*** Introducing Spotlight and Lightbox...

[Pixolator]

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What if the world was your palette and ZBrush was your Canvas?



What if you could have instant access to billions of images?



What if you could then use those images for reference, texturing, and sculpting?




What if you could do all this with out ever leaving ZBrush?


What if, is the question...
Z4 is the answer!


We are thrilled to introduce to you
Spotlight and Lightbox
Two new and exciting features of ZBrush4

Enjoy this exclusive look at Spotlight and Lightbox in action...


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ZBrush4 will be a free upgrade for all registered users of ZBrush on Windows and Mac systems.



Getting ready for the upgrade is easy, and linked to your Support Account (http://support.pixologic.com/)


If you have already created a support account, simply log in and check to make sure that you have provided your Cleverbridge reference number and ZBrush 3 serial number. If you have not created an account yet, do so and be sure to include the information from your purchase (reference and serial numbers). Your support account pre-registers you to receive the upgrade when it's released.



Z4 previous post: Announcing GoZ (http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/showthread.php?t=071414)


:b1:Special Thanks to Adam Bolton and Magdalena Dadela for providing their ZBrush sculpts shown in this movie.

© 2009 Pixologic, Inc. All rights reserved, Pixologic and the Pixologic logo, ZBrush, and the ZBrush logo are registered trademarks of Pixologic. Various patents pending. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

[lemonnado]

Haha... crazy good stuff! :tu: :tu: :tu:
Lemo

PS:Best product intro vid in a long time!

[industripop]

Holy cow!!! Z4 is gonna be so sweet!

[Fabricio Torres]

So many astonishing tools and features during the last few weeks that I fear whats coming as a "surprise" for the actual release.

Z4 is going to be mind blowing.

[alexleia]

eehehheh , it`s just a small preview ....you guys dont will belive how it`s amazing!
Congratulations again guys !!

Alex Oliver

[policarpo]

Amazingly sick sick stuff!

You guys have done it again!

Can't wait to test this out. Keep up the great work! :tu:

[El Burritoh]

This looks promising.

Not to take anything for granted but...will these tools also work with images on a local network, or are they restricted to images on the www?

[eltepedia]

That's Zomg!

[- FoOD -]

Wow guys - looks sweet ..... many cool features :D

[Clappy71]

Speechless - I can only imagine what is being kept back for the actual release. Can you guys buy Autodesk please?

Cheers,
Matt

[DarkHalo]

Zbrush 4 ROCKS!!! :eek:

[Korado3D]

ZBrush always surprises with innovative features, texturing will be easier than ever:tu:
-Korado

[LeoAMD]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhahahahahahahahahahaha

[dhexed]

Im always amazed at the scope and generosity of Z-Brush and its community.
w00t!
:eek::eek::eek:
Hex

[dargelos]

It looks realy great. Congratulations.

[PMRRRI]

Holy moly!:eek:


Mudbox schmudbox!

[eldee.s]

Man, you guys are on a roll lately. Good news!

Although, having an infinite number of images has limited use to a lot of people (including me), I rarely if ever use ZBrush for painting because there are no layers/blending modes for textures. Hopefully we'll have texture layers in Z4! :)

[nightwoodwolf]

Pixologic u making the world of 3d way different i cant wait till i get my hands on zbrush 4 :tu: rock on

[Dman3d]

holy hell:D

[pnoland]

Two words that come to mind are Holy and Crap! That looks simply awesome.

[3d70mohamedaly]

oo my GOD

WT AN AWESOME PRESENTATION GUYS ...;) :tu::tu::tu::tu::tu::tu::tu::tu::tu::tu::tu: :D

CANT WI8 ...PLZ RELEASE ZB4 SOON

[canndis]

Thats innovation , Awesome stuff :tu:

[alancamara]

Wow!..hahaha...It´s great!!

I was going to sleep and I decided see the zbcentral before.
Dude, I'm very happy because I'm sure that I'd good decision when in 2005 I got the Zbrush first time.

Guys, look that new features, my God. :eek:

Congratulations pixologic team

[KrakenCMT]

The interface for Spotlight and Lightbox seems pretty sweet. Seriously, I can't wait for this. These are some well thought out features. And this is a small sample? Pixo must have the monolith from 2001:A Space Odyssey in their basement because 3D evolution never looked so promising. :)

[Slosh]

Are you freakin' kidding me? This is sweeeet! So many new things so far... I am excited again.

[ncollings]

OMG crazy texturing tools ! the turtle in the video looks so great :)

[goast666]

Alright. All I need now is a realtime DX viewer, layer painting...maybe some updates to the Retopo n Zspheres...and I'm happy.

[Mikeporetti]

now just create voxel capabilities and you will have successfully put everyone else out of business!

Feels good to be a Zbrusher

[rmelville]

Effing amazing...Looks like Christmas is coming this August for all of us. Thank you Pixologic.

[alphagsv]

Whoa!!! That's awesome. can't wait. :)

[spaceboy412]

about freaking time with the image browser, only been asking for that forever.

ohh and what is that "surface" palette in the tool menu???? can't wait.

[Webhead]

Pixo has sure pulled some really unexpected surprises out of their sleeve lately.
Have they shown their hand already, or are they saving their trump card for the release of Z4?
We shall have to wait and see...

cards_001.jpg

[goldo_O]

Lightbox looks awesome to browse references during the sculpting process! I can't wait to test this out! :tu:
Keep the previews coming Pixologic! :)

[loki_22]

this is just sick. you guys rule!!! :D

[CGicore]

No more Zapplink. No more Photoshop...
The dead of Zapplink, the birth of a new breath.

Speechless. They have simply streamlined the work-flow and speed things by 90% faster. Much faster. They just can't help themselves can't they...

Zbrush + Modo = perfect combination.

[goldo_O]

It's interesting to see that Polypainting has its own menu in the Tool palet now. Also, there is a new Surface menu, as well as UV map, Texture Map, Displace map, Normal Map. Still a lot of new stuff to discover! :)

[Fess]

Oh man, I think I need this right now!

[MyPeople]

i cant wait to see what that cylindircal tool thing is and the fat boy slim song (which i haven't heard since high school) gave the video SO much energy it made the new tools even more impressive imo. yeah, the most exciting video ive seen since softimage got vanilla ice to play at their siggraph event...cough...

man i cant wait! really great video pixologic!

