Another echo for the Mac release of this fine-looking plug-in!
Every time I see an incoming mail from this thread, I hope there is some good news. But… no. Waiting for it, almost a year, we do not get any info why we have to wait such a long time. If there are troubles about the Mac version, ok, but let us know you are working to fix it. The new release of ZB will come soon and I hope we Mac-users do not have to wait for it some years more without information about the progress. I know, we get it for free but we are all like Mac-children waiting for the promised Pixologic-icecream. We are Mac users, working on the best and user-friendly computer there is and we like to hear an ‘userfriendly’ answer.
Pixologic, keep going making the the best and creative program there is. I started my job with one of the first releases of Photoshop, after it I’ve never seen a program like that until ZBrush came out. If I have to pay for the plugin or an update, just tell me. Still waiting…
Here it is 2007 and what has pixologic brought for the mac community?
Certainly not zmapper!
2 years and counting.
hehe… awesome work done here for sure. But yeah… 2 years for Zmapper for Mac? ZBrush 2.5 was coming soon in 2004 :lol: What’s the hold up? I’m loving Modo, but still playing with ZBrush. I hope 2.5 will have a kick butt renderer like Modo 202!!
I was justing lookin in, to see if an other year gone by, sheds some new light…but no… nothing here. Not a hint. Well happy New Year anyway 
How would anyone except a mother maintain love for children that couldn’t care less about her weary and constant toil as she gave/gaveup herself to enrich them?
Gratefully.
Kids these days.
ok, ok, we will wait for another year 
Ha Ha Ha :lol:
Whoah, it’s been so long. I hadn’t even realized that ZMapper never got a mac release. I just assumed that it did. I guess it didn’t–bummer.
As much as I love the hard work that Pixologic does, there’s no way around it: “Shame on you Pixologic for never releasing the mac version of ZMapper after all this time.”
I’m pretty sure that it’s safe to assume Mac users will just get it in 2.5 at this point.
Anything they release now had better be universal binary or eyes are going to roll. Pixologic has to realize that users expect delays. It’s the silence that drives us nuts. Even Adobe now deigns to give status reports on its apps.
Any responce from Pixologic? Nothing? We have filled a whole page here with complains about the mac version of Zmapper.At least tell us that there is no chance to launch it just not keep us waiting like fools.
Sad thing is, that every1 now is getting on the train that Pixologic built, but apparently fell off during the ride Here’s little something for Mac users http://content.luxology.com/modo/201/video/modoTechPreview.mov (and for Pixologic, maybe they will reconsider their approach)
Regards
Keleb
I wouldn’t get TOO excited about that, it’s not ready for release or anything, just a technology preview. It is intended for release in 2007 though so it could still beat ZB2.5 for Mac LOL! It probably won’t compare to ZB in Polycounts either. It’s more likely going to be handling the sort of poly counts Silo2 manages (still impressive though!) which should be out much sooner. Nevercenter have been saying the Mac version of Silo2 is close for weeks now so it shouldn’t be too long.
Edit! BTW Luxology are giving another tech preview this wednesday (10/1/07) which should be interesting!
Still, when You take into account that, Modo’s revolutionary modeling capabilities, advanced render engine and awesome ease of work due to its intuitivness, ZBrush has something to be afraid of 
Don’t take me wrong, I’m all for ZBrush, I own it, and Modo still isn’t part of my pipeline. That tech preview gave me thoughts though. In CG all is about ease of use and fast learning curve, combined with creative possibilities software provides. I begin to think, that Modo may be the answer…
It has rather simple and intuitive interface, lots of tools, that seem to be taken straight out of ZBrush closet, real 3d enviorment, very effective renderer and last but not least (and rather important to newbies) the best and most interactive manual I ever seen.
That’s all. I hope I didn’t offend anybody. I keep my fingers crossed for Pixologic and I’m still holding my breath (another year now :)) for ZBrush 2.5 (or maybe ZBrush3?). I hope it will send all the current impostors into oblivion.
Regards
Keleb
I guess that if they did finally get round to doing a Mac version of Zmapper there would be nothing left to do on their Roadmap to 2.5 and they would just have to release it, but I don’t think that will happen in my working lifetime. I’m coming to the conclusion that all the fancy pants sneak peeks we saw about 3 years ago were either special effects trickery, or the coding genius’s have all left and gone to work at Skymatter or Luxology ;-!
The technology preview that Luxology showed was pretty sweet, but what I love the most about Lux, is the completely open relationship they have with their end users. They keep everyone informed as to whats going on, and even when the deadline for a release date slides ( as they do) they are the first to put their hands up and explain the situation. Sound familiar? No, didn’t think so.
They also love the Mac and don’t treat Mac users any differently. No class system at Lux.
Communication is King.
Looking at the troubleshooting thread about ZMapper, we Mac-users could be lucky waiting for it :eek:
@Sifis: Do not wait like a fool, spend your time and money to buy & explore other programs 
@keleb78: After watching the previewmovie-files about Modo, I’m impressed. There are a lot of ZB-like functions and some (not all) are even better. :rolleyes:
I have already tested modo for producing normal maps but the main problem is that it just can’t open the extremely high poly mesh exported from Zbrush so it doesn’t help me at all.
mac users still waiting !!!
hey
its just me or link doesnt work anymore?
well its connecting and loading but except that nothing happens 
I’m unable to download also :[ Hopefully, someone will fix the download links soon… MG