Character / 3d texturing software of choice?

Isaiah Sherman · Apr 2014

What do you guys prefer and why? BodyPaint? Something else? Let me know!

skankerzero · Apr 2014

POser is goode for me.

Isaiah Sherman · Apr 2014

What do you like/dislike about it?

Torch · Apr 2014

Lol, I think he was trolling... Mudbox and 3D Coat are good choices, 3DC is great for Retopology and UVing as well, for hand painting stuff I'd say its unrivalled.

EDIT: Your painting is incredible

daphz · Apr 2014

+1 for 3dcoat! I actually really like painting on flat UVz, but bouncing back and forth between 3dc and photoshop is super easy, just hit ctrl+p in 3dc and it pops your texture with layers into photoshop, ctrl+s and it updates in 3dc. When you throw adjustment layers and masks into the mix it gets weird, and I don't think layer folders work; but the way I see it, it's motivation to keep a small number of layers.

I've been doing some texture painting in manga studio 5 recently too. The watercolor brushes blend together super nicely

Isaiah Sherman · Apr 2014

I have briefly heard about 3D Coat. I'm definitely looking to use it for hand-painted work.

Thanks for the info!

BARDLER · Apr 2014

Mari is by far the most powerful 3D painting package out there. It has a layer setup similar to photoshop, but improves upon it to work better with multiple texture channels. You can paint across all your texture maps with one brush stroke which is insanely helpful for speeding up your work. With the recent update it has full PBR right in the viewport which makes it even better for texturing.

johnbradley · Apr 2014

Have not uses 3d-Coat yet but their UV mapping features look very promising :thumbup:, I'd also recommend Poser.

Isaiah Sherman · Apr 2014

Sounds pretty powerful for more realistic work... especially brushing across different maps all at once.

I'm looking for just painting diffuse maps and baking light gradients (light top, darker bottom).

Most important to me: which one is the easiest to pick up and learn and start working in a short amount of time?

Good controls?

Blond · Apr 2014

I use mudbox, it's simple, intuitive and easu to use.

From the 2013 version, you can even paint on your flat 2D Uv's and switch back and forth to 3D painting.

Gestalt · Apr 2014

Substance Painter is looking really impressive. I haven't used it for actual work yet but I'd like to after I mess around a bit more.
http://youtu.be/-fpW9C5il_U

inflict3d · Apr 2014

+ to Mudbox

Xaragoth · Apr 2014

zBrush mostly with some Max in-between to fix my UV stuff. Mudbox and Coat to clean up the mess Polypaint in zBrush did in some places.

Isaiah Sherman · Apr 2014

Does 3DCoat paint based on verts like zBrush does? If I want to do low-poly 3d texture painting, I don't want to have to subdivide my mesh several times just to paint, then downres again.

That's the main reason I don't like zBrush for texture painting.

JedTheKrampus · Apr 2014

You can paint on verts if you want, but you can also paint straight on the texture too.

BARDLER · Apr 2014

Isaiah Sherman wrote: »

Sounds pretty powerful for more realistic work... especially brushing across different maps all at once.

I'm looking for just painting diffuse maps and baking light gradients (light top, darker bottom).

Most important to me: which one is the easiest to pick up and learn and start working in a short amount of time?

Good controls?

I would still say Mari is the most powerful. Its brush system is basically photoshops, and you can even import your photoshop brushes. It also has a masking system so you can control the paint not going to places you don't want. So when the faces are moving away from the screen you don't get that annoying stretched out painting effect like other packages. It has full blend modes, making, and adjustments just like photoshops, and it feels really good to use. After watching a tutorial for a couple hours I was on my way texturing.

Anthony · Apr 2014

The drawback with Mari is, it's expensive, and if you're on a budget, $1000+ might be a bit much.

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