Rendering our image is the final step that we can take in ZBrush. It simply means creating as high-quality a picture of our model as possible. This can be a lot more involved than simply pressing the BPR (Best Preview Render) button in the upper right-hand corner or using the SHIFT + R shortcut. Let’s explore our rendering options in ZBrush!

Setup

Let’s use Document.NewDocument to create a new document. Since I want to be able to print this image, we are going to have to make our new document quite large. There’s a huge difference in resolution between a computer monitor and the printed page. Monitors and televisions operate at 72 DPI, or dots per inch. A standard HD display has an image ratio of 16 × 9 – that is to say, it is ...

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