***** ZBrush 3.12 - for Mac OS X - Available Now *****

[dannepop]

Still no link
Wonder how many versions of ZBrush Mac there is out there?
When will it be my turn?
No link for my birthday - yesterday…

Danne/

[Carsten_Lind]

Sorry about the delay, but happy birthday then…

[Darth_Mole]

Gah! Midday in the UK on the 2nd and still no download link. I’m gagging to get my hands on my new toy- I mean serious 3D creative application.

[BetoPrado3D]

Hi!

I’m starting another great hard work day here in my studio in São Paulo, Brazil, but without the download link yet…
What a birthday gift would be this link today!!!

best regards for all!!!

[dannepop]

Thanks Carsten!

Would love to now how many ZBrush users there is out there.
And how many is Mac and PC users.
We need a survey!

Danne/

[Fabricio_Torres]

one quick question : are you finally able to delete / remove tools from the tool palette ?

interesting question

i’ll add “reload textures” or “update textures automatically” to that question, as loading the same texture over and over is kinda boring.

[inverse_catheter]

be a ton of big picture questions i’d love to ask too but. keeping it tame : is it possible to arrange subtools now by simply dragging / dropping. and is the subpalette itself now fully expandable ( and size relative to the number of subtools in the list ) ?

[scobb3]

I have one important question…
Are we still able to activate on two computers? I just downloaded it at work, but I do not want to install here if it’s going to jeopardize my having it at home.
…but the suspense is KILLING me!

[ajoe]

I have one important question…
Are we still able to activate on two computers?

The licensing agreement clearly states that you can:

http://www.pixologic.com/docs/index.php/Licensing

My question to support about whether we can have it activated on both Mac and Windows has not received an answer.

[Fabricio_Torres]

Can we add layers on any subdivision level?

[aurick]

What about ZMapper guys ? is there still a way to generate normal maps ?

ZBrush 3.12 can natively generate normal maps.

Also, ZMapper is no longer required for things like creating normal maps with arbitrary meshes – one of the biggest reasons why it was created in the first place. That is now possible – and very easy – through the use of a morph target and ProjectAll. In fact, you have much more control and flexibility with this method, can use more than just two meshes, and you can also create displacement maps from arbitrary meshes. I’ll be posting more on this next week, but I’ve probably already said enough that some of you adventurous sorts will be able to figure it out for yourselves.

[aurick]

I’ve moved some more support-type questions to the 3.12 Support Thread.

Please post any upgrade/installation/activation questions there rather than here.

Before posting, please read the initial post in that thread. It has a checklist that covers all the most common situations, and I am updating it constantly as new info becomes available.

Thanks.

[mistafreeze]

hey aurick, what about zAppLink?

[slickytom]

I have to get to bed now sorry man. im sure someone will come along and answer soon enough. I just opened it recently so im not sure fully caught up with whats new, and how things work yet.

the general impression is that pixologic really wants this application to be the best it can be. on this machine i never used to go past 6 million with zbrush 3.1 on windows. now i just made a test with 18 and it seemed even faster ( with symmetry turned on ). again at 18 mil, compacting takes a bit, but once its done, things zoom along at the same speed that you were going at when you only had 1 million polys. ( remember when that used to be a big deal? )

that on its own is an awesome sign of things to come.

I will test the texture stuff when i wake up :). if nobody mentions anything by the time i wake up, then i will report back.

Thanks for all the great info Ambient-Whisper. Can you give your impression of the new project all feature? In 3.1 it seems to have more success if the model has been unified to the a proper scale that can catch all the detail (but then there are still those parts that fly way off).
Also, if you mask out an area does it not project on that area?
And one last question… Are the new smooth brushes any different than just tweaking the standard smooth Brush’s mod setting?
Thanks!

[aurick]

hey aurick, what about zAppLink?

No plugins are included with 3.12. We held them back until we could thoroughly test each official plugin. Once they’ve been tested to ensure that they work as intended and no conflicts will occur, we will start rolling them back out with a stamp of approval.

Plugins that were released by other authors will need to be handled by that author.

Not all plugins will be able to be updated for 3.12. ZMapper is an example of this. It depends upon exactly what the plugin does and how it does it.

[Pigumon]

No plugins are included with 3.12. We held them back until we could thoroughly test each official plugin. Once they’ve been tested to ensure that they work as intended and no conflicts will occur, we will start rolling them back out with a stamp of approval.

Plugins that were released by other authors will need to be handled by that author.

Not all plugins will be able to be updated for 3.12. ZMapper is an example of this. It depends upon exactly what the plugin does and how it does it.

I’d rather have Zbrush without plug-ins NOW, than wait until they’re all fully tested and get zbrush next year… so I’m happy!

By the way, I got my download link about 6 hours ago!

Thanks!!

[slorpthegillman]

I have some questions!

Under Tool-Uv Map, there is now GUV Tiles, AUV Tiles and… PUV Tiles???

What are PUV Tiles?

Here’s another. Man I have gotten used to using the button to the left of my spacebar as my alt button in Zbrush on windows. Now on mac it is the button two to the left of my spacebar (opt) that holds this functionality. Anyone know how I can change this?

Love the gridplane! Love the UVmap, Texture Map, Disp Map and Normal Map subpalettes! Can’t wait for Zapplink, subtool master and transpose master.

Thank you Pixologic!

[wierdPal]

Well I am up and running now. Thanks ZBteam

[prosthetix]

yep up and running , happy happy joy joy…

[Morbius]

Arghhhh…

You guys are killin’ me!

Still waiting…