[Chamelion]

Zbrush the best!!!

[Svengali]

... damn.

[FabioPaiva]

we´ll be able to animate in zb5, i can see that... hahah

[Menty]

Yup its offical...i just yet again they have blown my mind..

[VulcanNir]

i've just got up from sleep and lo I'm dreaming again...:lol:

[spaz8]

Looks like Bodypaints days may be numbered.

[threetails]

what the $%^* this is going to be a wonderful release. can't wait to try it.

[T.S.Wittelsbach]

crap...
now i'm going to have to learn how to paint.

beautiful stuff I'm glad every day i'm here.

tsw

[Sleet]

More to learn...so little time.

[MikeC]

That is amazing! I'm sold!

[scottleroc]

The only program in the world you will ever have to buy.

HOURS OF FUN TO BE HAD THIS AUTUMN

can not wait - BRILLIANT

What a cool thing to wake up and see.
:tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu:

[Eraserhead]

Wow! Amazing! I wonder if it will support texture layers?

[pimeto]

How does one apply for a beta-testing ?
I see in this vid work from users here, obviously they are beta testers ?
Any requirements or something ? :rolleyes:

[womball]

Looks like it could be very useful. I could use references easier in zbrush on my laptop where I don't have the luxury of 2 screens. Are the billions of polys possible because of z 4 being possibly 64 bit? I'd like to be able to use 6 gigs of ram for zbrush sometime!

[pairoj25xx]

look it a so cool

[wethand]

wohowwwww!!!!!!
already love it!!!

[CrazyMatt]

As wonderful as this looks to me (And it does). :)

The main thing that wasn't well presented in clarifying a 'real change' from this presentation of the newer Zbrush..
Was the no word, or definite showing wether pixologic has taken the time to scrap the necessity that Zbrush artists must subdivide their models to gain true pixel color information when painting a model inside zbrush. :td:

Believe me this is a real doozy to see. But until I know that I can paint on my models, with the lack of need to subdivide to a high, unrealistic pixol count that my computer alone cannot handle. I see no need to resort to zbrush for texturing, despite what nifty tools it may allow when proceeding a texturing alternative. :(

Never the less bring it on I can't Wait!! :D

"Out with the Tech, on with the Brush! It's ZBRUSH!" :D

[maxgamer]

Thank You, Pixologic, for listening to the community and for releasing teaser information on future products.

This is how you keep your client base from jumping to Mudbox.

I understand that you never want to release too much information or even release it too early as to give you competitors a leg up (ANTZ, think Pixar).

This gives me high hopes that we will see 4.0 this August and that Pixologic has definitely grown up with its software releases.

Well done.

[3d skillet]

That is some nice stuff, great work !

[SalmonGod]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!

Seriously... that's the best compliment I can come up with... the features look amazing and the video was a pleasure to watch as well... I LOL'd at the tileable textures bit!

I'm shivering in antici............ pation

[jaystein777]

Holy ****!!!! Not only has Pixo replaced porn, they've replaced sex....well not quite.

I can see the execs at Adobe squirming.

[Sigmund Hentze]

Wow.... it's killing me... the wait.... and I am sure there is more...

Go for it! Pixo...

Ziggy

[therasoft]

I will just say thank you in advance.

[BoneCandy]

Is it wrong if i rewatched that whilst touching myself?
On a completely unrelated note, i need a tissue or 2....or maybe a box.

[Aumakua]

Fantastic work guys and gals! Congrats once again!

[Avan-AMS]

omg i always wanted some of those tools, especially the texture part i always wanted to have that level of precision!! just gimme mental ray or something great like that to render and ill be happy forever

[Ustos]

guys u best. :tu:

[Avan-AMS]

BTW what you guys meant with billions of polygons?? i hope billions is gonna be there for everyone not just pros.

[jaystein777]

BTW what you guys meant with billions of polygons?? i hope billions is gonna be there for everyone not just pros.
To Pixologic we're all pros

[Jester]

oh my @%^%&*!&@&*&* ...That made my day...

[Sav]

Gulp. Scarily good!

[digi-mech]

omfg!.... speechless

[John Strieder]

I stil hope for 64 Bit and Multithreading/Multicore-Support as well ... would be nice to never see and wait for "Compacting Mem" again. :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu:

[haamu]

uh oh. I need to say that I'm more in awe of the low expectations of the crowds here than the actual demo. I'm not so inclined to sing praises to features that have been in other programs for ages (except for that browser thingy, that looks new and handy) and shoud have been in zb since v2. This also didn't show any signs of having layered painting or layer blending, but maybe that wasn't the point in this presentation. Keeping my hopes up still.

[Mind Symbion]

Pixo did it again! :D
Astonishing!!!

[TezZy]

haha this is so awesome! Can't wait

Newtek has added a similar web browsing thingy for Lightwave CORE aswell(in the presentation anyway)....which I thought was kind of pointless at first but seeing the way it has been incorporated into zbrush has changed my mind lol

[dustbin1_uk]

just after the excitement of Decimation master, 3D Print exporter and the announcement of Go ZBrush, YOU GO AND DO IT AGAIN!!???

That's it! I'm keeping a spare pair of trousers near my desk in case you throw any more surprises at us! :D

This just looks freakin awesome!!!!

[SolidSnakexxx]

Amazing..can't wait for Z4!!!!

[bokaja]

I like the way this is going so far :)

Looking forward to trying out the tools :tu:

[Frenchy Pilou]

...overvitamined :D
Rotative interface is some funny! :D

[bryzol]

You guys are freakin awesom! I love you!!!

[Dezz]

well I don't see what's so exciting in this video but I hope I will be proven wrong once I get my hands on these tools.

but an image browser, projection painting (image plane anyone? ok it seems more effective but still it looks like nothing that wasn't possible already), new interface that makes zbrush even more messy, image correction tools that I probably will never use... well its a really disapointing teaser for me, was much more impressed by gozbrush and decimation master
I would love to see layer painting instead for example, one simple feature that really would be awesome, but let's still hope its there :)

[gpepper]

Another tool which looks Superfluous but a tool which could become indispensable !

