Just under a month ago, Pixologic released the powerful ZBrush 4R3. In addition to enhancing the BPR capabilities of ZBrush, this new version also added innnovative and exciting features such as FiberMesh and MicroMesh.
Click Here to view the 4R2b features page.Click Here to view the 4R2b tutorial movies.
Click Here to view video tutorials demonstrating Z4R2′s features.
Click Here to view artwork created by Z4R2′s beta testers.
We weren’t done! Pixologic is pleased to announce the upcoming release of ZBrush 4R3.
This update includes new features and expands the features introduced in previous versions.
Enhancements Include:
FiberMesh. Significant advancements to the FiberMesh settings provide you with greater control and flexibility. Curve modifiers have now been added to a number of FiberMesh settings including: Length, Coverage, Gravity and Color Profile. Revolve has also been added as a new setting. Textures applied to FiberMesh and MicroMesh objects can now be transparent (true black pixels will be hidden), allowing even greater diversity in their use. FiberMesh settings can now be saved and loaded as needed it. In addition, various FiberMesh presets will ship with ZBrush 4R3. These presets can be pre-viewed in Lightbox, as well as modified and shared amongst ZBrush artists. Once you have styled your FiberMesh to perfection, export the fiber guides to other applications for further use. Moreover, fibers can also be exported as unique vector displacement maps to be rendered in external applications.
CoreCG Launches MentalCore, Breakthrough Solution for Optimizing the Maya and mental ray Workflow
About CoreCG
Core CG Ltd., headquartered in Auckland, NZ, is a research and development company specializing in creative solutions that drive innovation and productivity in the fields of CG animation and visual effects. Incubated in a real-world production environment at Oktobor Animation, Auckland’s largest CG animation studio with credits on several high-profile Nickelodeon series, and developed with support from the New Zealand Ministry of Science and Innovation, CoreCG’s technology is production-proven. The company provides artists with efficient, affordable pipeline solutions. Its flagship product is MentalCore, a standalone plugin for NVIDIA® mental ray® and Autodesk® Maya® designed to enhance the lighting, shading and rendering workflow. For more information visit: http://www.core-cg.com/
Render Globals Interface – Quick access to all global settings and render passes
Node Based Render Pass System – Reliable render pass system that eases linking to objects, materials and lights
Shader Library – Achieve desired looks with new material, texture and utility shaders
Color Management System – Easily adopt a linear color workflow
Preview Render Passes – Preview render passes in the renderview without the memory overhead of rendering all other passes in one go
Ambient Occlusion Transparency – Support for ambient occlusion transparency
Python API – Easily integrate MentalCore into any pipeline
mental ray Compatibility – Compatible with mental ray standalone renderer
Pixologic has released ZBrush 4R2b, its free update to ‘polish the rough corners’ of ZBrush 4R2.
The developer had previously previewed its new FiberMesh hair and fur system, included as part of 4R2b, but the update also includes a number of new material and mask-handling features:
FiberMesh
Create true 3D fibers, fur and hair which may be sculpted, painted, UV mapped and exported to other apps.
New set of dedicated FiberMesh Groom brushes and corresponding Brush settings
MicroMesh support to render fibers or single polygons as another 3D object
New set of BPR filters and operators
BPR Global Shadow and Ambient Occlusion settings to simplify shadow management
New Cavity Mixer
Define different material shaders based on the mesh cavities
Improved small details creation through Alpha and Mask
Alphas may be placed using TransPose
Surface Smoothness feature
Detects mesh curvature for Mask creation
New global deformation with Transpose Curve deformation and UnClip
Improved Mask operations with Shrink and Extend
Topology editing additions: Group Mask and Edgeloop Mask Border
New JPEG Exporter with Crop, Preview and adjustment settings
In this tutorial you will learn how to break, shatter, and explode with Cloth Dynamics in Cinema 4D. It is all very detailed and very easy to follow. A really great way to achieve new and stunning effects.
Click Here to view the 4R2b features page.
