ZBrush
Artists looking for a 3D modelling tool may want to take a closer look at ZBrush from Pixologic, an intuitive programme that does more than one may expect.
ZBrush is a digital sculpting tool that combines 3D/2.5D modelling, texturing and painting. This software uses technology that stores lighting, colour, material and depth information for all objects on the screen. Using the ZBrush modelling tool is more akin to sculpting when compared with traditional modelling packages.
Since its inception 10 years ago, ZBrush has evolved beyond a digital sculpting tool into a complete digital art software package. The latest version now has new powerful tools to take your art from concept to final production asset, without the need to leave the ZBrush environment.
Features
- ZMapper and Displacement Exporter allow more flexibility for exporting work, so you can easily prepare your model for 3D printing or use within any other digital application.
- There are over 30 start-up brushes to sculpt with and the ability to create an endless assortment of your own custom brushes.
- You can create realistic renders directly in ZBrush with lighting, shadows, ambient occlusions and more.
Benefits
- ZBrush has a comprehensive toolset giving you all the tools needed to quickly sketch out a 2D or 3D concept and then take that idea all the way to completion.
- It has powerful software processing, where you can sculpt and paint with millions of polygons without having to worry about purchasing expensive graphics cards.
- ZBrush has earned a solid reputation within the industry, having been used by major film and games studios for 10 years.
What's New
- ZBrush 4 introduces a brand new suite of sculpting tools including ShadowBox and Clip Brushes.
- With ZBrush 4, you can create vehicles just as fluidly as creatures, environments or characters. Sculpt anything you can imagine and then paint your work with the SpotLight PolyPainting projection system. You can now also export your work for 3D printing.
- A new animation timeline allows you to create moving turntables for your demo reel. You can animate poses, store camera positions, sync your animation to music, import audio to test blend shapes and lip sync - all within ZBrush.
- ZBrush 4 extends the flexibility of working with layers to PolyPainting which means you can now create unlimited variations of the colours painted on the model and save them along with your model.
- The new Best Preview Render option lets you render your art directly in ZBrush 4, with advanced shadows, ambient occlusion, subsurface scattering, fibers and transparency directly on the ZBrush canvas.
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