You guys always find new ideas which help us, Zbrushers to go faster and faster in our workflow !
Thanks again ! ;)

[Nemoid]

I think they added lots of new image processing tools which are useful it surely will be a workflow enhancements allowing for speed.
I like the concept of the circle sort like a pie menu on steroids + placement tool, if i've ot that right.

what i'd like to see is painting workflow enhancements for low poly, with layers, and fusion methods , and also an awesome workflow for creating all the different maps required for 3d easily within Zbrush without so many passages.

also, enhanced retopology/rigging tools.

however I think Z4 will rock as always. ;)

[slocik]

seems cool and all, but where are the interface changes ? Its already dated by at least 5 years, even after 6 yers of using zbrush, i still hate it and it gives me a lot of problems. I hope they will show more O_o

[rimasson]

The masking tool to remove unwanted parts of a ref picture looks promising.

[maxinkuk]

Such a great feature! Well done.

p.s.: don't want to sound pedantic, this is a bit the stuff of typo-hunting creeps, but the opening title "what if the world was your pallet..." is hilarious.

[LY]

Looks like Bodypaints days may be numbered.

Yeah, because who needs support for multiple texture channels, multiple layers per texture, or PSD file format?

Honestly... the tech is very impressive, but pretty basic industry standard features are still missing. No animation studio will throw out their licenses of Bodypaint (or mudbox...) just because of this.

[CrazyMatt]

True, unless as I mentioned earlier..

IF pixologic has made Zbrush 4 capable to allow the artist to paint on like 50 polygons (not hundred, thousand, or billion) but just 50 regular polygons with accurate pixel information and not some blur 1x1 pixel.

I think Pixologic is in for a long ride with this new Zbrush to be out.

[KHALLUS]

THATS IT!! ,IM NEVER EVER GONNA SCULPT IN ZBRUSH AGAIN!!!

p.s "Because looks like im gonna be too busy texturing with this wonderful freebie toy for years to come :)" Fab work pixologic you are so very wonderful,Thank you so much.

[lodenfactory]

Awesome!
I think that if u get used to this new tools zb4 texture painting will be thrilling!
Have to agree with Crazymatt though about the ability to paint in 3d with real pixel infos.
Can't wait to test this out :P

[Dryn]

this is SICK!

:tu::tu::tu:

[I.R.Brainiac]

I'm very new here...and new to 3D...and only discovered zbrush about 6 months ago...but I think dollar for dollar,Zbrush is the greatest graphics software I have ever seen.

[Etcher]

Pixologic rules.

:tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: .

[daddymack]

Aliens... They're aliens I tells ya:lol:

Top shelf vid guys:tu::tu:

[tommy3d]

wow!

[Captain Sensible]

Amazing! That wheel thingy looks so sweet. At a guess I'd say they are saving the best till last and I can't even begin to imagine what that might be :eek:

[Disco Stu]

Trying to steal some customers from adobe too?
This is looking great even though you wont always find such fitting pictures.
Anyways best song best programm best "we are part of this" community.
Almost like hippys minus the treehugging :D :tu:

[3dassets]

True, unless as I mentioned earlier..

IF pixologic has made Zbrush 4 capable to allow the artist to paint on like 50 polygons (not hundred, thousand, or billion) but just 50 regular polygons with accurate pixel information and not some blur 1x1 pixel.

I think Pixologic is in for a long ride with this new Zbrush to be out.For low poly model, it is the UV map method that yield optimum pixel to pixel alignment, the blur effect only make the seam less obvious above 1024 resolution.
No optimized UV mapping algorithm can address this except manually align the UV seam border to match by the amount of pixel and UV mesh angle.
I have prepared a set of such models for free at:
http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/showthread.php?t=70742
:tu:

[George Petropoulos]

This is great - I hope ZB4 will take advantage of Snow Leopard technology and will be a full 64-bit capable application for the mac! this alone will be worth the anticipation. We - mac people - also need zapplink 3 as soon as possible...

thanks pixologic

[Disco Stu]

first when i read lightbox i was thinking about some external renderer included
you guys should have a chat with chaosgroup. Force them to produce
a pixol vray ^^

[3dassets]

Yeah, because who needs support for multiple texture channels, multiple layers per texture, or PSD file format?

Honestly... the tech is very impressive, but pretty basic industry standard features are still missing. No animation studio will throw out their licenses of Bodypaint (or mudbox...) just because of this.I am not so sure about that unless there are feather selection and layers has its usage to build up texture before you decide to merge them and post processing by graphic designers, not straight forward piece of Zbrush Art.

[cymj001]

***32477;***23545;***26399;***24453;:d

[EGGO]

It's REALLY amazing! Really! ///
I've got only one REQUEST gor Pixologic ppl:
PLZ make some kind of "Alpha [Brush] Constructor".... It'l be soooo handy////
:p

[~mindrot~]

WHOOOOAAH!!! This is gonna be great. Can't wait :D

~M~

[Darukin]

Brilliant, Pixologic! You always Deliver every time!
A question though, so all these images, are they also just provided like in a library for free use? Coz That wud be awesome, so much reference and texture sources for free!

[Intervain]

wicked stuff guys :) :D

[LY]

I am not so sure about that unless there are feather selection and layers has its usage to build up texture before you decide to merge them and post processing by graphic designers, not straight forward piece of Zbrush Art.

I'm sorry but I don't get what you mean here - however I speak from experience as our texture artists make full use of layers and the ability to paint color, spec and other maps at the same time... all currently quite impossible in Zbrush.

[skello]

:eek: uum! yeah!! sweet looking stuff. The new gizmo looks pretty intuitive as well

[scratch33]

:eek: :eek: :eek:

Fantastic!!!

Awesome!!!

Zbrush realy rocks.

[Twitchmonkey]

I still haven't figured out all the tools in zb3, and now you're going to spring all of this on me? I can see myself being very happy, and busy, in the future.

[Kanga]

This is fairly insane,... in a good way :D

Phew!

[Am3D]

I still haven't figured out all the tools in zb3, and now you're going to spring all of this on me? I can see myself being very happy, and busy, in the future.
Agreed!LOL

[jmenna]

I guess the powers that be must have finally declassified the technology retrieved from the Roswell crash. I can think of no other explanation for how Pixologic does it !!!!! This is amazing.

[wdcstudios]

Just crapped myself.

