Sneak peek #2 of ZBrush 4R2

[Pixolator]

Hi :)

I'm very excited to share with you the second sneak peek of ZBrush 4R2! (ZBrush 4 Release 2)

The previous sneak peek (http://www.zbrushcentral.com/showthread.php?t=127664) showcased the new and improved BPR renderer that has been updated to a full 32-bits floating-point HDR pipeline.
With Z4R2 you will be able to render high quality images while utilizing improved materials, lights, and environment mapping.

Z4R2 packs significant, new features, as well as major enhancements throughout ZBrush.
I do believe ZBrush 4R2 will enable you to be more creative and productive than ever before.

We will be posting more information upon our return from SIGGRAPH.
For now, enjoy this pre-Siggraph preview.





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We will be unveiling Z4R2 at SIGGRAPH 2011 (http://ugm.pixologic.com/registration/1108-Siggraph/) in Vancouver.
To see everything that Pixologic has planned for SIGGRAPH and to sign up for your complimentary guest pass, click here (http://ugm.pixologic.com/registration/1108-Siggraph/).


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ZBrush 4R2 will be released for both Win & Mac on 9/20/11! (September 20th, 2011) .
All registered users of the current version, including those who purchase between now and the release of ZBrush4R2, will receive the new version as a free upgrade.



Have Fun ZBrushing,

-Pixolator

note: "Anatomy Study" model courtesy of Intervain (http://mdadela.com). "Hero" model courtesy of bLawless (http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zb_user_thumbs.php?u=68875) .
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[magalhaes]

Mind = Blown.

Can't wait.

[patokali]

WOW!!! This amazing! :D

[jeffro864]

Awesome stuff. Can't wait for more at Siggraph.

[Alex S.]

I just realized my mouth was open through entire video.. :eek:

[NanoPixol]

Can't Wait!

[loki_22]

aaalllrriiigghhttt!!! :D

[bakednormals]

oh my god. are thos boolean style operations I see?

[jinchoung]

what

the

hell

??!?!?!?!

i don't even understand what's going on... do we have sculptris functionality embedded in zb now? with "perma uv"? daaaaaayuuummm...

and what's with all those curve to geometry operations? fffffuuuuuuu

and those crazy ass booleans???

woooooooooooow

jin

[loki_22]

I need to say this one more time! HOLY CRAP!!! :eek:

[manzarek123]

Sculptris sculpting type in ZBrush baby!

[SpaceMan]

Man this is awesome :cool::tu::tu::tu:
Did I see the background moving towards the end?

[Fernando Kuhlmann]

I'm just speachless......
Jaw dropping stuff!
Luv you so much Pixologic :tu::tu::tu::tu::tu:

[Gedn]

:D
No words to describe except, eager!!!
bring on 9-20!!

[Mahlikus The Black]

I am almost speechless!
I am seeing things here that I have been waiting and asking for since 1.55b!
I almost wanna cry!

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!

[kanishk2391]

Did I just see some sculptris kinda stuff in zbrush???? :eek: :eek:

[Sindo]

amazing

[Interu2x]

Zbrush wants to make me crazy!!!

[Teyon]

I'm blown away. My only concern is how easy it is to learn the new features - there's things Z4 does that I still haven't mastered yet! Looking forward to more info and the release!

[selahpoetic]

Crazy...nuff said.

[demonfetus]

...and there was much rejoicing!

[Christian Michelin]

Hve you guys noticed that new Noisemaker ...
You now define what seems to be both polypainting fillings with matching surface noise....its very exciting.:tu:

[TroyRichardson]

I'm blown away. My only concern is how easy it is to learn the new features - there's things Z4 does that I still haven't mastered yet! Looking forward to more info and the release!And my concern is that they won't add *folders* and *Texture/PolyPaint Layers*:idea:

[SolidSnakexxx]

Way awesome! You guys never ceased to amaze me....

[nickz]

Yeah!!!!!!! GoZ GoZ GoZ!!! Great stuff!!! Love the new geo creation and Boolean operations. Really, your only limitation is your imagination.

Peace-NickZ.

[Nancyan]

Now I'll never get to sleep....:lol:

[Mahlikus The Black]

Now I'll never get to sleep....:lol:
RIGHT?!

I'm playing in Z as I write this...so to speak.
What a great bunch of new features. I can't wait to play!

I too would like folders and things but, in time. Right now, this new stuff
it just plain awesome!

[guilhermeluccas]

amazing

[SolidSnakexxx]

One item on my wish list is the ability to cut a Mesh has finally come true... But it would be extra nice if when you cut there's an option to (Choose and) make the wedge/hole shapes so when parts get printed, they can be re-fit together...easily.

[uaun]

what the heck did I just see in that video, did I see what I think I saw, WHOA!!!! super-whoa! really hope the OSX version ships alongside the Win version(please, oh please Pixo :-)

[cmoffitt]

Um..... holy hell.

[alterton]

HOLLY SH!T!!!! Unbelievable!!! I want it!!! I want it!!! when is coming out??????

[SeanJM]

alterton: Sept 20th

I'm impressed, if Sculptris type sculpting is in ZBrush--we can now expect huge polygon counts. That is going to be awesome. :-)

[nezumi]

This is really mind blowing. I feel sorry for mudbox and 3dcoat :lol: There is simply one sculpting app that counts. ZBrush. Call me funboy :cool:

[hemant.dangare]

wow!!

[cherub_rock]

Great! :tu:

[Daemon3d]

Freaking awesome! :tu:

[AjdinBarucija]

Finally you guys changed the lighting!! FINALLY! =)
Lets hope other bugs are fixed also =)

[maya1992]

:D Holy.... wow

where is my Jaw?

I Love you love love love you Pixologic

Cheers!

[DMerchen]

Wow!! This simply amazing!! I love the previews you guys put together. So much amazing stuff being shown here!!

