Hmm your right they have removed that video! Do you know when it was removed abouts? I know it was there 2 months ago both in Siggraph and 2.5 preview page.
I dont think we will know whats happining untill its here and how far into 2007 is anyones guess.
They show that feature as part of another video now. (I forget which)
It used to be part of the face surface-rigging video, but has been trimmed off
i second that.
There is the case of good timing like waiting for Mudbox or Silo 2 release.
Its a no win situation as quality takes time, and no time limit can be put on that. It just makes it 10 times worse when you wait years for somthink with the expectation of it being months away. Again Siggraph was just a timing thing, there had to be somthink to show at Siggraph but it started peoples hopes up again. Id personaly say if it aint here by feb -march 2007 then one can only wonder whats going on.
me too.
Mudbox, is for the most part, out. But there is no demo unless you were part of the beta team.
Pixologic is really keeping their cards close on this it seems…and it actully makes sense for them to see skymaters cards first- maybe then they’ll know when to stop adding new features, and wrap it all up?
I find it funny that none of the videos of 2.5 have any UI shown…hmmm…and many peoples No. 1 complaint…was the interface.
I think we’ll be seeing some more stuff soon…as soon as mudbox ships…maybe?
This is one crazy end of a year. Pretty much all my apps are being updated in a big way. I’ll go into the new year broke and clueless haha.
Lemo
Yes I also have had some upgrades this year that where much needed, mainly due to Zbrush 2.5 not coming to light.
There where some features in v2.5 that I just could not wait no longer for. I hope that this Zbrush 2.5 dont take much longer as I can see the once burning desire that many had will simmer. Zbrush does so well at what it does so iv just got on with what I can do with it so no problems there other than I tend to run out of memory alot.
It looks like Luxology just upted the ante:
http://forums.luxology.com/discussion/topic.aspx?id=13616
Watch the Technology Preview.
Thanks got posting that dmg3d. I was very close to perchasing Modo but didnt due to the fact that it has no animation, Hair, Cloth or sculpting. Its priced right up there past XSI Foundation. Looking at this movie shows how fast the guys that make modo move, and how well they do it. If they add animation to Modo then I can see it becoming very up there with the best. Modo,s rendering is stunning and the tools are very easy to use. Im hanging in there for zbrush 2.5 at the moment as the features shown will be just outstanding.
omg, dmg, I hope pixologic will be in time. 
I have both modo and Zbrush, so for me it’s not that big of a deal… but for people that have neither modo or Zbrush, nor Mudbox, the decision might be harder. Especially if you’re on a tight budget. It’s great to be able to stay in one program and get it all done. But Luxology also said if you need to be sculpting right now, Zbrush and Mudbox are both great…
I realy cant afford Modo its a bit much for me, but like the demo very much.
I have to go for the cheaper option and thats Poser 6 and version 7 when its out monday. Poser 7 has all that im missing, Hair, Cloth dynamics, animation and better rendering than zbrush 2.0 in most areas from what I know of it so far.
3ds max seems to be the best value in the top end tools, being you get hair and cloth much less than XSI version that has these features.
Poser 7 will be very good IF they have sorted out the ridiculous rigging side of things. If so then it is a very good app for those on a low budget.
Cheers
Mike R
Yes agree the rigging isnt much to be desired. Been playing with Dynamic cloth today in poser 6 and was very impressed, even more so when added wind. Poser interface another thing that I think keeps alot of users away, its looks very power goo, childish if you know what I mean, which is a shame as the features are quite amazing and work well.
Speaking as someone who doesn’t own Zbrush and sticks to relitively simple programs like Poser and Sketchup for my 3D needs, I’m confused and excited. LOL!
There are so many great products out now, having said that, Zbrush seems to have a broader range of features than most and, importantly for me, includes lots of painting tools.
I’ve been vastly impressed by the feature previews shown in this thread, but have to admit when I first downloaded the demo the interface scared the crap out of me!
Instead of some images of pretty sculptures, the welcome screen should have the words Don’t Panic! in large red letters, blimey it’s different and BIG.
This kind of scarey ‘stuff’ has kept me away from serious 3D software for years, assuming that the learning curve presented would be too large an investment of time in something I wasn’t sure of in the first place.
But I keep coming back to check out Zbrush and the amazing stuff in the gallery, I’m hooked and will almost certainly be buying Zbrush. Having downloaded the practical guide and watched various movies, I wanna play!
Mudbox’s interface does look much friendlier than Zbrushes, there is no doubting that, but given that most of the controls shown on-screen seem similar (in function at least) to controls available in Zbrush and that Zbrushes interface is so customisable, this problem (for quaking newbies like me) shouldn’t be too tough to overcome.
Maybe Pixologic could hold a competition for custom interfaces for the confused (perhaps separate UI’s for specific tasks a la’ Zketchpad) and put to use the huge resource of talented Z-scripters?
Or am I over-estimating the demand for a simpler interface?
Working my way through that practical guide was the best thing I did. I too was put off by many 3d applications and liked the results I saw from zbrush by others. The interface put me off big time but I came back a year later. After completing the first few tutorials I knew I had to have this software. When you do get Zbrush if you can go for the extras get the box as the manual is done very high quality. Regardless of the 2.5 update I couldnt be without Zbrush. Zbrush is prooving to be very very usfull for Poser.
hoof! a wagon load of good notices!
yes, really looking forward
thanks man… 