zbrush 4R6 now with magic retopo

arshlevon · Jun 2013

looks pretty cool, you can do this without guides and it just looks nice, really amazing
http://www.zbrushcentral.com/showthread.php?178984

wizo · Jun 2013

....dat button, we've all been waiting for it!

this calls for celebration : )

oXYnary · Jun 2013

Will 4.6 be the final before 5.0? Cmon 64bit!

bounchfx · Jun 2013

guh!! nice!

Do we know if 5 will be a free upgrade like everything has been so far? Part of me is afraid they may charge for it since it'll be a big release. Any Pixologic peeps lurking?

wizo · Jun 2013

seriously giving amazing low topo results, in seconds. so happy right now!
bounchfx, they will charge more (+100 dollars) after the month of july, sounds like it is a good time to buy it.

Kevin Albers · Jun 2013

Wow, that remeshing does look great! Yay.

Ruz · Jun 2013

wow looks awesome. the low topo stuff , just great

Tenshi · Jun 2013

Zbrush: $795 per license.
Mudbox: $795

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Iyo · Jun 2013

3D scanner + Zremesher + Ddo...*shudders*

Joe March · Jun 2013

Cautiously... optimistic..

Swizzle · Jun 2013

I tried out the retopo on a couple of different models with wacky shapes. This shit is unbelievable.

Black magic craziness. I can't believe it works.

Makkon · Jun 2013

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What have I been doing wasting all of my money on Maya?! PISS

s6 · Jun 2013

That shit is tits. I really need to upgrade Zbrush. Was on the fence, Till I read swizzles post.

explodingseashells · Jun 2013

Can more folks post and let us know how it works? how good is it?

dtschultz · Jun 2013

That's awesome! I can't wait to give this a shot.

Swizzle · Jun 2013

Just tested it out:

Dan! · Jun 2013

set the target polys to 2 and hit go, no guidance

Swizzle · Jun 2013

Seems to handle low-frequency shapes very well, medium-frequency shapes alright, and high-frequency shapes badly, at least without guides or polypaint weighting.

I'm actually super impressed with how it handled the hand topology.

Swizzle · Jun 2013

...Fuck.

s6 · Jun 2013

Obviously it would need a bit of refinement, But I'm curious, Just how badly is the belt area mangled? Is it close enough to go in a Vert by Vert package and do a bit of cutting and welding? or is it just demolished in there? the close up looks manageable, But that zoomed out shot, There is a really dense spot there on his left hip.

And did that character have lips?

Thanks for posting examples.

Edit: Ninja'd

Fuck good, Or Fuck bad? It looks decent...right?

moose · Jun 2013

dag! came out awesome with those curve guides.

I tested it out on a few dumb bricks and it worked well. Also tried it to re-topo a base subdiv and reconstruct with mixed results. Was getting strange holes & "pockets" that wouldn't reconstruct.

Dont' have any images to show, but doing a side-by-side compare of a 1k zremesh vs a 1k decimate mesh for quick-low poly meshes was night and day. Decimate had slightly better form but much worse geo.

cooolll

RogelioD · Jun 2013

This is absolute devil voodoo magic level stuff. Unbelievable. Unreal.

arshlevon · Jun 2013

This is why I said magic in the title, I have done multiple test, amazed at every one. With the guides it makes even more incredible.

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Entity · Jun 2013

Thank you Pixologic based god!

uncle · Jun 2013

Wow, it actually works. Impressed.

leslievdb · Jun 2013

great, just in time for me to try it out on a new model

TeZzy · Jun 2013

Mother of god......this is such a lovely update.

Just the other day I was wondering when there would be an announcement and BAM! we get this little gem today.

EmAr · Jun 2013

Can't wait to get a ZBrush license again, wow!

Nemlet17 · Jun 2013

This brings tears to my eyes. Just think, we can all go outside for an extra hour thanks to these guys.

danpaz3d · Jun 2013

I'd like to know who or what team put together the algorithm for this. Truly spectacular stuff. Huge congrats to Pixologic.

Mask_Salesman · Jun 2013

Shit the bed... Even as a starting point for refining that's fantastic.

Am gonna test this biz out straight away!

cryrid · Jun 2013

danpaz3d wrote: »

I'd like to know who or what team put together the algorithm for this. Truly spectacular stuff. Huge congrats to Pixologic.

My guess is Verold had a hand in it since it replaces qremesher (which previously had a 'detect curves' button that always asked for the full version, which several people were confused about).

I'm surprised and happy it works this well.

Fomori · Jun 2013

Looks great. Real time saver.

I'm curious to find out how it handles conversion to lower poly meshes than you guys have shown. Say a 3k triangle character model. Hopefully will be trying it out over the next few days.

Equanim · Jun 2013

Has anyone tried sort of iterating down to avoid tangling? E.g. simplifying a high poly mesh into a slightly less high poly, and repeating until you get down to a desired level?

WarrenM · Jun 2013

I made a random mesh and it messed up a little ... I added a few guides and it came out perfectly. This looks so ridiculously good I expect to be waking up any moment now.

Torch · Jun 2013

Haven't had a chance to try it yet but looks awesome - so its like a really souped up version of Qremesher? Looks like a huge timesaver!

WarrenM · Jun 2013

It's what you hoped QRemesher would be.

Ruz · Jun 2013

wowo, just amazing. a big f*** off to reptopology:)

tottot · Jun 2013

Anyone else have trouble installing this update? I dont have a floating license (which they said wont be available for another week), and yet zbrush 4r5 still doesnt recognize that there is an update?

BlvdNights · Jun 2013

Cautiously optimistic but so far all the results I've seen are pretty stunning.

Jeff Parrott · Jun 2013

So far I haven't hit any issues with it. Pretty impressive Hogwarts type stuff going on. Reminds me how cool math can actually be.

cryrid · Jun 2013

Just a quick test on the Earthquake model (no guides or messing with the settings):

Jesse Moody · Jun 2013

So could this possibly be used for LODs?

ablaine · Jun 2013

What's the minimum amount of tris (in thousands) that you can select as a target tricount? How does it work for target tricounts under 6k or so?

WarrenM · Jun 2013

I was stripping models down to 250 polys and it was still working. Lowest seems to be 100 ...

NyneDown · Jun 2013

Jesse Moody wrote: »

So could this possibly be used for LODs?

That's exactly what crossed my mind. Seems almost too good to be true.

Ace-Angel · Jun 2013

Jesse Moody wrote: »

So could this possibly be used for LODs?

If they're all Quads, yes.

TheWildHunt · Jun 2013

This...

"Magic, motha fucka"

Kbrom12 · Jun 2013

This looks great I'll have to give it a shot but to be honestly I see nothing new I haven't already been doing in 3d-coat. That could change though once I experience it for myself.

zbrush 4R6 now with magic retopo

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