[soulty666]

This was a nice thing to wake up to. Im looking forward to trying the HDR lighting. All the rest was a bit overwhelming to take in. Is there a list of the new features somewhere?

Love the free upgrades too.:D

[adi3199]

Holy Mother of all that is good and pure... Did I just witnessed the best software in the whole world or what??? :eek::eek::eek::eek:

[Skelton2000]

I love it !! My hat goes up for the Zbrush team, always raising up the bar for the benefit of all of us Zbrush users.:D :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu:

[koshey]

That was pretty great. One thing though i don;t think that sculptris like sculpting was done with UV's it was just a material. You can see it later when they cycle through them.

[jmenna]

Booleans :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

Looks GREAT!

[Christian Michelin]

That was pretty great. One thing though i don;t think that sculptris like sculpting was done with UV's it was just a material. You can see it later when they cycle through them.Those are not materials,they seem to be new Noise presets that include polypainting curves to match the noise.

[Ghostman_]

Neat! :D

[renthehungry]

Yippieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee !!!!!:D:D:D

[Polygnome]

WOW... can't wait to try those new features my self!

[asecbrush]

Looks amazing !!! :tu:

[Jawadh]

FANTABULOUS....i cant wait for it to be released....

[Pedro Toledo]

Ok! Now you did it :)

[hirnlaich]

Woooooooooooow :D

[sculptor.zb]

WOW!!! SIMPLY AWESOME!! :eek: :tu:

PIXOLOGIC ROXS ;)

[rodrigocosta]

I love you pixologic.

[Nimrail]

Oh my God! :eek:

[klausknuth]

... and it's free, free, free, baby! :lol:

[allaze-eroler]

oh f****** ! these new features about sculpting will be definitly better than the zsphere 2.0 system ! :D

[jpvikholm]

Fine Sneak Peek - as always. Just when I was happy with ZBrush You Make it even better... not fair :D ... now I just can't wait.

[Antimorph]

Thanks again. :tu: :tu:

[lordsithsp]

Impressive!

[michalis]

Interesting!!!
One thing though...
What will happen with the not-so-clever-bridge this time? :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Eraserhead]

That was incredible! I'm so stoked to see what appears to be voxel sculpting! and the ability to arbitrarily cut holes into the mesh! Big bucket of win!

[cresshead]

fantastic video, looking forward to more amazing tools and work flows from Zbrush

[squidinc]

awesome as always :)

[michalis]

Watching closely.
What do we see? Booleans (meaning some topology) or voxels (needs retopology) ?
I don't see any mapping on these. Especially on the building like. A cubic projection of a texture only.
3DCoat, someone even felt pity for this app, does it, years now, easier and with better texturing. But you need to retopo this building, meaning.... better model it in a decent classic application from scratch. Even there, to UV such constructions, isn't the easiest, lot of islands, unfortunately.
Once again, no news for retopo tools. Something easy and clever I mean.

Waiting and always loving zbrush.

[Scythe]

Mind-blowingly jaw-dropping stuff. I absolutely can't wait to get my hand on that :D
The more I see, the more I believe god used Zbrush when he created the earth :lol:

[keremcg]

awsomeeee :)

[DBriggs]

The new geometry creation and boolean tools look awesome. I'm excited to see more.


-Dbriggs



www.3dbriggs.com

[lazy noob]

:eek: great!!!

9/20/11! cant wait

[Omen D3]

Just take my money already, even though its free. TAKE MY MONEY anyway.

Cant wait.

[AndreaF]

with production in mind, the feature I really need is vector displacement extraction. Mudbox displacement is now much better than zbrush,
it extract vector displacement but even the standard displacement extraction is better.
Zbrush really needs to improve in this area, I really dislike doing all the work with zbrush but having to exctact the maps with other applications.
Also polypaint layers woud be very useful.
Considering how many features zbrush is now packed with, a little interface cleanup would be useful, I miss v3 sometimes, less buttons!

And yes, 64 bit support, it's about time.

[NewmanD]

Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :tu:

[Ralramahi]

WHaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!! :eek:
That was a rush! So many new additions....Cant Wait to get my hands on it.
Pixologic made this world a better place :)

[kilik128]

:D biger color picker !

[Francesco Mai]

I see an incrementation of voxel sculpting this time...Maybe the future of digital sculpting is a mix of voxel and polygons technique....

Sure I am not the only one who wishes the 64 bit support...And also a 2.5 D
better engine..But for this feature maybe I am the only one.:rolleyes:

[SpiritDreamer]

No ..You are not alone in your wishes and thoughts...Because I feel exactly the same way..:D

[campi]

Does that mean our modelers give me decimated meshes of buildings now as well to uv and texture :) ? Oh.

[Francesco Mai]

@SpiritDreamer

Ok,now we are in two...Come on,who want to join the "2.5 D better rendering engine" group?Francesco Mai and SpiritDreame are the Founding Fathers...any follower are welcome!:cool:

[NoobVee]

So there is no still development on retopology tool?

[pille]

u did it again pixologic...im so excited

[VictorCS]

This software keeps improving, looks great. :D

[Tranguz]

Amazing! Can't wait...

[punchatz]

That is truly amazing... It looks like a good deal of my ZB wishes are coming true.
Great work Pixo and team!!
Greg

[gwainbarek]

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[Dmonk]

The was awesome I don't even understand half of what I just watched.

[Eiad]

amazing :D

[Pro4210]

So there is no still development on retopology tool?

The new developments look great but this is the one I'm waiting for, the one that keeps stopping me from finishing models because it's so damn tedious.

Bolean operations look awesome though.

[TexelArt]

Simply amazing ... my jaw dropped :eek:
Thank you Pixologic :tu:

[tokio]

OMG !!!!! Awesome as always // arhhhh...hhh :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu:

[digitalpunk]

There looks to be some amazing additions, though it was abit like
WOW brain can't register so much awesomeness :lol:

In saying that. There are features that Zbrush is crying for when it comes to production, which havent been hinted at.
No 64bit...no linux version... where is vector displacement and Ptex...
and Im sorry but the retop tools in Zbrush are awful and clunky.
(3d Coat is light years ahead in that department.

