03:29+00:00 /public/read_me/index/86455/start <h1 id="how_to_master_material_zonestutorial_guide">How to Master Material Zones: Tutorial Guide</h1> <div class="level1"> <p> <a href="/lib/exe/fetch.php?tok=905dfe&amp;media=https%3A%2F%2Fgcdn.daz3d.com%2Fp%2F86455%2Fi%2Fhowtomastermaterialzonestutorialguide00thumbdaz3d.jpg" class="media" target="_blank" title="https://gcdn.daz3d.com/p/86455/i/howtomastermaterialzonestutorialguide00thumbdaz3d.jpg" rel="noopener"><img src="/lib/exe/fetch.php?w=500&amp;h=650&amp;tok=01ec9d&amp;media=https%3A%2F%2Fgcdn.daz3d.com%2Fp%2F86455%2Fi%2Fhowtomastermaterialzonestutorialguide00thumbdaz3d.jpg" class="media" title="Click for original" alt="Click for original" width="500" height="650" /></a> </p> <div class="table sectionedit1"><table class="inline" style="min-width: 0px; width: 500px;"> <col style="width: 150px" /> <tr class="row0"> <th class="col0 rightalign"> Product Name: </th><td class="col1 leftalign"> <a href="https://www.daz3d.com/how-to-master-material-zones-tutorial-guide" class="urlextern" target="_blank" title="https://www.daz3d.com/how-to-master-material-zones-tutorial-guide" rel="nofollow noopener">How to Master Material Zones: Tutorial Guide</a> </td> </tr> <tr class="row1"> <th class="col0 rightalign"> Product ID: </th><td class="col1 leftalign"> 86455 </td> </tr> <tr class="row2"> <th class="col0 rightalign"> Published Artist(s): </th><td class="col1 leftalign"> <a href="https://www.daz3d.com/digital-art-live/" class="urlextern" target="_blank" title="https://www.daz3d.com/digital-art-live/" rel="nofollow noopener">Digital Art Live</a>, <a href="https://www.daz3d.com/nelmi/" class="urlextern" target="_blank" title="https://www.daz3d.com/nelmi/" rel="nofollow noopener">Nelmi</a> </td> </tr> <tr class="row3"> <th class="col0 rightalign"> Created By: </th><td class="col1 leftalign"> N/A </td> </tr> <tr class="row4"> <th class="col0 rightalign"> Release Date: </th><td class="col1 leftalign"> 2022-07-03 </td> </tr> </table></div> <!-- EDIT1 TABLE [140-489] --> <h2 id="product_information">Product Information</h2> <div class="level2"> <ul> <li class="level1"><div class="li"> Required Products: <em>None</em><br/> </div> </li> </ul> <p> Understanding Material Zones provides a whole range of possibilities to customize your existing clothing content, and they are an essential tool for content creators. In this tutorial video set, Published Artist Nelmi will show you how to master Material Zones in Daz Studio AND the applications in her content creation stack: Marvelous Designer, ZBrush, and Substance Painter. </p> <p> Nelieta (aka Nelmi) will show you this complete guide of how to create material zones so that you can: </p> <p> 1. Reuse older content (clothing and props) that can be used for dForce </p> <p> 2. Learn the process to aid you to in creating your own clothing/props </p> <p> 3. Apply multiple textures to 3D content </p> <p> 4. Understand a core and essential process for content creation in order to vend content successfully </p> <p> This is for you if … </p> <p> You are newcomer to content creation for Daz Studio </p> <p> You’d like to utilize older 3D content in your library </p> <p> You are familiar with the concept of material zones but have not explored all the options and potentials of these </p> <p> This is for you if you want to accomplish … </p> <p> Full control over your own material zones </p> <p> Saving money by reusing older content </p> <p> Using material zones in other 3D content modeling programs (eg MD/ZBrush) </p> <p> Better understanding a key foundational principal of content creation </p> <p> Tutorial Content </p> <p> Total tutorial video running time: 2 hours 58 minutes </p> <p> Introduction </p> <p> About Nelieta’s content creation background and the tools </p> <p> Marvelous Designer </p> <p> Daz Studio </p> <p> ZBrush </p> <p> Substance Painter </p> <p> Material Zones and Surfaces </p> <p> What are Material Zones? </p> <p> What are Surfaces? </p> <p> The importance of Material Zones and Surfaces in 3D Content Creation </p> <p> Material Zones in Marvelous Designer </p> <p> How to set up Material Zones in Marvelous Designer </p> <p> Working with the Property Editor in Marvelous Designer </p> <p> Setting up more than one Material Zone </p> <p> A quick look at the UV map </p> <p> Exporting the obj to Daz or other modeling programs </p> <p> Material Zones in Daz Studio </p> <p> Importing the obj into Daz </p> <p> More about the Tool Settings Pane in Daz </p> <p> Working with the newly created Material Zones (from MD) </p> <p> Renaming the Surfaces or combining surfaces </p> <p> Assigning textures to the Material Zones in the Surfaces Panel </p> <p> Assigning dForce settings to each material zone </p> <p> Advanced options in Daz Studio </p> <p> Obj with no material zones </p> <p> Importance of a Clean Mesh with Quads </p> <p> Working with