[tez]

Gota take my hat off to your guys at Pixologic, you certainly take the lead from which the rest can only follow. Looks like you have taken 2d to the next step to fully make 3D what is great, to fantastic and behond.

Now what will realy impress me even more is better, refined topology tools.

Thanks.

[romm]

Insane !!
It kinda scares me to think of ZBrush 400

[splodge]

I'm not sure which is most impressive - the tool or the presentation of it.

Very fancy!

[Bas Mazur]

My poor jaw...

[dagoned]

this is just crazy.... i want to see more more more lol.

[rodrigotrovao]

Cant wait 4 sculpting tools and advances.

[moonlitmaverick]

just drag and drop various reference images and composite their useful bits for a good polypaint job. Just like that. how convenient. The turtle character illustrated it best. There is that warp and liquify feature too, to wrap and fit everything in . Cool.

Now please give us a retopology magic trick just like this. Save us from third party modeling software pleeez . I know you'll do it. I know it.:):tu:

[Dave Meraggio]

Pixologic, you're CRUEL. You make me wish to send this next months of my life to LIMBO. If you continue like this, maybe I shall tatoo that beautiful Z in my forehead!

Congrats! And thanks in advance.

[chindian]

Ok - i need to pick my jaw up off the floor now...
WOW - that looks awesome... I can't wait for ZB4 to come out... it's releasing at SIGGRAPH I assume?

[Vindicate]

wow.. mind blowing.. can't wait ! Z4 FTW!

[gelfling status]

Wow, this is crazy!:eek:

[spaceboy412]

PIX, in all seriousness, please add someway to integrate a window for winamp, then i won't have to exit out of zbrush at all. As in your video you know music is important;)

[sowrdfish]

.................... IM BUYING THE NEW STUFF FOR SURE ...man i cant wait ....do they mean to tell us to use only zbrush to do anything and give photoshop a short brreak ???? HELL YEAAAA ......

[aliaskajan]

wowwwwwwwww :eek:

[d2008riddle]

This new addition looks incredible I can't wait.

[b2przemo]

At last all this users which wrote boring post about "nothing new" in Zb are quiet now ;)
Zb4 will be "next four steps" :D

[manzarek123]

STUNNING!!!!! that's amazing! Z4 it's gonna be the software of the year!!,

OH! and hell yeah!, the song in the video was soo cool!

[Finotti]

No comment!!!!! simply amazing

[Buckie]

We're gonna need a bigger boat, flippin' eck Pix...:tu:

[Jason Belec]

Very cool presentation.

For all those wanting what you want, just remember we all have wants, not all of them are the same.

Now from what I see in the presentation, speed in production from A to B is going to increase drastically with far more creativity.

This seems to address one of the major production complaints/issues I have seen across the industry for years. The ability to get to fast work ups early on to prevent issues later on.

Building on the quality tools is important. Since 1.0, Zbrush has been speeding up workflows in each iteration. Nothing is ever going to be perfect, but this along with those plugins released earlier are sure moving things along to a creative, free flowing environment.

For those thinking the other apps they have are better, well, time will tell.

Summer is looking kinda cool. ;)

[Moni-Poroni]

WOW! I´m very impressed! This looks so z-urreal! ;)
I would have never guessed that things like this are possible. The video looks so promising -- can´t wait to try it! Awesome presentation btw.
I watched it 7 x ...... (until now ;))

:tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu:

[pitchepuck]

:d

[roger]

Great preview!! :tu: :tu: :tu:
Not sure what I liked better, ZB4 or the music! :lol:

[billyfoto]

Amazing, impresionante.

[Moni-Poroni]

The music is just the cherry on top of the cake. XD

[mavinova]

promising. definitely faster polypainting.

but I agree with the polypaint texture resolution problem. unless we subdivide to a very very high polycount we get low-res textures by polypainting.

I hope you guys solve it too. I dont like bodypaint but I have to use it.

[popmania]

Hello all, bravo for the new features.
But, what if ... i could have a real 3d cam to import/export seamlessly to (your favorite 3d app) ?
Is zbrush 4 the answer?
Seriously, i'm delighted by all those great new features, but a camera, pfff, some calibrated/matchmoved camera implementation is a priority,much more than an embedded browser.
3D paint a la 3dcoat is the huge cool plus, really glad to see it in zbrush, but what if ...
Okay, vive zbrush but give us a real solid cam to work with, and i'll be singing ZB's praises.

[SquidWatch]

Wow! with so many amazing new features, waiting the
51 Days, 7 hours, 40 minutes, 31 seconds, and 12 milliseconds
until ZB4's Release impossible!

[z3phon]

Awesome preview, sure did a good of getting me hyped up!
Kudos to the people at Pixologic.

[EricShawn]

The best feature they showed in the video is Texturing with Poseable Symmetry.

Most of the rest seem to be (welcome) advances with regard to the previous Zapp Link control.

I hope Pixologic understands what is needed most is LAYERS FOR TEXTURES and VOXELS as well as better support for transparency and raytracing in renders.

Maybe those are included in Zbrush4. I hope so.

[CAS NYC]

It's ZDICULOUS !!!!!


"Can't wait."



CAS osx NYC

[longhi]

Ow my god guys....
I just have to say again that you're amazing.


congrats for all the team!

[sunilrafi]

craziest people i ever met :D

[slocik]

****ing **** ****,i hope they fix the mouse freeze at last, i jsut lost a whole day of work, hoiw can a serious firm allow for this to go on for so many years ?
If they fix the bugs, they dont have to add anything, i will be happy enough

[antsjoe]

Just fricking awesome,

Now, can this release show up sooner, cause that video and the last couple of new items mentioned looks like ZB 4 will be really cool to use-especially now with comp&chip that can keep pace.
aj

[abnoid]

Looks awesome!
Hopefully Zbrush4 will support painting with transparency and psd layers that have transparency like Bodypaint and Deep paint have had for a long time.

Dynamic brushes would be amazing to have as well like in photoshop and bodypaint!

[CyberSpawn2100]

OMG EYE SEX!:eek: Reinventing the wheel house, Pixologic just did it!

Internet Destruction!

[shhark]

excitement building- can't wait for ZB4. I agree that fundamentally it is sculpture that is at the core of this but any tool in the arsenal to help ease my hand into the digital realm is greatly appreciated! Thanks Pixologic for thinking outside the box.