Really looking forward to getting my hands on it.... just hope Pixologic has a nice suprise for us come release (ie the above features) :)

[Gary Komar]

on the seventh day he created ZB and then there was light !!!!!!!!!!! :D

[ArtBot]

Awesome!!!

For those of us not able to attend Siggraph this year, could you please videotape sessions at the booth and post them online here? They do that every year on C4D's Cineversity and it is extremely helpful.

Thanks

[Sparky3d]

Wooooooow Nice :D

[goldo_O]

Holy smokes! I need to process what I just watched. :eek:

[Sathanael]

Wow indeed mindblowing, didnt understand half of that prolly going to watch it again :) However is there confirmation that this release will support 64bit?? cuz they will be the biggest let down if it doesnt. Also a better way to paint on UVs would be appreciated, mudbox does it with layers : /

[fogr]

God save pixologic

[moonlitmaverick]

looks interesting. wondering what the section on the Anatomical sculpt was for? I mean it was masking, some inflate and polypainting with red color. Seemed like regular Z Stuff to me. Did anyone figure out if there was a new feature in that part.

The building type model had booleans in it I guess, could be useful for hard surface stuff. But it used a lot of transpose, and was played real fast. Didn't seem to be using subtools, seemed like blocks and cylinders were being added to the same tool on the fly. Couldn't see the subtool menu.

Didn't get what was new in the material section TBH. Procedural maybe?

There definitely is some Sculptris type feature there at the beginning.

Zspheres or Zsketching is getting a boost. i like that part.

no retopology features....retopology is a hurdle for me in 3D:cry:

[markkens]

Absolutely perfect for...Christmas!:D

[cron64]

mind blowing !! :eek:

[phrenzy84]

Im so excited, sculptris style is gonna be awesome. There will be so many ways to generate geometry in zbrush. And having Zbrush brushes combined with adaptive tessellation is gonna be amazing.

HDR and rendering i think is gonna be more useful than we think, especially if it is relatively easy to use and combined with the timeline will be awesome.

I just HOPE we will see a little production focused additions in the form of vector displacements, ptex and the ever elusive 3d uv painting. oh i hope.

[Sriprem]

WOW!!! This amazing!

[arsan]

looks interesting. wondering what the section on the Anatomical sculpt was for? I mean it was masking, some inflate and polypainting with red color. Seemed like regular Z Stuff to me. Did anyone figure out if there was a new feature in that part.


Not sure,but maybe they fixed cavity masking in brush options.

[pimeto]

Finally, you fixed the cavity masking....lol, what an update!

[slickytom]

Interesting. The beginning part looks like the inverse of shadow box. Instead of dealing with masks on the outside of shadow box, it looks like you can manipulate the model inside ... pushing it and pulling it to reveal more of the defined resolution shadow box space.

The sketch and add clay feature looks pretty cool too! If this is version 2 of the zsphere sketch I hope the current way still exists but with the ability to create smoother zsketches without having to smooth them out manually each time, which is very tedious.

[Zeddicus]

The boolean style operations seem to be done with new brushes that are primitives (cylinder, sphere, and champhered cube are seen) and allow you to both add and subtract new geometry. I also see a curves brush that lets one create new geometry from nothing, or from a polymesh, using masks or a defined curve, all as if it were truly clay. The new slice brush will be very nice and seems to work the way a lot of folks expected the clipping brushes to when they were first introduced. Some kind of procedural material and/or texture generator is in there. The mapping on the little castle looks planar (distorts on the sides) so perhaps there are some UV/texturing improvements, also welcome. Also looks like support for HDR maps has been added, not just background plates, with an ability to tweak the resulting IBL to your hearts content. Cavity masking appears to work properly (with some enhancements perhaps?) too. Amazing!

Sadly I see very little that hints they've added any of the commonly requested features (ptex, vertex maps, better retopo, 64 bit, etc) but I will keep my figers crossed anyways. The focus as always appears to be on easily creating geometry from scratch, something ZB has always excelled at. For that I have to tip my hat to Pixologic, whose updates never fail to impress, and all for free no less.

[Zeddicus]

That was supposed to say vector maps, as in vector displacement. What can I say? I'm too excited to type I guess. ;)

[BJPentecost]

I am so excited it's painful. :D <3 Zbrush.

[Muddpitt]

Attention to the competition......the noise has just been brought:D

[TheCelt]

Excellent to see the nice updates to Z4! I can't wait!

I hope 64-bit is coming soon too!?


Finally, you fixed the cavity masking....I REALLY hope so! :)

[pabgo]

so... beautiful

[shulinchung]

This is EPIC! Thank you, Pixologic!
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What's the music in the video?
I hope it will be included in Z4R2!!! :lol:

[G_I_B_B_O_N]

The boolean and slice operations look pretty epic so far. That alone is gonna help things a ton. I'm definately looking forward to seeing this stuff at Siggraph.

I'll harp "quietly this time" once again that Z is dying for the continually asked for enhancements: 64bit, vector disp, ptex, Proper paint layers, UI facelift, folders, etc.

Admittedly its a pain to go to other programs for retop, but it seems that every program (except Z) does at least a passable job at retopology: 3d Coat, Topogun, XSI, 3ds Max. I don't know blender, but my buddy's shown me that even that handles retop not bad. I'm so used to using other apps for retop that I don't care at this point.

Don't wanna complain too much because this looks like a nice update so far, but we have to keep harping on this stuff or Pixologic will think we don't care.

[shulinchung]

Finally, you fixed the cavity masking....lol, what an update!Is cavity masking currently broken?
I always had trouble enabling auto cavity masking under brush menu. I thought that's just me.
However, the cavity mask button under the tool/mask sub menu works fine for me......

