How To Retopologize ANYTHING in Blender in Less Than 6 Minutes
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- Retopologize anything in Blender. In 6 minutes you'll learn Blender modeling, retopology, edge flow and more tips and tricks to create perfect topology for your 3d models. Retopology doesn't need to be hard or confusing.
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4:40 - That workflow with the multi res modifier is excellent. Thanks for these tips.
My pleasure. I'm happy you found it helpful. :)
dude same here I just had my whole world rocked. I feel silly cause I'd been re-sculpting in details on my re-topoed model like a fool who loves to waste time
Same, it's so obvious in hindsight but it never occurred to me 😂
+1 on this tip.
I would usually go from a somewhat close enough retopo-ed cage to baking displacement and/or normal maps right away… had only used shrink wrap modifiers (on 3dsmax) mostly to transfer skinning animations or just animate a lower res one to drive a higher res model.
This method though, it’s great.. and that reshape to bring it all the more closer 👌
@@Riceballer3D I was like, here come the baking taking forever joke. This is awesome.
Triangles are fine for games but when working in a studio where other people might have to use your model it's best practice to stick to quads so that people can understand your edge flow and edit the model if need be. For games polycount matters a lot. For film poly count doesn't matter. You must also make sure the model's topology allows for efficient deformations when animating.
Very true!
Poly count matters just as much in film as it does in games purely because they need to keep render times as low as possible so that they can meet deadlines.
@@XtremeSk8ter Yeah but in game it renders in real time, unlike in movies, that's why it's more important to keep it low in games. However it would be unplayable. Also fun fact, but if one frame of Avatar 2 was rendered on a normal computer 3D artists use, the frame would've taken 26 years to render
Hands down the best retopologizing tutorial on youtube, because it actually goes over the general principle instead of taking literally 1.5 hours to go over step by step for a single model. Have you ever considered a follow up UV unwrapping tutorial?
I will very likely do more of these tutorials in the near future. UV unwrapping is not the first one, but it's on the list of potential topics. :)
😂 lmao this the video I needed. Because I wanted to continue to sculpt but I already decimated the model. I’m learning as I go
I feel like he forgot to mention baking normal maps, which I strongly recommend as follow up learning. No matter how finely you divide it, this method will lose the small, fine details that your original sculpt had. Baking those details into a normal map gives you the immaculate lighting details of a sculpt with the performance and usability of the new topology
Good point. I should've mentioned that in the multires section as an alternative.
And what is the best way to avoid losses?
@@Noggi_3D, Not very clear… What would be the algorithm in this case then?
you retopo your model and then you bake your highpoly mesh on your lowpoly mesh fe in substance painter but if you plan to animate a character always retopo@@Mikhanreld
my most important take-away from this was to duplicate the retopo, use shrinkwrap and subdivs on one, apply, and then project these details onto a retopo with multires. i didn't know this was possible. this will save me so much hassle in the future.
THIS WAS SO HELPFUL. I cant even describe how nice it is to have someone concisely explain this.
Nice to know it was helpful to you. :)
You're making people think that you can actually retopologize models in less than 6 minutes.
Yeah the title has incorrect grammar for the purpose of the video lol
I think the grammar is fine, just confusing, he’s trying to say “how to remesh any model” “In 6 minutes”, meaning the video is 6 minutes
You literally broke down the entire workflow needed in one shot! Thanks!
one of the reasons I dropped my 3d modeling course is because i was never told anything about topology and always found my models looked like ass and i felt like i had to make them good from the start. Recently looking back on that I started searching things up on my own and learnt about topology in general and i think i may start learning 3d modeling again, and retopology is a big reason why
The absolute BEST retopo video I've ever seen, I know how to retopo but I always struggled on the order in which to retain original model details and this is one of the only videos I've found that covers it step by step
literally never animate my models but recently ive needed to pose them.. ive had to retopologize like 3 times in the past 6 months and always come back to this video lol thanks
Haha, good to know it's helpful to you. :)
The multires modifier with reshape blew my mind! Thanks!
Would love to see more videos on this subject from you. You explain it very well and don't waste time! I'd especially would love a more detailed explanation of edge flow.
