Rendering the Enforcer - ZBrush Creature Design: Creating Dynamic Concept Imagery for Film and Games - page 687

Figure 10-37: Making changes in the LightCap editor while a MatCap material is selected causes the
LightCap info to overwrite the MatCap properties automatically
Figure 10-38: The Orientation A (and Orientation B) slider allows you to rotate the texture applied to
MatCap materials so that the highlights can be properly aligned.
As for the second issue, the best way to prevent this situation form ruining your hard work is to save
often. Save your materials when you edit them and save your projects and tools as well. Mind that you do
not make changes to the LightCap editor while a MatCap material is loaded in the Material library, unless it
is your intention to use the LightCap editor to design a material.
MatCap Library
To create the materials for the metallic parts of the Enforcer, you will download some MatCap files form the
online MatCap library, save them to a LightBox folder, and then fill the surface with the material.
1. Open a web browser and go to the following URL: www.pixologic.com/zbrush/downloadcenter/lib-
rary/ . Here you will find the MatCap library. Click on the link for MatCap metal in the library interface.