LogInThe new version of the software comes with new and improved sculpting tools, includes two new options for ZRemesher, and integrates Redshift Bridge.
Maxon has announced the release of the long-awaited ZBrush 2023, an upgraded version of the company's digital 3D software for sculpting, modeling, and painting. According to the team, the update brings new and enhanced workflows and enables 3D Artists and Digital Sculptors to create high-quality renders directly in ZBrush.
The highlight of the update is the integration of Redshift into ZBrush, allowing one to render projects directly within the software. Redshift for ZBrush supports Standard, MatCap, and Redshift materials for increased realism. What's more, you can now apply ZBrush native filters to your finished render, just as if it was a ZBrush render.
The update also brings several new and improved sculpting tools, adding the Slime Bridge menu to Tool Palette, the Picker option to Sculptris Pro, the Mask Region menu added to Masking, and the Apply Last Action to All Subtools and Folders option to the Subtool palette.
ZBrush's ZRemesher has also been updated, receiving two new options – Retry, which enables one to store and compare the results of different settings on things like topological order and construction and Keep PolyPaint, which allows one to seamlessly project the existing color onto newly constructed meshes.
And here's the full list of ZBrush 2023's features
Added:
- Apple Silicon support. ZBrush will now run natively on those devices, generally improving performance.
- Redshift Bridge now included with ZBrush.
- Redshift Materials added to ZBrush Material palette.
- Save and Save Next added to File menu, to the Project file menu and the Tool menu.
- Slime Bridge menu added to Tool Palette.
- Retry and “Keep Polypaint” added to ZRemesher menu.
- Picker option added to Stroke> Sculptris Pro. This functions similarly to the Dynamesh resolution picker.
- Mask Region menu added to Tool> Masking.
- Create (Unwrap) options added to Tool > UV Map.
- Apply Last Action to All Subtools and Folders added to the Subtool palette.
Modified:
- Local Symmetry (L.Sym) is now controlled by the Gizmo manipulator center, allowing for symmetrical operations even after a mesh has been rotated off-axis.
- ZRemesher now caches data which improves performance in certain situations when using it repeatedly on the same mesh. This will be most effective on higher-resolution meshes.
- General ZRemesher performance improvements.
- Shift-clicking with the Gizmo manipulator on a vertex will now center the camera on that vertex similar to the ZModeler “Set Camera Perpendicular” feature.
ZBrush 2023 is available as a free upgrade for subscribers and a paid upgrade for perpetual license owners, you can learn more and purchase the new version here.
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