I'm happy you like it. I might go more in depth in the future. I'll keep it in mind. :)
Have you any idea how much your comment helped me?, a year later and if not for this comment i would be lost thanks a lot man. you really helped me out
I did?@@oblivius5538
That was quite complicated because you went so fast but it was super super informative thank you!!
Imma watch again and pause a lot now!
as a blender baby who has been hacking at the program like a caveman for the past year trying to figure out retopo with literally any other video i found, this one saved my life. thank you dude. sending good vibes your way.
Glad I could help! :)
Lately I've been taking my models into gravity sketch on the oculus quest 2 for retopology and it works pretty damn good for manual retopology, clothing, and hair.
Cool! I haven't heard of that one before.
4:33 About filling area between edge flow. I'm currently search, shortcut or technics like grid or other to improve my beginner skill.
Thanks a lot for this vidéo.
It can be cool to have more small detail on this topic :)
Merci beaucoup 👍😺
love how quick and to the point this is, 10/10
Thanks for mentioning SoftWrap - its just comedic watching it work, so amazing!
Yeah, it's a really fun addon :D
This is a terrific video for everything you need to know! Wow! Spectacular!! I can't believe you completely blew my mind and saved me from going into certain beginner ruts in only 6 minutes!!! Huge time savor, you're the best! Thanks for putting in all the work!!
Haha! My pleasure. :)
4:22 very interesting topic. I will be nice to talk more about it.
Is there a more fuller version of this showing the tools and how to activate and use them more clearly anywhere?
THANK. YOU. I have been searching for a retopology video that explains whats going on, edgeflow and why it matters for so long aaaa
I'm happy it was helpful to you. :)
This one of the best videos about retopology i've ever seen. Thanks
Oh wow, such high praise. Thank you. :)
This was really helpful! Especially the magnet thing that I didn't even know it exict.
_Edit. First try was total mess, but I decided to start again and seems I learn from my earlier mistakes and it's looking very clean for now_
Nice! The second try is always miles better. :D
Amazing teacher! Thank you for sharing your workflows!
This is just what I'll need when I get further with my human model! Super helpful. :^D
Why do your new faces seem to stay on top of the model as you extrude from edges? Mine are mostly sunk inside.
maybe you gotta turn on snapping :>
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This is a brilliant tutorial
I loved it
Wow this is exactly what i need lol. I'm a beginner in 3D modeling and this is the first time im doing the "reto" so everything is very new to me. I have a few questions, im wondering if you could help me with
1. So when you finish scuplting a model, would you retopology right away or you doing the hair then retopology after finishing the hair. And do I need to retopology the outfit too?
2. The last step is very useful where you can switch between a HQ Model or a Low Rez Model, and you said it'd be useful for animations. Is it becuz in animation some scenes you need to render a HD model with full detail and some scenes you just need to render a low rez model? like the model is standing pretty far or something like that ? Like how is it useful for animations
And thank you so much for the video, it really help me alot. Also sorry for the bad english lol
1. Retopology is essentially cleaning up geometry.
Pretty much every step after sculpting can benefit from good topology in one way or another.
You can think of it like sorting Lego pieces before you put it together. Afterwards, it's way easier and faster to work with than before, when it was messy.
For clothing, I usually use poly modeling and add more detail in sculpt mode using a multires modifier to increase the clothing resolution.
2. Your example is a good one. What I mean is, that you can animate the model in Low Res Mode and when you render it, you increase the subdivision level in the Multires modifier.
This way it's not super laggy, as it would be with a very high amount of geometry.
Hope this helps. :)
That SoftWrap tool certainly surprised me.
It's really cool. Especially after retopologizing a few characters. :)
You missed a pretty important detail. I can't get any of my retopology to actually be visible while working with the main model. On curved surfaces the new faces almost exclusively render inside of the model.
You're right! You can enable "In Front" in Properties Window > Object Properties > Viewport Display. Now they will always be in front of the sculpt. I would recommend enabling "Backface Culling" in the Viewport Shading settings as well.
Hello im new to your lessons. Yes please create more like this. Someone mentioned (Baking), Is this step critical znd is it possible to continue this course explaing why or why not, thanks!
2:18 how do you keep the plane from clipping through to the underside of the mesh object?
