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ZBrush 2024 is a professional digital sculpting and painting software that allows you to sculpt up to a billion polygons. ZBrush gives you the tools to quickly sketch out a 2D or 3D concept and then take that idea all the way to completion. You can create realistic renders right within ZBrush with lighting and atmospheric effects.

Using proprietary "pixol" technology, ZBrush is able to store lighting, color, material, and depth information for all objects on the screen, allowing renderings to be viewed in real time. Global or local changes can be made to your models. Medium and high frequency details that were traditionally painted in when bumps and wrinkles were applied to an object's surface can now be sculpted.

High frequency 3D models may also be projected onto the background of a scene, where they become a 2.5D image. A 2.5D image is used to simulate the appearance of being three-dimensional, when in fact it is not. Upon this 2.5D background image, further effects may be applied, allowing another 3D model to be composited into the same scene. With the many powerful export options, you can easily prepare your model for 3D printing or use within any other digital application.

Sculptris Pro is a dynamic tessellation sculpting workflow that enables you to ignore the constraints of polygon distribution and just sculpt. Sculptris Pro makes it possible for you to begin with any shape or model, whether it has ten polygons or ten thousand. There is absolutely no need to worry about having enough polygons to capture details. With Sculptris Pro you can simply brush across the surface. Sculptris Pro will dynamically add and reduce polygons wherever and whenever it's needed, freeing you to focus entirely on the look you're trying to achieve. Start with a sphere, cube, cone, or any other mesh.

Project Primitive is a unique deformer that offers a new way to blend multiple pieces of geometry together. Use multiple primitives to reshape a mesh, cut into a surface, build up from another mesh, and more.

PolyGroupIt provides an entirely new way to create the polygon groupings that are so essential to a smooth workflow. PolyGroupIt accurately evaluates the surface of a model in real-time, generating intelligent groupings with a single button click. With PolyGroupIt you can delete, add, copy, paste, grow, or shrink, create PolyGroups symmetrically, and even use PolyPaint to trace out exactly what you want your PolyGroups to look like.

DynaMesh has no limitations to what it can become. Starting from a sphere to create a character head is an easy process, but DynaMesh will allow you to create a whole character from that very same sphere with no uneven geometry. Consider what it's like to work with clay. As you stretch clay out or add volume to it, the clay itself retains the same basic consistency and the same capacity for detail across its surface. DynaMesh brings that experience to the digital world. The power behind DynaMesh is its ability to regenerate geometry in a blink of the eye, removing all stretched polygons by creating a surface optimized for sculpting and with equal distribution of polygons across the surface. Stretch your model to create legs, arms, columns, or whatever else comes to mind. There are no limits to what your starting point can evolve into.

Shadow Box brings limitless control to the process of creating your three-dimensional base meshes. Use the advanced masking brushes to paint a silhouette of your idea on any of the three sides of Shadow Box and a mesh matching that profile will appear at the center. Carve out holes in the surface of the mesh by simply erasing any part of the masks; the surface at the center of Shadow Box updates instantly. Combine radial symmetry, your own custom alpha textures, reference images, and masking curves to build complex forms in a matter of seconds. Whether you are sculpting a specific model or just exploring shapes, Shadow Box offers a unique method for quickly establishing an editable base mesh for sculpting.

ZSpheres allow you to quickly create a base mesh with clean topology, which can then be sculpted into any form. The power of ZSpheres lies within their simplicity. From a single ZSphere you can easily grow new ones, which can then be scaled, moved, and rotated into any form. Now you can enjoy creating the geometry for your characters while posing in real time. When creating with ZSphere you don't have to worry about complex arrangements of limbs and appendages. At any point, you can add or remove ZSpheres to your creations. You can also instantly preview the mesh that you will generate. Once you have finished building your model with ZSpheres you can generally clean a mesh with a single click.

A good pose is the essence of a great composition. Rhythm, gesture, weight, and balance are all key to any work of art. Use the Mannequin sample projects included with ZBrush to find just the perfect pose for single or multi-character models. The ZSphere Mannequins can easily be edited to fit any character or creature you need. Create an entire scene in just a few clicks. Mannequins are essentially ZSphere armatures. The way that you interact with them allows for easy posing, so that you can quickly explore your ideas - faster, in fact, than sketching a concept image and with far greater flexibility for change as you go. The great thing about using Mannequins is that you don't have to model anything; the model is already set up and ready to go. Later on, if you need to you can skin the Mannequin to make a mesh that you can sculpt. Several Mannequin scenes are included with ZBrush. It is also simple to create your own to infinitely expand your library.

There is a wide range of attributes that can change the initial state of a ZBrush Primitive. This gives you a great level of control over the shape of the Primitive you start sculpting with. Quickly and easily change a cone into a torso or a single plan into any shape you can imagine by using ZBrush's curves. Curves are used within ZBrush to make editing intuitive and more powerful. This is also the case with ZBrush Primitives. By editing a Primitive's curve, you can create an endless number of shapes with both rounded surfaces mixed with hard edges. Add as many points of control along a curve to make shapes as complex as you want.

Curve mode in the Stroke palette allows you to apply your brush strokes with all their settings and modifiers along a defined curve. This curve can be drawn out along the surface of your sculpt or even continue the curve off your model to create integrated pieces like horns, arms, fingers and much more.

This one-click function will apply a topological modification to your model to alter the geometry by sharpening its edges. It can also create a clean surface between two sharp-angled edges. By modifying the Clay Polish parameters, you can drastically change its result. For example, it can give your model a clay weld look, as if the two pieces were welded together. Clay Polish can be combined with DynaMesh. This further enhances the feel of real clay sculpting in ZBrush, making it look even more like you're adding real clay strips to the surface.

The Insert Multi Mesh Brush acts like the standard InsertMesh brushes except that at any given time, you can press the M key to view a list of associated meshes ready for insertion into your model. All of these models are actually a part of the brush and you can switch between them at any time. Think of it as a toolbox composed of your very own 3D meshes with the capacity to function as insert brushes. This means less clutter in your Brush palette while simultaneously letting you build libraries of shapes ready for use at the click of a button. For example, one brush can hold various screws and rivets for sculpting mechanical objects. Another brush could be nothing but noses. Insert Multi Mesh brushes also utilize ZBrush's curves to accomplish things like drawing a line of evenly s