[ItbeRufus]

There is some really amazing stuff here that will make product development pipelines lightning fast. Can't wait to get my hands on this!!

[F i L]

This looks epic!

Do my eyes lie, or am i looking at Sculptris tech inside Zbrush!? I guess we all knew it was coming, but still.. HELL YEAH!!
Sculptris Tech + Booleans + (the new curve stroke thing) = awesomeness in the raw.
I don't want to jump the gun though, so i'll leave my fingers crossed for now ;)

PS. These features are awesome looking, truly, however i really hope we can get a correct trackball camera in R2.

[A.Ramazanov]

Is it going to finally get a 64 bit version?

[Piotr Słomowicz]

Looks really interesting, I find myself hating subdivision surfaces lately so everything that allows me to start model in Zbrush is really welcome.

[hemin]

I can't express enough excitement!! :tu: :tu:

[joe55]

looks amazing, lets hope we dont have to hit a series 20 buttons to make any 1 of those things happen

[holyenigma74]

pretty cool, but the zbrush interface still stinks(too confusing and complicated),
oh.. and its too expensive.
(would be nice if they had a stripped down slim version, with just the essentials lots of the fluff removed for less $ and have the extras as a pack that you could buy and install,
So people could buy it in sections/parts..
base program.. then later "plugins/extras" whatever.. as they need them)

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i'm gonna keep harping on the interface until they give an alternate interface option. its atrocious IMHO.

[Gedn]

Its not THAT expensive imho

[Butch007]

...Ok, I hope there's an option to switch to Maya navigation in there somewhere.

[Butch007]

Does this mean ZSpheres are dead?

[Skadalilama]

Winning!

[Abdullah Naeem khan]

I think we dont need anyother tool in near future..... Z brush would be all in all ;), amazing amazing tool:)

[Toddd]

looks really good, and finally a release date!



Still shocked to see users flogging the "interface issue"-- with a minimal amount of time you can learn your way around.

[obzerv]

WOW WOW WOW!!! the new features look AWESOME!!!
Going to find it even harder to sleep now lol

[Marofa]

really cool! just hope that this one will support vector displacement

[ctedin1]

Jaw dropped. Picked it up off the floor. Then realized that there is no retopo tool. Oh well. It's still a free upgrade, which is fabulous. I guess I still have 3D Coat for retopo and UV unwrapping and Zbrush for just about everything else.
Great jorb, guys.

[3DTrainer]

Pixologic never stops pushing the envelope in ways
we have never seen before! Can't wait to try the latest
features of ZBrush.

3DTrainer.com (http://www.3dtrainer.com)
3D / Visual Effects Training

[Rocketeer]

ALL HAIL ZBRUSH.....:D:tu::tu::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek ::eek::eek::eek::eek:
Love that colour correction thing they did and booleans !!!! ..superb

[mahamb]

Run mudbox Run :lol: ... if you try so hard maybe you find some dust of Zbrush to eat

[Avan-AMS]

Boleans + sculptris/voxel is what id love too along with the rendering engine and the 2.5 enhancements but count me in once again.

[Ecthelion]

smiley.jpg

[andreseloy]

thanks to God! give me the opportunity to see and play with this gem!
Thanks again to Pixologic Team:tu:

[morrisCowboy]

Nice work pixologic! Seems like there is some really interesting new features.

It would be fantastic if the smooth uv issue would be resolved in this release as well. I know it has been mentioned before in this thread

http://www.zbrushcentral.com/showthread.php?t=61642&page=1&pp=15

The fix would be that the uv would be smoothed from lowest subdiv to the highest when you create a texture map from your polypainting. Just the same option you have when creating a displacement map.

I really enjoy polypainting in ZBrush so I would love a fix on this issue. I don't want to complain or anything, just see that ZBrush can be better implemented in a pipeline. Thank you for a great application.

[joebount]

Looks nice, but :
1- Are the annoying issues like import/export messing orientations and/or meshes fixed ?
2- Is the retopology tool improved or do is it still 10 times faster for me to go in max/maya/topogun/3d coat to do it ?
3- Can we paint directly on textures now ?

Looking forward to it nonetheless :)

[kahshe]

Thanks again Pixologic, you are the most generous software company on the planet. Very revved on the 2.5 D HDR image capabilities, and the Sculptris sculpting, now I can do everything in ZBrush. :D :lol:

[namdoyle]

dose any one know the name of the BGM ?:confused:
THX!

[vedanta]

You make me feel like a kid waiting for my Christmas present :D :D

[rodion vlasov]

just WOW :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu:

[Icemonkeyjr]

Mind blown, the things in this sneak peek are ridiculous! I cant wait!

[morrisCowboy]

Seems like it's going to be a lot of nice updates. Great job Pixologic!

I only hope the issue with smooth uv (suv button) will be resolved in the new release. The smoothing of the uv's disappears when the user goes down a subdivision. This has been mentioned in an earlier thread.

http://www.zbrushcentral.com/showthread.php?t=61642&page=1&pp=15

The issue could be resolved with smoothing the uv from the lowest subdivision to the highest when the user creates a new texture from existing polypaint. Since I really enjoy polypainting and working in ZBrush in general it would be fantastic to have this problem fixed.

I don't mean to complain. ZBrush is my favourite 3d application and I only want it to be better integrated into our pipeline at work. Thank you for a fantastic sculpting application Pixologic!

[LeoAMD]

AWESOME!!! Another free uprade!!! WOW!! I cant argue with that. Pixologic have to be the most kindest software developers ever. Thank you so much and take your time because this is soooooo going to be worth the wait. :tu::tu::tu::tu::tu:

[J.D.Padilla]

Holy mackerel and cheese!! This is truly spectacular! Keep it up Pixologic!