Great tips. You make it look so easy!
Ok, i got a huge problem. Say im trying to retopo a sword. How do i add vertz on sharp edges? The verts will clip though to the other side
I don't know how other artists do it but personally I don't sculpt obvious hard surface models like sword shield, guns etc, instead i do the traditional poly modelling. For organic models i go for the sculpting technique.
Is there a benefit to fixing the topology rather than just UV unwrapping the complex model and baking the normals onto a low poly render?
Very concise and informative, thanks for the video!
What's the difference between multirest technique and baking normal for details?
With Multires you add the details to the model. With Baking, you save the details separately as a texture map.
@@Noggi_3D Ahhh, makes sense. Thanks a lot!
ok I had my doubts on how helpful it would be since i hate manual retopology but this makes me feel like i could do it now. So thanks :)
I like to compare it to a math formula. Once you understand all the variables, you can use it for everything. :)
thank you so much for this video. its really helpful.
I'm glad you found it helpful. :)
@@Noggi_3D but topology is kinda difficult task for me😥
wow this explained wverything so well. thank you ❤
will you please please please do a tutorial on how to reuse old topology from another model this whole process just takes way too long! great video by the way thanks for making it!
especially face topology! thanks for reading!
and what target do I choose on the shrink-wrap ?
If you turn on cycles you can bake the multi res texture in to the low poly model no?
Would like to see a longer 1 hour video or multi part series of you explaining this slower and more of a walk through tutorial.
I did a retopology stream on my Live Channel a while ago. It's called "Blender Retopology - The Technique For PERFECT Topology" It only covers the first part of this video, but maybe it's helpful to you :)
how did you make your face appear pink in the viewport? that's really useful to not get flipped normals.
When moving components with the "Snap to face" mode enabled, what you want it to do (be it faces, verts or edges), the points in the selection should snap to the face surface.
But it snaps the center of the face, or the center of the edge to the faces, leaving the points floating inside or outside the model, and you got to swith to point mode and jiggle them all into position. Not a nice workflow at all, or did I miss something? In Maya for example, you move an edge and the points will follow the surface.
I also found that I got allot of double transformations, like I move the edge but it was flying around violently all over the place instead of finding the model under the mouse cursor. I couldn't figure out what was causing that so I gave up on Blender for this task.
You can change the snapping method in the snapping settings. I'd guess it was set to "Snap to Center" instead of "Closest".
In most cases my settings are:
Snap to -> Face Project
Snap with -> Closest
Target Selection -> Active, Edited, Non-Edited
Project Individual Elements ✅
Affect -> Move, Rotate, Scale
Hope this helps. :)
Thanks a lot!!) It was really helpful!
as a person who dont want (and unable to) spend $100-3999 over 3d software/addons this really helpful. thanks^^
Yeah, the costs can stack up pretty rapidly. :D
Sick work! I loved the way you explained everything. So precise! I bet you put a lot of work into scripting the video and of course the work itself! Sorry man, but I really appreciate the sheer flow in this!
Thank you! :D
This was insanely helpful! Thank you so much :D
Is there a way to ensure that all of the faces are still planar? Or does this not really matter.
Thank you so much for this video. You have no idea how much it has helped me
My pleasure. :)
I have a question for 5:47 which model would I use for animating???
this is why i just dont sculpt and just immediately go in vertex by vertex, following topology rules from the start, retopologizing sounds like a nightmare haha
Where can I find the full body model you used
Thanks!
No thank you! :D
When I use shrinkwrape and copy your settings some parts stick to each others... what should I do about it?
im still stuck on getting the plane to snap all verts to the surface of the target mesh :(
it never works
at 5:21, how did you make the retopo model grayed out and transparent while leaving the hig res model at full opacity?
what if I want to make this animation ready would this help?
Broo 🔥 this one helped a lot❣️
Broooo thank you so much for this! So succint but informative at the same time!
Happy to hear that. :)
So we dont gave to use normala maps for details?
unfortunately the link for human retopo reffs doesnt work for me, could you reshare it?
btw awesome video!
The video was amazing , I just understand why we duplicated the retope model ? The one we you reshaped it , why you didn’t use the one we retoped ? Which version should you use ? The duplicated one ?