[antisymmetry]

Wow! I just took a crap in my pants! Wow!

[SixxPixels]

I can't wait! I want my ZB4...
Is there any ZBrush Swag?
I'm so proud to be a ZBrush user!

[vedanta]

I swear you guys are from another planet....... wow:D

[sephirothsinic]

eheheheh cant wait to see it on my box!!!
are you going to put layer functionalities and multi layered PSD support, otherwise it all looks very fancy but not very production friendly..

and I agree, you guys are from something like 10 parsec away the television center is only a facade :D:D

gr8 gr8 job

[markkens]

OUTSTANDING!!!:eek:

At some point could you post "good enough" and "optimum" system specs so those of us who are nearing a new build would know how to aim?

[eldee.s]

are you going to put layer functionalities and multi layered PSD support, otherwise it all looks very fancy but not very production friendly..This!!! this!! production friendly = key! If I'm doing a job in a production pipeline and my vfx or modeling supervisor comes and tells me to change anything I basically have to repaint the entire thing if I used ZBrush to do it. I learned my lesson very early on this front and have been using Bodypaint ever since.

I hope you're listening pixologic! All the bells and whistles in the world won't do us any good if we don't use them! :)

PS: I have faith.. it will happen I know it :D

[rhythmandskillZ]

absolutely amazing...

[sephirothsinic]

yeah I hope Pixologic is at all interested in the production environment and not only in the individual artists killing each other to get to the top row :D

[digitalmind]

Awesome! Can´t wait for that:D

[omnimorphic]

You used my turtle suggestion for the cool Raphael look!
(not that everyone else wasn't thinking it -but still! SWEET!)

This Post (http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/showpost.php?p=508852&postcount=81)

The improvements have me gobsmacked!

I love this software, and I love this company.

Zbrush is outstanding...

one question...

Is there anychance that Z4 comes with an auto save feature?
the constant crashing is a little nerve-racking.

[remcv8]

Wow!!! :D

Z-Brush is going to take over the world!!!

I wonder if I'll have to buy a new machine to run Z4 with Billions of polygons, seeing how I can only put up to 2GB of ram on my machine.

Is Z-Brush turning into a fully integrated 2D & 3D app? Did they consider print resolution on top of 3D resolution???

Awesome!!! :D

[mix_mash]

Spotlight looks really nice. I just hope the release of ZB4 does not ignore the issues that we have in ZB3 just to dazzle us with new toys.
Still, I'm really looking forward to this next release.

Paul

[Clutch]

Wow~!Zbrush 4 can create world~!:tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: :lol: :lol:

[Jester]

The world is full of workarounds. Actually to me the most annoying problems are the Layer management, and the lack of Layers with polypaint. BUT this feature is really awesome, and my colleagues at are also very excited about this. If the bugs and inconveniences are fixed the new features are welcome here!

[chemori]

THAT LOOKS INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!!!! :tu::tu::tu::tu::tu: x infinity!!!!

[garycrump]

Actually I wish they just fix the rigging system they promise four years ago
and scrapped it for a not so great transpose solution.

Can we rig a character for once it was promised and never delivered.

[joebount]

krisz77 : you gotta explain me what issues you have with ZBrush. I have been using it in production for more than 3 years and I barely have any issue with it, the v3 beeing the most stable version by far. (it's just a question, not a flamming war :) )
Really looking forward the new version ! :tu:

[xantirodriguez]

Just amazing!
And free upgrade!
other companyes should learn from pixologic!

[Chokmah]

Simply WOW !
I have seen 3Dcoat new features recently. I was impressed .

Now I see Zbrush 4 new features ! I am very more than impressed !
I am sure this ZBrush will be awesome !

I don't regret to have bought ZBrush 3 last months !

Thank you Pixologic :cool: :tu:

[Santis]

Wow, thats amazing, are you trying to kill Photoshop? :)

[Senior Assassin]

woaaaaahhh .... very cool features guys ....

[peres]

Very nice!
Now show us some hair....

[masc]

Looks promising! I can hardly wait! Please don't tease me with more previews!:lol:

[/url]cheers masc

[url="http://www.dict.cc/englisch-deutsch/wait%21.html"] (http://www.dict.cc/englisch-deutsch/cheers.html)

[JR_Rossi]

Very nice new features! Can´t wait to work with the "4" on my Mac ... stable and without limitations....

[INFINITE]

Sorry to be a sceptic but I see this in a different light to many of you.
This new stuff is all very well and good and in some cases may be very useful but for a company that has a track record of FAILING miserably to be ON TIME and ON PRODUCT COMPLETION (ie STABILITY etc) I see this as a distraction. If they have such a hard time getting their coding right and all then how can they justify using their coding staff time on these bells and whistle aspects.
I would rather prefer a really boring but STABLE Version 4 where all the MANY problems and workflow stuff ups have been TOTALLY fixed.

Come on Pixologic - please do not relaease another unfinished misery product where "WORKAROUNDS" are the course of the day.

PS Don't bother flaming me either just because I have stated the obvious.Sorry what problems are those? unstabble?..............................oh wait your a Mac user right? ;)

[MSMBrush]

hahahahahahahaahahhaahhahahaahhahahahahaahhahahaha hah

i gona crazy

superb job plz buy autodesk :)

[amolpatil]

wow great it's awesome .......:lol::lol::lol:

[tokio]

thank you for new feature:D
you are so great .+awesome+amazing+fantastic work :tu::tu::tu::tu::tu::tu::tu::tu::tu::tu:
*** i like kid in video very cut:De:p

[U_L.]

These new features are most excellent!
I would like to thank PixoLogic Creators for giving us these extended powers with the Zbrush 4.
note:



Lifetime updates for licensed user is impressive.
Something in the back of my mind says the always developing application must carry some cost.
I would not mind paying a nominal annual fee of say $10.00 for these improvements!
:)

[allfiredup]

My jaw hit the floor, What takes me forever to do with normal internet image searching and Photoshop now seems possible all in one app. :eek: I can't wait to get my ZB4 upgrade! :D

[tuddel]

yep thats awesome.:D
i wish zbrush would add the use of photoshop brushes and using layers
among other things that people normally ask like the voxel sculpting thing (dont mind that much)
but patience i suppose :)

[spaceboy412]

i'm officially ready for a zbrush OS. haha.