[chrono1081]

Thank you Pixologic! You guys are AMAZING and the fact you give us this stuff as free upgrades is amazing too. It really helps for those of us who are simply hobbyists and play around :)


Although the new features look awesome (and the music was awesome too) I really hope they were able to fix the ZSpheres bug where converting the zspheres to a mesh crashed the program :/ (Not sure if it happens on Windows, I know it happens on Mac).

My workaround was to build the base mesh in Maya and import but I like to work all in ZBrush if I can :)

Also can anyone explain what people mean by "Sculptris style sculpting" ? I've played with Sculptris but it seems like the same for me.

[Swordlord]

WOW! Inspiring!

[ModelingOverlord]

So will i be able to do a TAX return inside zbrush now? and receipt is not going to be flipped vertically? :o

[koro]

Holy Friggin' SnappleJacks, that's bad ass! Can't wait to tear into it!

[Webhead]

Seems to be lots of new goodies coming in the next update. Looks like there are some new materials with new ways to dress up our models. All in a FREE upgrade, too! Looks like they've raised the bar once again.

[Dman3d]

eeeeeeeeeeeeee:tu:

[sal67]

does anybody know the name of the music playing, i find it to be freaking awesome and inspiring, and i sure would like a copy of it if its for sale.

[nirmalendu_paul]

This is just awesome!!! :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu:

[hikster]

I hail you Pixologic :D

[TrappedInFlesh]

Wow. Can't wait. I'm curious about the beginning sculpt. Is it being modeled while the UV's are being created/mapped? I'm still a noob and have not yet mapped any UV's.

[duhex14]

I love ZBrush4 R2, expect 9.20!!!! :D :D :D

[Moni-Poroni]

I haven`t expected so many awesome things in the R2 version -- WOW!
The Pixo staff was obviously hard at work and I so can`t wait to get this update. :)
:tu::tu::tu::tu::tu:

[bakedbeing]

Brain bleed, 5 stars.

[Mahlikus The Black]

Man this is gonna be a long 7 weeks!

[Jester]

Cool....

I hope that the bugs will be fixed, and features will work as they intended!

[Sigmund Hentze]

Holy Molly this is going to be great.... remeber the Tutorials for all these new tools.... counting the days...

Thanks Guys...

[Shadowcaster]

:eek: My brain is officially popped!

What's Pixologic's secret? Bake a pie for Redmond :lol: :tu:

[masc]

Awesome, can't wait to get my hands on!:D

[dannepop]

Looks really nice!
Improvement on usability would be great as well
and a button for smart retopology!

D

[Bas Mazur]

Yep, Pixologic raised the bar again and others follow :-)
http://vimeo.com/26342920

[TheMonkeyKing]

Zbrush is really the most amazing software. Unbeatable in many areas but trully invincible in value for the money.

Can't wait for this next upgrade.

Congratulations to Pixilogic!

[Gordon Robb]

I am especially looking forward to what look like booleans. Pixologic has to be the best company for their commitment to existing users. I applaud you.

[xexex]

Pixologic, you reflect what I thought of you. Incredible!
I BOUGHT zbrush just because I knew that you would continue your policy of free upgrade program.
I do not buy other software because I know that after a year become old!
zbrush has not been a waste of money, but an INVESTMENT!
THANK YOU VERY MUCH PIXOLOGIC!

[Dali.P.]

It feels for me like when i was a child that cant wait to get his present with all the new toys on christmas.

Puh and im 29 and i got this feeling again cant describe it :lol: .
It is fantastic to see where Zbrush stays today and it is near a pain to wait to see where it will go in the future.

[dhexed]

You guys always amaze and dominate! Hats off.

[Darukin]

Brilliant! :D

No software demos have ever excited me more than Zbrush ones. I find myself counting the days to release, amazing features. This app's truly turning into the one stop for modeling and sculpting, and truly digital clay!

It's nice to see Sculptris - like features integrated. I saw that 3DCoat is also following as far as dynamic tesselation. Regardless, competition is healthy ;) Can't wait to see what future holds!

[RyDarling]

The last time I remember being this happy over a toy/tool was the first time a saw a commercial for the NES PowerGlove! If we could get a glove with thin the next few years Pixo, that would be money!

[chrono1081]

does anybody know the name of the music playing, i find it to be freaking awesome and inspiring, and i sure would like a copy of it if its for sale.

Although I don't know for sure where the music came from it sounds suspiciously like something by "Two Steps from Hell". Its a group that makes music for promos.

[Zeddicus]

it sounds suspiciously like something by "Two Steps from Hell"Cool, now I have something new and inspirational to listen to while I work. Thanks! Couldn't find the song that matches though...

[KrakenCMT]

Wow, incredible update! Too many cool new additions to the tools and rendering abilities. Waiting patiently for the release (sorta).... You guys realize this is a form of torture, don't you? :lol:

[Funth]

although this is a really nice video showing more stuff coming from Pixologic (way to fast I might add), I'm more concerned with the bugs that already exist in the software. I would rather see a nice stable release of the product with retop working better, zmapper back and all the other bugs that seem to come with every new pixo release. Don't get me wrong I'm super pumped about R2, I'm just hopeful that they're fixing with the adding.

[TheProCreator]

Sick!

[Kin_tan_tee]

ZBrush 4 R2 ! Oki cool !
Private message for Pixologic staff : Stop new features...just wake up and fix all the bugs ! thx...

[lucaswschmidt]

AAAAAAAAAAAH! So excited!

[MealeaYing]

I have almost no idea what I just watched but I don't care, it all looked amazing and I am thrilled!
This is going to be SO MUCH FUN!!!!!

Thank You!

[mjolnir]

daaaaaaaaaamn!

[rv_el]

Looking forward to this release!