If you duplicate it, you have a backup if something goes wrong.
But you can also, instead of the subdivision modifier, use a multiresolution modifier. Then you increase the subdivision levels in the multires modifier and apply the shrinkwrap modifier.
This way you don't have to transfer the shape of the subdivided model to the multires model.
Thank you very much for the video, I may start sculpting now!
You should try it at least once. It's my favorite 3D modeling technique. :)
I must've done something wrong. When I go to Reshape, it keeps saying "Object does not have the same number of vertices."
Edit: Nevermind. I just duplicated the model after with the 2 modifiers, deleted the modifiers on the duplicate, and replaced them with the Multires modifier before applying on the original and reshaping.
Yup, that's how I do it too.
when i add a plane and start moving it along the mesh it just sinks under the mesh and i cant see the face anymore, on the video for you they just stay on the surface and you can see them and click them why do my faces just sink in 2:09
Many thanks dude, saved my poor head
I always use normals, had no idea about the reshape with multires. Haha... Thanks.
It's really useful, not just for retopology. :)
@@Noggi_3D can you suggest me any good paid online course about geometry nodes in blender 3.1.2? I learned geometry nodes from youtube but the latest update changed it all and now I am back to zero. Or maybe you start a playlist on it. hehe...
Is anyone else having issues with the last part? It won't let me reshape
you got a new subscriber, if you could do rigify in this way and also highlight the regular pitfalls to avoid that would be awesome.
Unfortunately, I don't use the advanced Rigify rig. I just use the basic one before you convert it. So I don't have a lot of experience with it. :D
The last step (shrink wrapping the retopo modelled onto the high-res model) was a very nifty trick! Just wanted to know can't you achieve similar results by baking the high-res on the recently retopo'd model? Or is there a specific reason why that as opted instead of the conventional normals?
Baking the high rez model onto the low rez model requires you to transfer the shape of the high rez model to the low rez model, so that the multires modifier can store the displacement in a map. Shrinkwrapping is the best way that I know to do that. But you can skip the "reshape" step at the end and apply the shrinkwrap modifier to the multires model. :)
Props for outlining the methods for making a topology - reusing an existing good topology wasn't even mentioned by any other tutorial I watched so far.
Also, nobody so far mentioned the vertices snapping to faces feature that makes the manual retopo flow make much more sense.
However, I have to downvote for the silence behind and inclusion of the mystery topology diagrams that keep appearing whenever I look up topology. Nobody explains them, nobody says why they are the only way to connect different amounts of faces together, and they don't make sense to someone who wants to make a usable model out of a sculpt without going through the math and theory of "good topology".
With diagrams, do you mean the images showing how you can reroute edge flow?
You don't need to do math, to do retopology.
The best way to learn what good topology looks like is by retopologizing yourself with some reference images.
Good luck. :)
@@Noggi_3D These diagrams keep showing up in videos without any comment. This was the first time it was mentioned that they can be used for edge flow routing, but then how does it play into the divide and conquer strategy?
@@Solusarian For some areas of the body (e.g. top of the head), you can't just create straight edge flows. In these cases, you would use these techniques to keep the geometry as even as possible.
It's hard to explain. You'll run into it when you reteopologize yourself, and then it will make sense.
@@Noggi_3D After bashing my head against it, and trying to mesh the edge flows together manually, I can finally admit it that it makes more sense. Especially the divide and conquer part, and having the loops start and end with triangles part.
I decided to invest in the QuadRemesher plugin, but it still needs some knowledge and coercing to generate good edge flows where needed.
@@Solusarian Nice to hear (or read) that. Retopology is just something you have to do to understand it fully. 👍
Can you add stuff on the object after you have Retopologiezed, like hair and other details or should I add that beforehand?
I recommend doing it afterwards. :)
Thank you so much omfg I needed this.
I'm happy it was helpful to you. :)
@@Noggi_3D yeah, I had this model that has a ton of faces and complicated shapes. I ignored that, but I needed to make a new UV Map and that was just down right impossible until I found this video. Thanks again!