[lander]

I'm at a loss for words.

Time to make your app justice and stop messing around.

[SquidWatch]

Really fantastic.

Countdown to Zbrush:

50 Days, 7 Hours, 11 Minutes, 10 Seconds, 13 Miliseconds

As we know, it is impossible to wait that long.

[gmarte]

after this spectacular video...just three waiting point...mamma mia...

[inverse catheter]

Sorry to be a sceptic but I see this in a different light to many of you.
This new stuff is all very well and good and in some cases may be very useful but for a company that has a track record of FAILING miserably to be ON TIME and ON PRODUCT COMPLETION (ie STABILITY etc) I see this as a distraction. If they have such a hard time getting their coding right and all then how can they justify using their coding staff time on these bells and whistle aspects.
I would rather prefer a really boring but STABLE Version 4 where all the MANY problems and workflow stuff ups have been TOTALLY fixed.

Come on Pixologic - please do not relaease another unfinished misery product where "WORKAROUNDS" are the course of the day.

PS Don't bother flaming me either just because I have stated the obvious.yeah. what he said

[epiginosis]

Dang, slow that video down, were there texture layers in there? That's all I wanted, sheesh. That and specular, diffuse, normal map viewing on the model in the ZB viewport. Much more useful than this imo.

[sam10bw]

I was considering picking up mudbox because of the user friendly interface and its something I'm familar with because of Maya. But it looks like I'll just have to learn some Zbrush instead, these features are just insane. You guys just monopolized the market good job.

[creature]

..... i just pooped myself

[SimonTG]

This really looks awesome! Altough... I REALLY hope they add "photoshop style" layers for textures. As it stands right now, I know a lot of people who simply cannot work with zbrush for texturing because of the lack of flexibility this create.

I simply do not understand why they have 3d layers (which are rather innovative and new) yet layers for textures that are already available in photoshop, bodypaint and mudbox are missing. Having to work seeing only the effect of 1 layer without any blending mode is rather limiting =/

[Vanrailey]

I love Zbrush... and I love the community....*sniff... snifff*:cry: .... i dont mean to start crying... I just love you guys... and gals.... but mainly Zbrush.:lol:

[prash]

hey cool stuff guys... congrats!
cant wait to get a hands on that!

[mnb96]

That's a rather useful feature. And it undoubtedly makes the workflow smoother (although the hyper-speed in all these videos helps a bit).
However I agree with other people in the forum who claim that:

1) A rock-solid stable release of ZBrush should get higher priority: the bugs and limitations of the previous versions have been sometimes way too frustrating.

2) Layers and Blending Modes (like in Photoshop) would have been more welcome than this fancy feature.

If these two requirements were ever fulfilled, I will have found the perfect software for expressing my creativity without the need to resort to other packages just to do small tasks that ZBrush can't still do (properly).
Too many people (also in Pixologic) seem to forget that many folks would love to use Zbrush also for only 2D art.

[imaginationtao]

wow!Zb4 has the functions of Photoshop!

[PatrickSurace]

THAT, is what I'm looking for can't wait for Z4!

[QFStudios]

Hello all,

After watching the videos of GoZ, Spotlight and Lightbox ... and especially after reading the part where registered users of 3.1 get a free upgrade to version 4.0.

I just purchased Zbrush. I'm glad Pixologic decided to do it this way, because I didnt want to wait until August to buy version 4 :D

[MR_DDd]

Hi I am new to ZBRush.

I saw one feature on that video that can't be for real... From a picture the head model is created without the need to create the geometry?

The black girl head, was it modeled previously and then just applied texture or is there some sort of wizardry going on?

Cheers

[Cassandra Helm]

Can't wait. I just got my upgrade to Z3 and can't believe another free upgrade is coming. O. A. - thank you very, very much.

[CyberSpawn2100]

Hi I am new to ZBRush.

I saw one feature on that video that can't be for real... From a picture the head model is created without the need to create the geometry?

The black girl head, was it modeled previously and then just applied texture or is there some sort of wizardry going on?

Cheersyou got it right 2nd time ...its most likely a modified demo head that come with ZB3. but the way the video looks it kind even makes me feel like the geometry just makes it self FTW!

I'm putting some of my projects on hold just for Z4

I feel the next big feature will have the word mixer in the name

[XxDarkMessiahxX]

Incredible. I don't know how such an awesome product can be made better, but Pixologic always thinks of a way to do something groundbreaking. Features you never even thought you might need make their way into ZBrush and then you wonder how you ever did without them.

Is there any way you guys can program something that reads my mind, so I don't actually have to sculpt my model? I just think and a fully detailed model appears perhaps? :D

[tortilla1]

I really don't see what the excitement is all about! I thought ZBrush was developing into a world-leading sculpting tool for 3D professionals? But after watching this I am very sceptical and afraid that Pixologic has decided to go after the lucrative hobbyist "can-do-everthing-no-skill-required" massmarket.
Half the time I had the feeling I was back in the nineties watching the first release of Kai's Powertools. I'd rather start paying for upgrades and have Pixologic focus on making the existing toolset (which is amazing enough as it is)
rocksolid. They can start with the ability to import textures without having to hit the "flip vertical" button.

Still loving you....

tortilla1

[CyberSpawn2100]

Incredible. I don't know how such an awesome product can be made better, but Pixologic always thinks of a way to do something groundbreaking. Features you never even thought you might need make their way into ZBrush and then you wonder how you ever did without them.

Is there any way you guys can program something that reads my mind, so I don't actually have to sculpt my model? I just think and a fully detailed model appears perhaps? :DYou. See here: http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/showthread.php?t=44184
this idea is right up there with PS9 LOL

[CyberSpawn2100]

I really don't see what the excitement is all about! I thought ZBrush was developing into a world-leading sculpting tool for 3D professionals? But after watching this I am very sceptical and afraid that Pixologic has decided to go after the lucrative hobbyist "can-do-everthing-no-skill-required" massmarket.
Half the time I had the feeling I was back in the nineties watching the first release of Kai's Powertools. I'd rather start paying for upgrades and have Pixologic focus on making the existing toolset (which is amazing enough as it is)
rocksolid. They can start with the ability to import textures without having to hit the "flip vertical" button.

