Archive for April, 2009

ZBrush 4 Announced and ZB Mac News

Well, on the heels if Mudbox 2009 arriving to the Mac, Pixologic has offered their response.  ZB Mac 3.12B will ship on Monday, April 27th.   While the exact content was not disclosed, the statement posted on ZB’s forums was “ZBrush 3.12B contains optimizations and feature adjustments to ZBrush 3.12″.   We can hope it will fix some of the more significant problems in ZB 3.12.

Also, this week Pixologic announced ZBrush4.    The statement is:

zb4ZBrush 4 to be released in August, 2009

Since its inception, Pixologic revolutionized the world of digital art. When ZBrush was unleashed, it became the tool of choice for artists by allowing them to bridge their richest imaginations with reality.

With each new release of ZBrush, came a fundamental change to the way artists created some of the world’s most groundbreaking artwork. Through out these past years, innovative new tools coupled with unparalleled leaps in performance, enabled artists to maximize their creativity.

THE REVOLUTION CONTINUES with ZBrush 4

As with previous versions of ZBrush, Pixologic is dedicated to develop tools that not only break the mold, but also reinvent it. ZBrush 4 offers significant enhancements to existing features, and a host of new innovative tools that will allow you to explore and ignite your imagination.

THE FUTURE BEGINS August 2009

ZBrush 4 will be a free upgrade for all registered users of ZBrush on Windows and Mac systems.

It looks like things are heating up in the sculpitng applicaiton market and ZBrush intends to keep in the game.


Mudbox 2009 For Mac is Shipping

Autodesk Mudbox

With unusually little fanfare, Autodesk Mudbox 2009 is now shipping for the Mac.    It looks like there will be 30-day demo version available next week.  Read about here: http://area.autodesk.com/index.php/forums/viewthread/25575/.   Not suprisingly, Pixologic (makers of Zbrush) erradicated the thread on their forums written by concerned Mac users about the lack of displacement map generation.   ZB 3.5 is still lost in space, so mac users might want to join the Mudbox party at DashDotSlash.Net, where you can find lots of tutorial material from Wayne Robson (former ZB guru) on the new sculpting entry on the Mac, Mudbox: http://www.dashdotslash.net/.