@@gabbls_ Sometimes I just use "Smart UV Project" to create a crappy uv map on unretopologized models, but doing retopology beforehand is definitely better.
how do u color the planes (like how is urs pink)
I'm looking for a good tutorial on retopology, not one that lasts 6 minutes and speeds it up, I even found one of 56s... if you have any ideas, I'm interested, I've searched a lot but I can't find anything conclusive.
can you use this model for texturing as well? in the process wouldn't you have to first apply the multires modifier?
What is that music? I know it, but I don't remember from where. It's driving me nuts
Hello! I have a bear sculpt I did and I can't comb my fur (hair particle system) without it freezing for six seconds. Do I have to retopologise as it's a detailed sculpt? Thanks
I don't think the surface density affects the particle performance that much. (I could be wrong) Maybe reducing the amount of children while combing or reducing the strand steps in the viewport might help. :)
thanks
how do you have the face with a offset to be aboard te body without directly touch it ?
I enabled "In Front" in the Object Properties -> Viewport Display Settings of the retopo mesh. :)
2:18, how you do that
I extrude the edge with snapping enabled. :)
Great video
Thanks! :)
SO for some reason I can't install the quad remesher addon. I get no error message and blender even says its installed but when I search for it, its no where to be found. Any advice??
I've never used the Quad Remesher addon, sorry.
awesome..
When i click "with automatic weights" my blender crashes :( do u think retopology will help me add rig ? or maybe there is something i have to do with mesh before adding rig? i did exactly like u showed
Yes. Retopology will help a lot with rigging. :)
I'm stuck at the first step. The snapping tool randomizes the rotation, direction and scale instead of adjusting it.
Weird. Do you have random proportional editing enabled? :D
@@Noggi_3D The hell is random proportional editing?
Damn, thats good vid
Good gawd man just use speed retopo with bsurface, it's a thousand times faster
Depends on what you need. Sometimes Topology needs to be clearly laid out.
This video helped me alot. But i have 1 question how do i export the repologized model with low poly but higher details. Because when i export or apply the multires the topology goes back to the mess again
I assume with "mess" you mean high density. To have a low resolution model, but keep the finer details, you can bake the multiresolution displacement into a texture.
If you want to have the details be part of the model, I guess the best way to go would be to find the multiresolution level that is the best mix between low density and high detail and apply that level of the modifier.
in 3.0 you can bake with cycles from multires. I will never understand why blender don't go with the industry standard, with sublevels, which can be imported and exported with FBX natively.
Let's hope they will add that at some point. :)
I'm kinda old and out of the loop (went to school for this stuff in like 2004 - then joined the Army lol) but why don't people just start with a low poly version, subdivide, then sculpt? Wouldn't that alleviate the need to retopologize? (EDIT: I'm here because youtube recommended the video and I've been dabbling in blender a bit recently - grew up with 3ds Max and Maya - most of my experience is from being a child through college years - so I dunno whats going on anymore)
That's what you do when you already have a low poly model. Retopology is basically the process of creating that low poly model. :)
man blender is so hard i still have alot to learn and even i didn't decide what to go for yet, i think i'm going for commercial stuff but i need to learn many things i guess things like animation 3d modeling.... i think i'm going to learn photoshop for now 😂💔
I started with digital painting in Photoshop, before I learned Blender. It's a good way to start. :)
What's your opinion on using Quad Remesher (Exoside) for videogame characters?
Absolutely awesome video btw.
Kind regards :)
Thanks! I think you can use it for meshes that aren't the focus of the scene. Stuff like rocks, walls and props in general. Once the mesh is supposed to deform in a certain way I would retopo manually. :)
may i ask if retopologize the model can be made for better model like i made the less poly model then i made the detailed model as an image that be lashed on the low poly model so that the low poly model has the high detailed (5 million poly) working in a game .. hope you answer my question soon and thank you
Yes, you can "bake" the high detail mesh, and apply it to the low res model. Multiresolution baking might be what you're looking for. :)
@@Noggi_3D thank you very much
With all the tech we have today, I honestly thinking retopping by hand is a hyuge waste of time, even tho it is yet the best sure way of doing it :p
Yeah, to be 100% safe, you still need to do it yourself. Fortunately there are some tools to speed up the process. :)