Lol, I fixed your video though. Enjoy :)

http://www.pseudo-pod.com/temp/Zinception/Zinception.html

[Christian Michelin]

Lol, I fixed your video though. Enjoy :)

http://www.pseudo-pod.com/temp/Zinception/Zinception.html:lol::lol::lol:

[ochabrand]

Im actually excited for the new zspheres/sculptris thing going on.
zbrush is an interesting program, full of really great ideas... too bad most of them are very poorly implemented!

btw, for everyone that is saying stuff about retopo, try topogun 2... its in beta but in my opinion better than 3d coat. although 3d coat is pretty cool too.
I was hoping we would see actualy texture painting (and owrking layers) but i guess thats probably not happening... it's a shame, it would be so nice to use spotlight to actually do my final texture work. oh well, mudbox will have to suffice for that.

as far as simple sculpting and mesh creation goes, it looks like zbrush is and always will be the king (probably!)

[ochabrand]

btw, i really like the way a model looks in sculptris... the materials look really nice and 3d! I wish they would somehow implement that into zbrush one day!

[Suzume]

1. A revamped Retopology Tool please
2. Layers and Fill Modes for texturing please

Booleans and Sculptris style sculpting look nice but they are not on my list of wishes.

[umxprime]

Insane !
I wish a new retopo thing soon. Tired to launch TopoGun or 3DCoat to do the job

[bokaja]

Cool stuff :tu:

[dargelos]

this is going to be awesome!!! thanks!

I m surprised to read some people complains... it´s ok to have a list of wishes, i have my own wishes too, but wishes shouldnt become demands. The new features seen in this video are really mind blowing but some people are really dissapointed because it isnt what they were expecting. if you found other software to do what you demand , go and use it... I like zbrush to be creative and try to explore new ways with the risk of getting lost sometimes.

for example, I dont find spheres 2 very usefull... but maybe some others are crazy for them and are so happy to have them. I use zspheres rig a lot and i wish they would add some way to paint weights but i know they are not working for me.. at least not ONLY for me..and only a few are really interested in rigging and animating inside zbrush so i will have to understand that they arent working on this right now..

[Peter Folke]

quote from the first post "Z4R2 packs significant, new features, as well as major enhancements throughout ZBrush.
I do believe ZBrush 4R2 will enable you to be more creative and productive than ever before."

We do not know what "major enhancements" mean, but it could cover bugfixes, so let's at least try it out before comment on what's missing ;)

I'm not using all the features in ZB either, but am very pleased with the ones i do so far, and the ones that do have bugs I'm sure the pixo-team adress in this update...

Looks promising all in all!:tu:

[Zeddicus]

I don't see anyone really complaining, just being wishful which is understandable. There are some features that many people want (me included) which are becoming a common theme though. The only time Pixologic has really listened to anyone is back when ZB 2.0 came out (Weta). Now that felt like a massive jump in evolution over the previous version. Later releases have been more conservative, tending to focus more closely on one or two areas. This time around it is the lighting system, which was probably a lot of work, and a few other useful tidbits. I'm sure there are a lot of things Pixologic would love to add, including some of the features users really want, but resources like time, money, and man power are probably too limited to do any truly massive overhauls. They would likely have to charge for upgrades, in which case it would be harder to justify their tendency to go where they want and not where the users want. For a developer, an app is kind of like having a child. You want to raise them your way, not the way everyone thinks you should. This too is understandable. So long as we continue to respect their wishes, I'm sure they will do likewise with ours. Patience is the key, and if you don't have that, then there are always other programs one can use to get the job done (provided you can afford them of course).

[MealeaYing]

btw, i really like the way a model looks in sculptris... the materials look really nice and 3d! I wish they would somehow implement that into zbrush one day!I'm curious if you could elaborate on that, I think I know what you mean but I'm not sure.

Cheers,
Mealea

[victorfornes]

gratz guys... this really looks amazing!

[Frenchy Pilou]

..things! :cool:

[Tetsuoo]

wow, with Zbrush every new release looks like a Revolution, i love that :)

The new curve stuff looks interesting, i just wish it's possible to use curves with zpheres too (easier to move)

[N0b1]

this is what im waiting for!

[dragonogard]

wow.... :tu:

[Knacki]

I like everything. Even the music - what is the title?

[Mahlikus The Black]

Looking forward to this release!



Lol, I fixed your video though. Enjoy :)

http://www.pseudo-pod.com/temp/Zinception/Zinception.html


:lol::lol::lol:



:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

...no...

[chris-carter]

Sweeeeeeeeet!

[bisenberger]

SHAZAM!!!

[Spyndel]

Need.

[manuleptit]

This is an insane work you guys at pixologic have done on this release. I can't wait. Dynamic Tesselation, Booleans, Curve modeling, Cut tools... outstanding !

It's true that a better retopology tool would be welcome, like a "retopo from polypaint" button or something :). But still, the best retopo tool out there remains the user himself. It all depends on how well you plan ahead, so I can live without it. This all looks very promising. More than one month to go... It's gonna drive me crazy lol.

[ochabrand]

I'm curious if you could elaborate on that, I think I know what you mean but I'm not sure.
Cheers,
Mealea


just the viewport shaders that sculptris works with. although i believe this has probably more to do the way the program works at its core (zbrush uses pixols while sculptris is probably more similar to mudbox... i guess)

[psychonaut]

Watching the torsos being lit by the background I had a total Zgasm

[Mahlikus The Black]

Made my own Z4R2 Sneak Peek Remix.
Could have made it wicked uber but...I'm just messing around!
Enjoy all!


Kq_R9L1-g5Y

~MAH~

[LoneGreyCloud]

You guys at pixo are really nuts.
Thanks for the vid. I liked what i've seen so much (damn).

[bucanero32]

Now we need to know what they show in Siggraph 2011.

[rimasson]

I'd like to be able to import and export color and 32bits displacement maps with smoothed uvs (keeping hard borders and corners or not.)

Actually, it's my main concern in production.