the Geometry Tool in Daz </p> <p> The Geometry Tool in Daz </p> <p> Selecting Polygons to create material zones or surfaces. </p> <p> Selection Modes in the Geometery Editor Tool. </p> <p> Options in the Geometry Tool that Nelmi uses </p> <p> Creating a Loop. </p> <p> Material Zones in ZBrush </p> <p> Importing the obj into ZBrush </p> <p> Activating the Polyframe </p> <p> Polygroups and Auto Groups with UV </p> <p> Splitting into Subtools and Masking the new groups </p> <p> Create new UV map </p> <p> Export the new obj </p> <p> Problems with material zones and GOZ </p> <p> Working with Material Zones in Substance Painter </p> <p> Importing the obj into Substance Painter </p> <p> Applying textures to the surfaces </p> <p> Importance of UV Map and Surface Setup before import </p> <p> Conclusion </p> <p> Material Zones create a lot of possibilities to assign new surfaces to old clothing </p> <p> Important tool for content creators </p> <p> Texture artists need more material zones </p> <p> A worthwhile and relatively easy tool to learn </p> <p> A word of caution about creating too many material zones </p> <p> Tutorial Sample </p> <p> About the Presenter: Nelieta Van Der Merwe (aka Nelmi) </p> <p> Nelieta is a 3D content creator, born and bred in South Africa and currently based in Cordoba, Argentina. She has a formal education in Corporate Finance and worked as a Commercial Financial Director for a large steel company in a previous life. She is passionate about photography and started out in the 3D world by creating PBR textures from her own photos. That gradually progressed to Daz Iray Shaders and the creation of texture add-ons for 3D clothing and content. Learning how to make and rig 3D clothing was not an easy task, and each project is a learning curve. She likes to challenge herself and focuses on quality 3D content. </p> <p> Nelieta uses Marvelous Designer, Daz Studio, ZBrush, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Substance Painter. </p> <p> Nelieta is a firm believer of sharing one&#039;s knowledge, which is the road to empowerment. She loves traveling and exploring different cultures, watching crime movies on Netflix, and an early morning cup of coffee. She speaks three languages: Afrikaans, English, and Spanish. </p> </div> <h2 id="product_notes">Product Notes</h2> <div class="level2"> </div> <h3 id="installation_packages">Installation Packages</h3> <div class="level3"> <p> Below is a list of the installation package types provided by this product. The name of each package contains a <a href="/public/software/install_manager/referenceguide/terms/package_qualifier/start" class="wikilink1" title="public:software:install_manager:referenceguide:terms:package_qualifier:start">Package Qualifier</a>, which is used as a key to indicate something about the contents of that package. </p> <ul> <li class="level1"><div class="li"> 3 Core</div> </li> </ul> <p> <em>[ ] = Optional, depending on target application(s)</em> </p> <p> Not all installation packages provide files that are displayed to the user within the interface of an application. The packages listed below, do. The application(s), and the location(s) within each application, are shown below. </p> </div> <h3 id="additional_details">Additional Details</h3> <div class="level3"> <ul> <li class="level1 node"><div class="li"> A detailed User Guide and Tutorial can be found here:</div> <ul> <li class="level2"><div class="li"> <a href="/_media/group/read_me/staging/86455/86455-01_howtomastermaterialzonestutorialguide.pdf" class="media mediafile mf_pdf wikilink2" target="_blank" title="group:read_me:staging:86455:86455-01_howtomastermaterialzonestutorialguide.pdf" rel="noopener">86455-01_howtomastermaterialzonestutorialguide.pdf</a>}}</div> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p> <ul> <li class="level1"><div class="li"> <a href="/public/read_me/index/86455/file_list" class="wikilink1" title="public:read_me:index:86455:file_list">File List</a></div> </li> </ul> </p> </div> <h3 id="resolved_issues">Resolved Issues</h3> <div class="level3"> <ul> <li class="level1"><div class="li"> <em>None</em></div> </li> </ul> </div> <h3 id="known_issues">Known Issues</h3> <div class="level3"> <ul> <li class="level1"><div class="li"> <em>None</em></div> </li> </ul> </div> <h2 id="support">Support</h2> <div class="level2"> </div> <!-- EDIT2 PLUGIN_INCLUDE_START "public:read_me:index:start" [0-] --><div class="plugin_include_content plugin_include__public:read_me:index:start"> <div class="level2"> <p> Visit our site for <a href="http://www.daz3d.com/shop/help/help-contact-us" class="urlextern" target="_blank" title="http://www.daz3d.com/shop/help/help-contact-us" rel="nofollow noopener">technical support</a> questions or concerns. </p> </div> <!-- EDIT3 PLUGIN_INCLUDE_END "public:read_me:index:start" [0-] --></div> <div class="level2"> </div> </p> </div>