Product Details

• Actors: Glen Southern
• Directors: Glen Southern
• Format: Color, Digital Sound, Special Edition, NTSC
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Studio: KURV studios
• DVD Release Date: July 18, 2005
• Run Time: 507 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000ACQKRK
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #202,128 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

About the Actor

Glen Southern - has made quite a name for himself in 3D, 2D, Painting, Design and Illustration. You would be hard to find a professional CGI site that does not have Glen's work on it somewhere. He has been a freelance CGI artist for 8 years working with LightWave 3D, ZBrush, Silo and other 2D/3D applications.

Glen has worked closely with Pixologic for five years now and has been involved as a beta tester on all major versions. When Pixologic looks for amazing art work to promote news or new software releases often they contact Glen Southern. You will also find him very interactive with the 3D community on various forums and providing free training from his site and many others.

Glen works and lives in Staffordshire in the UK and spends most of his time modeling in 3D or Sculpting with Super Sculpey. You can frequently find him online and very willing to help others.

Product Description

ZBrush 2.0 is the latest release from Pixologic and continues to be a very individual piece of software. Designed to give an artist the freedom to sculpt high-frequency detail, all the while striving to make it as intuitive as possible. ZBrush has been adopted by major 3D Studios across the world and integrated into the production pipeline. Get Into ZBrush will take the artist on a tour of the ZBrush interface and explain how each tool can fit into their workflow. Using plain, well paced narrative Glen takes the viewer, panel by panel on an eye opening exploration. Part two then moves onto a project to model a 3D head from the innovative ZSpheres onto high polygon modeling, texturing using the native mapping modes and finally onto lighting and rendering the model. There is no other software on the market today that allows you to model organic models with polygons counts reaching the million mark and this video helps you to explore it fully.

The video is aimed at people new to ZBrush and the artist that simply wants to know more. As ZBrush has so many hidden depths this title helps to how and where ZBrush can be used in a modern graphic environment.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You heard the man ! Get into it !, July 26, 2005

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Mr. C. Trott "Chris" (Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Get into ZBrush with Glen Southern (DVD)

There is no doubt about it - ZBrush is revolutionary. It's ability to bring detailed organic creation to your artistic pipeline is unrivalled. But with revolution comes the need to adapt to new ways of thinking and doing things. Without a good guide you can get lost in ZBrush pretty fast.

This DVD takes you through the whole process, from setting up the environment, demonstrating the 2D and 3D tools and techniques, and shows you how Glen goes about making his jaw dropping creations - getting you into good habits from the start.

It's a pleasure watching someone with this much talent at work, and to hear what the pro's are thinking and how they go about doing things is just as valuable as seeing how a specific tool works. It has definitely motivated me to improve my own skills.

Awesome stuff.. Thanks Glen

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Want to learn ZBrush? Buy this DVD!, May 30, 2006

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John Donivan - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Get into ZBrush with Glen Southern (DVD)

I'm fairly familiar with ZBrush, but I'm always looking for more. I've seen things by Gnomon, Digital Tutors, and more. I would agree that maybe he's not the best artist - he's plenty good enough, though. First, he speaks understandably, and he has a sense of humor, and, unlike 99% of computer manuals, he just says, "The color picker is like any color picker, we don't have to get into that." Thank you, thank you!! Most importantly, he goes through each and every control and button, in enough detail to understand them - ALL details would take 5 DVDs, of course. Not just the best ZBrush tutorial, but maybe the best tutorial of any kind I've seen. The modeling demos are good, but more importantly (as is the plan), it lets you watch him put it all together - how everything works in the real world, and in context.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best buy on the market..., February 7, 2006

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Jan Letoha "Delve into 3D! It's a whole new ... (Baxley, Georgia USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Get into ZBrush with Glen Southern (DVD)

Glen Southern is my favorite Zbrush artist. Before I ever bought Zbrush, I'd admire his paintings and wish I could come close to creating images like his. Well, guess what? With this DVD, I can! Of course, I can't do what he does nearly as well as he does (can anyone?) but this DVD has shown me so many tricks and tips that there'll be absolutely nothing that I can't create in Zbrush once I've watched these demos a few times -- and practiced till I drop, of course. If I can imagine it, I believe I'll be able to create it with Zbrush. This DVD truly opens one's eyes to what a fabulously powerful and versatile program Zbrush really is.

I've never seen any product so thorough. I think that's what impresses me the most about this DVD -- Mr. Southern covers every Zbrush graph, every tool, every icon -- nothing is a mystery after viewing this DVD. I just can't make enough positive comments about this product, and I would urge anyone who has a desire to learn Zbrush -- buy this DVD! Buy it, watch it, and keep your copy of Zbrush open so you can pause the DVD at intervals and practice what you've learned.

I have never been so pleased with any program as I am with Zbrush. Actually, I've come to the conclusion that one could conquer the world with Zbrush and Photoshop. :-) I have also never been so pleased with any teaching tool as I am with Mr. Southern's DVD. Both have truly opened my eyes to a wonderful new creative world.

Jan Letoha