[KrakenCMT]

just the viewport shaders that sculptris works with. although i believe this has probably more to do the way the program works at its core (zbrush uses pixols while sculptris is probably more similar to mudbox... i guess)

I can't tell any real difference in the way they look between the two programs other than in ZBrush you have realtime shadows added in. In fact, Sculptris' mats are basically the same setup as a very simplified ZBrush matcap materials, only without all the adjustable settings. You could take a screenshot of a ZBrush matcap or the sphere image it's built from and use the image in Sculptris as the material. That's all the materials really are in Sculptris - images of rendered spheres. And that's the simple beauty of the mat system it has.

[mykyl]

Now we need to know what they show in Siggraph 2011.


I asked for info yesterday as they tweeted that they were showing the new features of brush at siggraph but not a soul replied on the cgtalk forums. I guess nobody went to look. :confused:

Mike

[industripop]

I asked for info yesterday as they tweeted that they were showing the new features of brush at siggraph but not a soul replied on the cgtalk forums. I guess nobody went to look. :confused:

Mike

Can't believe how quiet Siggraph has been about this. I was going to comment on your post @ CGTalk but wouldn't want to send a false alert. Can't wait to really get some in-depth explanations about what exactly was in the preview vid.

[skaale]

http://www.3dtotal.com/siggraph_diaries/exhibitor_pixologic.html

not much to say---but diffently dynamic tesslation:-) or dynaMesh hehe

[kadewey]

This is truly wonderful! Did you fix Retopoly? What about Backface Masking?

[Dman3d]

fingers crossed for more retopo tools:tu:

[Mahlikus The Black]

This is truly wonderful! Did you fix Retopoly? What about Backface Masking?

Backface Masking (http://www.pixologic.com/docs/index.php/Backface_Masking) has been available. :D

You can find it in the Brush Pallette! (http://www.pixologic.com/docs/index.php/Brush_Palette) ;) :tu:

[Mahlikus The Black]

Yay DynaMesh!

[michalis]

What is Dynamesh?

[Mahlikus The Black]

Paul Talks about DynaMesh (http://www.3dtotal.com/siggraph_diaries/exhibitor_pixologic.html) !! <-- Click and See! 50 Seconds in!

Basically, its Sculptris mesh/modeling algorithms in the new ZBrush 4R2.

[bucanero32]

http://www.3dtotal.com/siggraph_diaries/exhibitor_pixologic.html

not much to say---but diffently dynamic tesslation:-) or dynoMesh hehe

Does that means u were there?!? im sorry but for a guy like me these are nothing but fancy words, no ofense.:)
I wish someone would do like to that batlefield3 teaser video and speculate what those things are in the UI.
;)

[jinchoung]

i'm sure videos are coming. but in the sneak peak #2 video, you can see the dynamesh at work in the very first bird-like model pulled out of a sphere.

[jinchoung]

cool, so according to the video zb4r2 will be released sept 20 2011... nice!

[MmAaXx]

ok... WOW.. but

texture layers?
better retopology?
better sculpt layers?

[Spyndel]

Is it September yet?

How about now?


NOW????

[idlemind]

I had my hand raised in a victory pose a after only a few seconds of this video! then disbelief, then "WHAT??!" then a few wows.
I will just say my favorite 2 parts were the mesh cutting and the environment mapping. I dont have other software like maya to do environment mapping in just photoshop cs5 but thats not like this. THANK YOU o lords of the pixologic!!!!
...on another note you guys realize its coming up on a year since 4 came out already. wow :tu:

[Mahlikus The Black]

It was a year yesterday! :D ;) :tu:

[Trist]

C'Mon, surely there's someone who's been at siggraph who can give us a little insight into the new features of Z4R2??? Its not just a matter of interest for me, the way I plan the final stages of my current ZBrush project will be determined by the possibilities that may open up with the new release. Pleeeeeease just a little light? :)

BTW: Mainly hoping for 64bit, Vector Displacement and Ptex.

[mykyl]

I think nobody really went but want to make out they did. They are only repeating what we already can see in the video.

How about answering how well did it all seem to work instead of marketing speech like wow and super and the like. :lol:

Maybe its not all that if folks are not compelled to really speak about it. :D

(I am joking in case you don't realise that.) :D

Mike

[Trist]

Yeah, exactly. I have no doubt this new release will be amazing. Zbrush 4 already is just that. The anticipation is killing me right now, if i were in that part of the planet i would be right in there at Siggraph. Front row seat. Anyway, fingers crossed for at least 64 bit and VDMs would be a bonus...

[Jester]

I hope that Layer issues will be addressed, and other problems as well/

[PSTCHOART]

AWESOME!!!

i can't wait to tray the rendering features :)))

[jinchoung]

there was a potential leak from a vray vid a while back that zbrush could have disney's PTEX so mebbe not all the features have been revealed yet. after all, it said sneak peak #2... not sneak peak FINAL....

i'm thinking it's too much to ask for the interface once-over i was hoping for. but i'm hoping there's some rethink of the retopo implementation... that would be sweet.

jin

[lucaswschmidt]

Here's some thoughts on the spline based objects they were showing: Looks like a mesh (simple or complex) lofted along the length of a spline. Maybe a curve a like the Sweep Profile 3D object. At a basic level a Zsphere chain is a spline with a mesh lofted along it, so might there be a way to convert a zsphere to a spline to use for this?

[Richard Marklew]

A bit more detail on Dynamesh http://www.3dworldmag.com/2011/08/11/zbrush-4-r2-new-features-revealed/

[tez]

A bit more detail on Dynamesh http://www.3dworldmag.com/2011/08/11/zbrush-4-r2-new-features-revealed/
Thanks for posting that Richard, interesting. I use repeat last action (1 key) for strokes all the time, but of couse it dont work for just for strokes and on other subtools, could be a nice gem in R2. I often find its the smaller additions that can make the biggest differecnes.