Still loving you....

tortilla1OMG are you serious o.0
Zbrush can't make a good artist out of anyone. Everyone that make awesome art in ZB usually has solid Pen, pencil, and Brush experience. I do not, but i know enough the know that!

I see this as Pixologic narrowing the gap between Imagination and Manifestation FOR THE ULTIMATE WIN!!!

with wealth of images online today tons references are now going to be almost at our finger tips and now for most stuff we won't need to hop back and forth between PhotoShop.

[LY]

You realize that you've just perfectly demonstrated how his point is completely valid?

[Slosh]

Just watched the video for a second time, still amazed.

As for anyone griping about what ZBrush can't do, or the occasional glitch (and I have had only a few myself), I'm sure Pixologic is addressing the problems. They read our posts and I doubt seriously that they would simply ignore them. As it has been said, industry professionals are now using ZBrush and Pixologic is aiming to please them as well as the hobbyists. I just saw ZBrush in use on an episode of Science of the Movies.

As someone who used ZBrush when there were:
- no ZSpheres
- no retopology
- no subtools
- no matcaps
- only standard, move and smooth brushes
- just good old fashioned balls, cubes and planes
- polypaint was just a plugin called Texture Master...

... I am always pleased when new things are added. ZBrush is still one of the most inexpensive packages out there as it is still growing. Be patient. I do agree on one thing, however. Pixologic has not released updates when announced. I can live with that because I still get a great product to use in the meantime.

[CyberSpawn2100]

Precisely, well put.

now I feel I can say Juvenaly Vindicated!!! by a voice of experience.

Even though I'm still new to Zbrush and haven't been apart of community long
I tested out Zbrush in the beginning I just couldn't afford it until the excellent Z3.

[It's Alive!]

:tu: Looks like that new Wheel shaped UI feature really takes advange of the new Wacom Intuos4 Speed Ring. Time to start saving up for a new Wacom tablet.

[Avan-AMS]

So i suppose your a pro, what exactly takes to make zbrush a pro tool and not a toy besides the texture thing you said. "no-skill-required" dosent mean "no talent required" pixo is just removing that barriers between you and your talent, anyways i woundt know until i see the thing myself for now is too early to tell

[eldee.s]

Wow, thats amazing, are you trying to kill Photoshop? :)gonna be hard to do without layers :)

maybe they're trying to kill MS Paint heheh


So i suppose your a pro, what exactly takes to make zbrush a pro tool and not a toy besides the texture thing you said. "no-skill-required" dosent mean "no talent required" pixo is just removing that barriers between you and your talent, anyways i woundt know until i see the thing myself for now is too early to tella pro tool is pipeline friendly. zbrush is kinda pipeline friendly because so many people have used it and developed workarounds for it. GoZ (assuming it works), will make zbrush more pipeline friendly. If you're just a hobbyist and are using zbrush to just play around and make personal artworks, it works fine for what it is. In the real world though, you're not making art for yourself, you're making it for someone else- and there are ALWAYS changes.

for example- if I was making that turtle in the video, my art director might come and say to me "hey, I showed the client what you gave me and they asked for the stripes to be more red, and bigger". So now in zbrush I have to start all over again, because there are no layers.. which makes it bad for a pipeline, and not something that professionals will typically use. I know of some concept artists who use polypaint, but only for sketches. When they start seriously developing a concept they move to Bodypaint, Deep Paint, or photoshop. Polypaint is a hobbyist's toy right now


with wealth of images online today tons references are now going to be almost at our finger tips and now for most stuff we won't need to hop back and forth between PhotoShop.It's worth noting that in most countries- this is illegal. You can use images as reference, but as soon as you start hitting up google images and grabbing them off of websites to paint your models, it's copyright infringement. A grey area that nobody really pays any attention to, but before now there was never a 'google image leech' button in a professional application :P

Real texture artists own cameras ;)

[Francis Bezooyen]

Just thought I'd back up what eldee.s is saying. Having been texturing profesionallly for some time, I watched the video feeling perplexed, asking myself, "am I crazy?" because I can't imagine anyone doing serious texture work that way. Maybe for some small game props, but everything else - no - you need more isolated control over inidvidual features, because:


those may need to change, as per eldee.s's example of changing colors and thicknesses of stripes on a turtle, and not only when the client asks, but if you change your own mind
a high-quality texture job will probably not involve converting the color map directly to bump or specular, as the information frequently needs to be heavily edited for those addtional maps, and having different features of a map on different layers makes making those changes far easier.
In short, I really think that layered texturing and .psd file support are absolutely necessary as a minimum for Zbrushes texturing tools to be production ready, and even then I'd probably use it only as a support to photoshop for seaming and other odd jobs, because the tools that are available in photoshop are just so much more advanced.

What I would like to see, is Zbrush team up with Adobe, providing Adobe with the 3D technology to handle high poly meshes directly in Photoshop. in my opinion, the combined abilities of ZB and PS (plus a few features from Bodypaint) would be a dream come true for texture artists.

Having said all that - I do love ZB, and am really looking forward to version 4!

[Graphite]

Cant wait to try out the new stuff in Z4
Looks pretty simple to use to.

[PMRRRI]

some folks are unsatisfied with ZB's painting tools. Pixologic has worked on improving them. They're still complaining about it. Maybe it is time to start charging Pro prices.:o

[Francis Bezooyen]

Maybe it is time to start charging Pro prices.:oYikes! please, not that.

As for the rest though - personally, I'm just trying to back up someone who's making a valid point, and hope to clarify the realities a little. Being dissatisfied with some features certainly does not mean that one does not love the tool, as I surely do. There is no doubt that pixologic has made a fantastic product, and not just for the price.

Cheers

[Clappy71]

People are already assuming there won't be layered painting in Zbrush 4. Why don't you give them a chance to reveal all of the new tools first. Keep in mind, you always save the best till last.

MC

[eldee.s]

People are already assuming there won't be layered painting in Zbrush 4. Why don't you give them a chance to reveal all of the new tools first. Keep in mind, you always save the best till last.

MCNobody's assuming anything.. we're talking about Z3 in the current production pipeline, and hoping Z4 doesn't choose gimmicky new features over core features and bug fixes :)

[caseyjames]

To what extent is the projection painting already built into zbrush?

