ZBrush 2023

Overview

ZBrush sets the industry standard for digital sculpting and painting. Its features enable you to use customizable brushes to shape, texture and paint virtual clay in a real-time environment that provides instant feedback. When you use ZBrush you'll be empowered by the same tools employed by film studios, game developers, toy/collectible makers, jewelry designers, automotive/aviation designers, illustrators, advertisers, scientists and other artists the world over.

In short, ZBrush is an art tool created by artists, for artists. It allows you to create models and illustrations limited only by your imagination, at a speed that allows you to stand out in today's fast paced industry.

REDSHIFT IN ZBRUSH
Integrate fully GPU-accelerated, biased rendering into your ZBrush pipeline

SLIME BRIDGE
Expand modeling capacity to include complex geometric connections and designs from one masked island to another.

LOCAL SYMMETRY
Utilize the Gizmo inside ZBrush to to keep symmetry within the ZBrush workspace while moving models off the center axis.

SCULPTRIS PRO UPDATE
A dynamic tessellation sculpting workflow that enables you to ignore the constraints of polygon distribution and just -- sculpt!

DIGITAL SCULPTING

Get empowered by the world’s leading digital sculpting solution. The powerful systems inside of ZBrush are designed to eliminate the constraints of traditional modeling and allow you to create freely, just as you would with clay.

When you’re ready to move your 3D sculpt into a pipeline for animation, rendering or 3D printing, the tools to do so are at hand.

• BASE MESH CREATION
• DYNAMIC SCULPTING BRUSH SYSTEM
• SCULPTURAL FREEDOM
• POLYGON MODELING OPTIONS
• REMESHING OPTIONS
• FLEXIBLE WORKFLOWS

PAINTING & TEXTURING

Because ZBrush works with tens of millions of polygons in real-time, you can paint directly on the surface of the model without first assigning a texture map or UV’s. This offers significant advantages compared to a standard workflow. The resolution of the texture map does not need to be decided in advance. You have the freedom to visualize, explore and create textures in 3D, and in real time.

• POLYPAINT
• UV MASTER
• SPOTLIGHT
• ADVANCED FEATURES

READY, SET, RENDER

Whether you are using ZBrush by itself as an illustration tool or as part of a production pipeline for animation, you will at some point want to show your work to others. ZBrush makes this possible using Redshift, as well as a powerful rendering system called BPR (Best Preview Render).

• REDSHIFT IN ZBRUSH
• BPR
• LIGHTCAP® SYSTEM
• MAP GENERATION
• CUSTOM MATERIALS

TOOLS PIPELINE

The intuitive approach of ZBrush doesn’t end with sculpting and painting. Interoperability is at your fingertips, with support for key file formats and real time integration with a number of popular software packages.

• FILE FORMATS
• UNIVERSAL CAMERA
• INTEROPERABILITY

COMMUNITY

ZBrush is not just an application. You’ll be welcomed into one of the largest communities of artists gathered around any 3D software. From our active online community at ZBrushCentral, to our community events, ZBrushLIVE streams and online learning platforms - we believe in helping artists elevate one another.

• ZBRUSHCENTRAL
• ZCLASSROOM
• #ASKZBRUSH
• ZBRUSHLIVE
• ZBRUSH SUMMIT
• INSTAGRAM

REQUIREMENTS

ZBrush is available in the following languages: English, German, Spanish, Korean, Chinese, French, Japanese
ZBrush is available for both Windows and macOS platforms, and the licensing is dual platform so you can run on both or change between them at any time.
Thanks to its processor-based engine, ZBrush runs well on most modern computers regardless of their graphics cards.
A graphic tablet (such as from Wacom) is strongly recommended. It will give you more control and easier interaction.

Support now extends to include Apple M1 and M2 Silicon Graphics chip processing. Take advantage of the latest technology while working inside the world’s most powerful digital sculpting software.

SCULPTING
Base Mesh Creation
ZBrush provides an arsenal of tools that will help you take your models to the next level.

SCULPTING
Brush System
Utilize your graphics tablet to enjoy the natural feeling and precise control of working with clay using a real brush or sculpting tool.

SCULPTING
Sculptural Freedom
Utilize your graphics tablet to enjoy the natural feeling and precise control of working with clay using a real brush or sculpting tool.

SCULPTING
Remeshing Options
Stop thinking about the topology of a model and just start creating. ZBrush can convert your sculpt to a clean base mesh almost instantly.

SCULPTING
Flexible Workflows
Combine multiple sculptures together, contract, expand inflate or drape any surface with gravity or populate your model with instanced geometry.

PAINTING & TEXTURING
PolyPaint
Polypainting offers improved flexibility over the standard workflow - start working on textures even before the final low-res mesh has been created!

PAINTING & TEXTURING
UV Master
UV Master will generate UV coordinates for your models in a single click, resulting in an optimized UV map which is understandable to the human eye.

PAINTING & TEXTURING
Spotlight
SpotLight is a projection texturing system for preparing your source texture directly in ZBrush, then paint your model with it in 3D.

PAINTING & TEXTURING
Advanced Painting & Texturing
Morph a 3D mesh into its flat UV shell to paint long continuous strokes using MorphUV or use ZColor to achieve consistent coloring results.

RENDERING
Rendering
BPR (Best Preview Render) quickly renders any model in edit mode with Shadows, 3D Fibers, Ambient Occlusion, Transparent Subtools, or HD Geometry.

RENDERING
LightCap® System
LightCap® is a way to create both Materials or Matcap® in real-time by manipulating directly the lights they simulate.

RENDERING
Map Generation
ZBrush offers several types of mapping to create the most dynamic surfaces on your 3D models, including Texture, Displacement, and Normal Maps.

RENDERING
Custom Materials
You can make your own custom materials or get them from ZBrushCentral, the Pixologic MatCap Library and elsewhere.

RENDERING
Redshift in ZBrush
Redshift in ZBrush integrate fully GPU-accelerated, biased rendering into your ZBrush pipeline.