ZBrush 2025 Redshift Guide - Scene Setup, Materials, Lighting and Rendering

Master Redshift rendering in ZBrush 2025 through this comprehensive video tutorial that walks through essential setup and advanced techniques. Learn scene configuration, renderer activation, and floor/camera settings before diving into material assignments using Polypaint and Colorize. Explore rendering features like region selection, surface smoothing, dynamic subdivision, and lighting control. Discover how to work with HDRI panoramas, shadow catchers, and reflection settings while optimizing render quality through denoising and progressive iterations. Get hands-on guidance for creating and saving custom materials, implementing depth of field effects, and understanding SSS and emissive properties. Conclude with practical knowledge of animated camera renders and project management, complete with detailed timestamps for easy navigation through specific topics.

Syllabus

- Intro
- Scene setup
- Turning on Redshift Renderer in ZBrush
- Floor Settings
- Camera Settings and saving cameras
- Assigning Floor materials
- Assigning color to objects with Polypaint & Colorize
- Render Region and pause render
- Redshift Properties Smooth surface
- Control loops and Dynamic Smooth
- Crease and Dynamic SmoothSubdiv
- Turning off ZBrush default light
- Use Default Panorama on and off
- ZBrush Lights, Shadows & Settings
- Document background
- Image Size & Zoom
- Redshift Default Panorama
- Custom and Lightbox HDRI Panorama .exr files
- Background Settings - Gamma, Exposure & Rotate
- Floor Plane Shadow Catcher
- Geometry Plane Shadow Catcher
- Add Reflections to Shadow Catcher
- Render Recall
- Bucket Render Denoising, Quality & Error Threshold
- Progressive Rendering & Progressive Iterations
- Saving custom Redshift Materials
- Depth of Field
- Redshift Polypaint Materials vs Preset Materials
- Redshift Material Settings
- SSS Material Settings
- Emissive Emission Settings
- Timeline Movie Animated Camera Render
- Saving Project and Render Settings