To get beginners started quickly, Pixologic included a host of mannequins that provide the basic layout of humanoid characters and animals. ZBrushCore also offers mesh optimization for 3D printing and Pixologic’s own KeyShot rendering software! So what are the “Core” functionalities that Pixologic has packed into ZBrushCore? You get ZBrush’s popular brush system, you can sculpt with the acclaimed DynaMesh dynamic digital clay. This lite version of ZBrush will only throw you back $149.95 which is a steal considering the $ 895 of the full version.

For instance, in smooth or mostly flat areas (like the top of the head and back of my sketch) ZBrushCore MINI will create larger polygons, and in other areas that have smaller details (like the mouth or eyes), there will be more and smaller polygons to describe the crevices.As the name already suggests, ZBrushCore is a streamlined version that provides the same basic functionality. This is a process called ‘Decimation’ which analyses the surface of a model and generates a topology that adapts to the volumes.

Optimise Mesh: or ‘Reduce the mesh’ buttons are simple shortcuts to reduce the number of polygons on your mesh while keeping enough points to describe the details you have added. You can download the sample mesh of the old man I created for the tutorial.

The default way of saving from ZBrushCore MINI is as a ‘GIF” file which will display a screenshot of what you have in the canvas but will have all the information of the 3D object embedded in it. Save as menu: When the save with pops up, you can actually save as a ‘.ZPR’ format is the ‘ZBrush Project’ format so that you can then use your meshes in ZBrush once you decide to upgrade.

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