In addition, ZRemesher now preserved vertex colour data from Polypaint, ZBrush’s 3D painting toolset, making it possible to begin painting earlier during the sculpting process.Īnother key change shown using the ZBrush 2023 beta was a new smart masking system. That should speed up the process of refining a sculpt, removing the need to undo and redo to test changes. In addition, users get a new Retry button in the interface, which makes it possible to repeat a remeshing operation on the original, unremeshed geometry, but using new remeshing settings. The update adds a new caching system, with ZBrush generating a cache the first time a user remeshes a model, which should reduce the time needed for any subsequent remeshing operations. Maxon showed two separate builds of ZBrush during the ZBrush Summit livestream, the first being Beta 3 of ZBrush 2023, which featured an overhaul of ZRemesher, ZBrush’s retopology toolset. ZBrush 2023: faster, more controllable remeshing with ZRemesher They will also be the first new features that many users have had to pay for, Maxon having announced that ZBrush 2022.0.6, the current release, will be the final free update for perpetual licence holders. However, there has been plenty going on behind the scenes, with Maxon only completing its acquisition of the assets of Pixologic, ZBrush’s original developer, in January. The new features are the first major changes to the software to have been shown publicly since the release of ZBrush 2022 last year: an unusually long time by ZBrush standards. The first major new features in ZBrush not to be available free to existing perpetual licence holders Maxon hasn’t confirmed whether all of the new features will be part of the public release for ZBrush 2023, or when the next release will be, but hinted that it might be in the New Year. The firm showed a beta build of ZBrush 2023 featuring updates to ZBrush’s masking system and ZRemesher retopology toolset, and a separate build of the software integrating the Redshift renderer. Maxon has unveiled some of the new features in development for ZBrush, its industry-standard digital sculpting software, at its ZBrush Summit 2022 user event. The section on upcoming features in ZBrush, including updates to ZRemesher and masking, and integration of the Redshift renderer, starts around 07:28:30. Posted by Jim Thacker Sneak peek: ZBrush 2023Ī recording of Day 3 of ZBrush Summit 2022.

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