[mykyl]

Is this the new version of zbrush?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rb_XXd98SkQ&feature=youtube_gdata&utm_medium=tasarhane&utm_source=zbrushth

Mike

[Zeddicus]

Here is a video (http://www.3dtotal.com/siggraph_diaries/exhibitor_pixologic.html) from Siggraph if anyone is interested.

So the new ability to generate curves, use booleans, slice, and so on is all thanks to what they're calling "Dynamesh", eh? Basically it is the ability to dynamically remesh your tool in realtime as you work. That is really great actually, especially considering how one of the problems you often run into is polygons that have become too stretched. This is really going to help artists a lot, and make it feel more like clay than ever. Hopefully LightCap will be good enough for final rendering too, and simpler to use than renderers like Mental Ray and Vray.

Edit: Oops, I see someone has already posted the video back a page. Well, thats ok. It's so awesome it's worth posting again! ;)


I'd like to be able to import and export color and 32bits displacement mapsConsidering the overhaul to the lighting system, which includes support for 32 bit floating point HDR maps, it is entirely possible that your wishes are possible.

[maxgamer]

Just wanted to give my opinions from Siggraph.

"Dynamesh, Wow!"

3D Printing was also very well represented.

[jinchoung]

hmmmm.... so i guess that kinda takes away the need to do the "REPROJECT" onto different meshes when you run into trouble spots while doodle (although you'd still probably have to do it onto final animation ready retopo mesh).

that's really cool.

but it's funny that nobody from the pix crowd mentions sculptris in relationship to dynamesh... that's the FIRST thing that pops to mind for most users i think but they're doing a very rigorous job of not conflating that functionality with dynamesh.

granted, it seems like dynamesh does more like doing those booleans and retaining quads but none of that tech is derived from sculptris?

[Spyndel]

hmmmm.... so i guess that kinda takes away the need to do the "REPROJECT" onto different meshes when you run into trouble spots while doodle (although you'd still probably have to do it onto final animation ready retopo mesh).
Depends on if Dynamesh generates the same triangular geometry as Sculptris, or smooth zbrush friendly quads. Anyone who's worked on a Scuptris mesh inside zbrush knows it's kind of icky for scuplting and smoothing in that program. If the former is the case, I imagine you'd still have to reskin and re-project after generating new geometry just to "clean" it for ZB sculpting.




granted, it seems like dynamesh does more like doing those booleans and retaining quads but none of that tech is derived from sculptris?Pixo has been pretty open and up front about hiring the Sculptris guy and adapting that technology. Im not sure I see your point.

[Spyndel]

Just wanted to give my opinions from Siggraph.

"Dynamesh, Wow!"

3D Printing was also very well represented.
Any whiff of attention given to the retopo tools? Thats one of the few remaining things that is increasingly driving me out of Zbrush to third party apps.

[mbaldwin]

Mahlikus The Black:


Backface masking is BROKEN on the current OSX version. It's a big deal for me.

[jinchoung]

Pixo has been pretty open and up front about hiring the Sculptris guy and adapting that technology. Im not sure I see your point.

in the last few links (siggraph interview video and the 3dworld write up - basically siggraph related press releases) sculptris is not mentioned as contributing to dynamesh and actually is not mentioned at all pertaining to zb4r2.

that just seemed kinda odd to me when that's the first thing i thought when i saw the first clip in sneak peak 2 - "oooooh, sculptris like functionality in zb!".

just seems kinda very deliberate to me and it strikes me as interesting.

[Mahlikus The Black]

By what I have seen and read, DynaMesh isn't triangles (though Z will toss one in to maintain polyflow). That's why they say nothing about sculptris. It acts like it but its structure building algorithm is not.

Once again, I am assuming this by what I have seen and read.
I could be very wrong. Though I don't think I am.
But I could be...lol.



;)

[Mahlikus The Black]

Mahlikus The Black:


Backface masking is BROKEN on the current OSX version. It's a big deal for me.

:cry: Sorry about that man. That's a wicked bummer.

[hummel1dane]

Beautiful work by Pixologic, hope to see preview videos that are more revealing, would be nice with some facts.

Boolean operations are just awesome, I wonder if they would also consider improving the symmetry - it could be nice to sculpt architectual stuff like capitals for columns. Right now you can only sculpt mirrored on x,y,z - but imagine you could add more axis. Imagine being able to sculpt the same on all sides of a box.
How cool it would be if one could actually program the symmetry, create your own guides for the points to follow, one can dream.

Oh yeah - and please fix retopology and add support for ptex.

[Mahlikus The Black]

I wonder if they would also consider improving the symmetry - it could be nice to sculpt architectual stuff like capitals for columns. Right now you can only sculpt mirrored on x,y,z - but imagine you could add more axis. Imagine being able to sculpt the same on all sides of a box.
How cool it would be if one could actually program the symmetry, create your own guides for the points to follow, one can dream.


I think you are talking about a snapping of symmetry. Something between our current radial and regular symmetry? Great Idea. I thought about a hybrid grid symmetry a while back but knew it was beyond Z current development.

[tjohn323]

Whilst this looks great and imo Zbrush is by far
the best sculpting package on the market (somehow looking even better)...
I have not seen any mention of a 64bit version, updated retopology tools.
PTEX or vector displacement..these are fundamental.

At work I am actually seeing people moving to Mudbox
for these very reasons.

[hummel1dane]

I think you are talking about a snapping of symmetry. Something between our current radial and regular symmetry? Great Idea. I thought about a hybrid grid symmetry a while back but knew it was beyond Z current development.Yes exactly. A mix between radial and regular symmetry would be great.
Grid symmetry would be interesting too.
It would be cool if you could actually choose the location of the symmetry points on the model and how they should react, a sort of programmable symmetry, but like you say that's probably still a bit beyond current development.
However, the boolean operations might give us other alternatives, didn't expect anything like that before zbrush 5.