I've watched the videos for texturing a head model and warping the image to match the model. I am trying to find a tutorial that could help me texture an entire room from various photo's (minus that fancy new browser) where I can quickly position them and scale them and paint them where needed.

Any tips? I just finished UVing the scene and Im about to move everything in zbrush.

[^[SpencerVK]^]

I signed up and registered just now,
almost entirely so I could repeat my initial reaction,

Holy crap.

[Francis Bezooyen]

Actually, If I had to make a guess, it would be that layered texturing will be in ZB4. It seems like a very logical next step, unless pixologic plans to abandon the texturing paradigm all together, and I think that Spotlight and Lightbox show that they do not.

I think I've just been responding to the workflow that seems to be suggested by the demo, which in my view is not well suited to serious texture work. However, I'm sure someone has a use for it, such as concept artists or productions that differ from those that I have worked on or been familiar with in some significant way.

Meanwhile, I remain hopeful that layered texturing, and maybe even psd support, will be a feature of ZB4.

[CyberSpawn2100]

I myself have gathered an excellent collection of High-Res images from all over the internet (I'm assuming Spot Light will be usable on and off-line) and there are more than a handful of dedicated texture websites out there.

the color matching is something that really interested me and making Moon Babies

[hikster]

0h my god...oh my dear dear god. This is seriously off the hook.

Congratulation to Pixologic, for writing the most ground-breaking algorithms the world has ever been witness to.

[tannerj]

wow... I think I just pee'd a little bit...

[Reaversword]

Well, Now we got a stencil that behaves like a stencil besides an alpha, and besides, we can do equitative colors corrections, flexible deformation of the image, transformations of the image... a total independence of a 2d software like Photoshop, or gimp.

This is really great. Well done, Pixologic, we need it for speed improving. Thanks.

[CyberSpawn2100]

I would add with exception to Vectors ...ZBrush doesn't have vectors.
And they are really nice for text and making cool scalable design patterns.

the Day ZBrush gets Vector Master it all over. Being able to put precise vector patterns on your model is priceless.

[skulll_monster]

pixologic team rock ! the creative things that nobody never heard of them appear in Zbrush! thats why Zbrush is a Unique software !

[estony77]

I don't know how to say it, but I like this.

[victory1112007]

Thank you I have been looking for an easer way to texture map from photos and it looks like my prayers have been answered but, do you know if Zbrush 4 works well with a IMac running Windows on VMware :qu: : :D

[mrzhangu]

Zbrush 4



Amazing Update.. I Love It...

Btw... What's The Name Of The Song And The Dj? It's Great, I Return Here Only For Listen It

[Jaxx]

Seeying some really great stuff coming up in the new release!! Keep it coming! :D

[Jaxx]

I would add with exception to Vectors ...ZBrush doesn't have vectors.
And they are really nice for text and making cool scalable design patterns.

the Day ZBrush gets Vector Master it all over. Being able to put precise vector patterns on your model is priceless.

Yay! Finally someone that shares my thoughts! :) Never quite understand why the 3D world doesn't embrace vectors more - be more flexable in importing vector art & stuff. I understand that if the art is complicated it could be quite a strain on the program but isn't that always the case?..

Imagine what you could do with the lossless scalability of vector graphics in combination with 3D...! :D

[Burchigb]

Anyone find out the name of the song that was used in the demo real?

Still like the demo real, real slick

Hat off to the method used to display the power of this great program

Would it be possible to download?

:-)

[dxyTiger]

cool

[Vanrailey]

I wonder what the next video will be of. I also wonder if Z4 will have updated topology tools (some silo mixture) and/or some boolean type functions to combine or subtract meshes. :D

[Altermind]

unf!!! this will help out BIG time on speed stuff :)

[victory1112007]

I see Zbrush 4 is good for Texture Mapping with photos but, can you use it to sculpt the Mesh from photos which would be a improvement over using the Imageplane :qu: :rolleyes:

[victory1112007]

I wish Zbrush 4 could Model Sculpt 3D Messes from photos that is what would be helpful improvement :idea: :idea:

[victory1112007]

you got it right 2nd time ...its most likely a modified demo head that come with ZB3. but the way the video looks it kind even makes me feel like the geometry just makes it self FTW!

I'm putting some of my projects on hold just for Z4

I feel the next big feature will have the word mixer in the name

I wish Zbrush 4 could Model sculpt 3d meshes from photos that would be an helpful improvement :idea:

[robinmitra1]

omfg! its a dream come true :eek: take that mudbox :lol:

[KHALLUS]

Yay to new and improved topology tools like 3d coat 3 (Best you can get on the cheap) and Yay to photoshop layer system for texturing,just these features will keep me overjoyed if ya got em pixologic.get inventing,go on..
(p.s) I still love ya

[Kerem]

ZOMFG :eek:

[TrackZ]

Awesome, at last some advanced clone and paint tools, looking forward to the release! :D

[3djoe]

THis is just amazing!
Free update to boot I love you guys

[godisinme]

where can i get that song

[dustbin1_uk]

Well just tried to use TrackID on my Sony phone and it didn't find it! :(

[dustbin1_uk]

found it!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlOkBkKuYcE

go about half way in

EDIT: woops!!

That was a remix, here is the actual one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5c0zQlHiPmw&feature=related

[Burchigb]

Okay but what is the name of the group an song name?

[robinmitra1]

dude the vid says it all:
Fatboy Slim - Love Island



:p

[Burchigb]

Thanks for the info. Not able to get that web site where I am located at.
:-)

[ctedin]

Anyone here still amazed that we get these upgrades for free? Any other software package offering this kind of upgrade path? (Probably shouldn't talk about it, though. Don't want to be remembered as the "guy who wrecked it") I imagine the good will just keeps more people adopting Zbrush. Imagine that keeps the new users flowing in. I know that I keep evangelizing it to anyone who will listen to me. Thanks again, Pix!

[CyberSpawn2100]

I remember early last year I saw mention of ZBrush3.5 just shortly after 3.12 came out. We are literally in my view getting about $600 worth program for free! ZBrush4 was an truly is made for the Artist.

And even the promo is work of art!:cool: now I'm going drool go over Go-Z Part 2