Sculptris

Dragonstorm24 · May 23, 2010

this is very helpful I had some ideas of models I wanted to make and this just makes it easier, and with mick-a-nator's tut that i noticed in his signature I can start making stuff for tf2 without having to shell out $3000, thx guys

YM · May 23, 2010

Dragonstorm24 said:
this is very helpful I had some ideas of models I wanted to make and this just makes it easier, and with mick-a-nator's tut that i noticed in his signature I can start making stuff for tf2 without having to shell out $3000, thx guys

Stop right there mister!

This program can make hideously huge poly count models and should be used with extreme caution.

The level of detail it can make is designed for baking normal maps for much, much lower poly models. The high poly models will make most game engines melt.

Dragonstorm24 · May 23, 2010

YM said:
Stop right there mister!

This program can make hideously huge poly count models and should be used with extreme caution.

The level of detail it can make is designed for baking normal maps for much, much lower poly models. The high poly models will make most game engines melt.

woah Im a careful kind of guy, I'm not just going to make a ton of models and put them in maps or on Fpsb, I'll test it then play around with lowering the poly count, it won't be like the sniper van

JoshuaC · May 23, 2010

This program really should only be used to make higher poly models to bake into normal maps. I hope the guy will include an import option so we can model off of a low poly mesh.

YM · May 23, 2010

JoshuaC said:
This program really should only be used to make higher poly models to bake into normal maps. I hope the guy will include an import option so we can model off of a low poly mesh.

There is an import .obj button, or do you mean some other kind of feature??

Grim Tuesday · May 23, 2010

I wish there was a button to render your image into a png, or jpeg. Right now, I have just been taking a screenshot of it...

Frush · May 24, 2010

This is like the Spore creature editor done right

Sel · Jan 6, 2012

So I guess Pixologic (zbrush guys) picked this up and made it available on their site, anyway, it's much simpler to learn than zbrush, and has OBJ import/export capability.

I'm by no means a sculpting expert, but from what I can tell it's more than capable of normal stuff that anyone here using it for their game objects would need it to do, so if you haven't checked it out yet I guess you should.

Mr. Wimples · Feb 7, 2012

Bumping because I've discovered I like this program.

Mr. Wimples · Feb 7, 2012

EArkham · Feb 8, 2012

I use it pretty regularly myself. As already said it's really great for creating high poly bakes on organic forms, but another thing that it works great for is fixing seams. Import a model with UVs and touch them up, then use that as a layer behind your texture and blend it in. Flawless seams.

YM · Feb 8, 2012

EArkham said:
I use it pretty regularly myself. As already said it's really great for creating high poly bakes on organic forms, but another thing that it works great for is fixing seams. Import a model with UVs and touch them up, then use that as a layer behind your texture and blend it in. Flawless seams.

If you have photoshop CS4 extended or later you can do that in photoshop too

Though photoshop's 3D control is spactastically terrible, but at least you get all the usual photoshop tools made available to you.

Micnax · Feb 8, 2012

Since you're involving Photoshop I might as well show you guys this too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzWP93OpOdY&feature=youtu.be

re1wind · Feb 10, 2012

sculptris is the shit.

YM · Feb 10, 2012

Niiice how many parts or is it all one?

Fruity Snacks · Feb 10, 2012

How is scuptris like 3D modeling? I mean, is it the same in a sense (poly's w/ verticies), or is it more like 3D playdoh?

YM · Feb 10, 2012

Fr0Z3n said:
How is scuptris like 3D modeling? I mean, is it the same in a sense (poly's w/ verticies), or is it more like 3D playdoh?

try it and see, it's a teeny tiny program and it's free

Anyhow, if you're too lazy: it starts with a sphere like a lot of zbrush stuff, but it adds triangulation as it's needed so you ALWAYS have plenty of polys with which to sculpt at whatever detail level you desire. That differs from zbrush in that zbrush subdivides it's quads when you tell it to and will subdivide the WHOLE mesh not just part of it.

The tools are really intuitive as well, the brushes do what you'd expect, much like clay modelling (minus mass conservation)

Fruity Snacks · Feb 10, 2012

Maybe I'll mess with it this weekend.

Mr. Wimples · Feb 10, 2012

Inorganic shapes can be a bit of a challenge with this.

Either that or I just need to get the hang of it.

Kiddnils · Feb 11, 2012

Well... my first model. Anyways cool programm.

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