Maxon releases ZBrush for iPad 2025.2
Initially posted on 8 November 2024, and up to date for ZBrush for iPad 2025.2.
Maxon has up to date ZBrush for iPad 2025.1, the brand new tablet edition of ZBrush, its industry-standard digital sculpting software program.
ZBrush for iPad 2025.1 introduces extra options from the desktop version, together with help for bitmap textures, UV layouts, displacement maps and floor noise, plus new choices for customizing the toolbars.
ZBrush for iPad 2025.2 provides GoZ help for Cinema 4D, making it doable to ship information to the 3D animation and movement graphics software program in a number of clicks.
ZBrush’s core performance, repacked in a UI designed to be used on a touchscreen machine
Launched earlier this yr, ZBrush for iPad is a much-anticipated pill version of digital sculpting software program, extensively utilized in idea artwork, recreation growth and visible results.
It contains the core performance from the desktop version, together with over 200 of the preferred sculpting brushes.
Different key options embrace dynamic tesellation system Sculptris Pro, plus DynaMesh for true clay-like sculpting, and Live Boolean modeling.
The pill version additionally contains ZBrush’s Dynamics toolset for simulating fabric, and making use of soft-body dynamics to sculpts.
For texturing sculpts, customers get 3D portray toolset Polypaint.
New texturing choices from the desktop version, together with texture map and UV controls
ZBrush for iPad 2025.1 extends these texturing choices significantly, because the replace provides the Texture Map, UV Map and Displacement Map sub-palettes from the desktop version.
The brand new instruments make it doable to use bitmap textures to sculpts, convert Polypaint information to textures for export, UV unwrap fashions, and import fashions with an current UV structure.
Maxon has additionally added the desktop version’s Surface Noise function, for making use of procedural noise to sculpts: one good change within the pill version is the choice to make use of pictures from the iPad digital camera as a supply of floor noise.
Workflow and interface enhancements
UI and workflow enhancements embrace the choice so as to add any management from the software program to the customizable backside toolbars, not simply brushes, supplies, texture and alphas.
The Apple Pencil’s roll function is now supported for altering values on the 4 predominant brush sliders, and tooltips are displayed on hover on units that help the Pencil’s hover function.
The iPad version additionally now helps the identical set of languages because the desktop model, with the replace including localizations in Chinese language, French, German, Japanese, Korean and Spanish.
Up to date 4 December 2024: Maxon has launched ZBrush for iPad 2025.2.
The replace provides GoZ help for Cinema 4D, making it simpler to ship sculpts to the 3D animation and movement graphics software program, as within the desktop version of ZBrush.
As well as, the software program now contains ZSpheres templates for Feminine, Male and Hand mannequins.
Value and system necessities
ZBrush for iPad is suitable with iPadOS 17.0+ requires an iPad with a A12 Bionic chip or later.
The bottom app is free, however is export-disabled. Entry to the total function set requires a paid subscription, which prices $9.99/month or $89.99/yr.
ZBrush for iPad can be included in subscriptions to the desktop version of ZBrush, which now value $49/month or $399/yr.
Read an overview of the new features in ZBrush for iPad on Maxon’s website
Read a full list of new features in ZBrush for iPad in the App Store
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