ZBrush is used by a variety of different companies ranging from ‘Institute of Leadership and Management’ to ‘Electronic Arts’. As well as being used as a digital sculpting tool to create high-resolution models (Ten million polygons) for use in films, games and animation. The main factors that differentiate ZBrush to more traditional modelling packaging is that it is more affiliated to sculpting. ZBrush uses a proprietary “pixol” technology, this stores lighting, colour, materials and in depth information of all the on screen objects.

3D / 2.5D modelling, texturing and painting (Colouring). ZBrush is a digital sculpting tool that adds qualities together, e.g. It is used for more plans and architectural purposes. It isn’t the primary program for modelling, but is an incredibly useful program for converting models into real objects. It was used in the making of Borderlands 2 (see link).ĪutoCAD is a program where 2D and 3D design can be rendered and prepared for printing. It provides you with different tools to be easily used and it is very fast to save time. Modo is perfect software for designing, painting, animation and rendering works. The Interactive Creative Enviroment (ICE), this is the node based part of Softimage, it gives us the expansive array of options for animations. It does this by using code which is called Maya Embedded Language (MEL) and Python scripting.Īutodesk Softimage, most likely known as Avid Softimage XSI is a visually effects platform which is node based and is used in a variety of different ways, including Games, Films and Television (post production). Maya uses scripting to create excellent character animations and modeling tools, and gives you the ability to create stunning visual effects for Television, Film and Gaming. It is one of the most used and flexible pieces of 3d platforms available. It’s won multiple awards including Academy Award for Technical Achievement.

Maya is another piece of software made by Autodesk and is use worldwide.

The linking between the two programs allows you to render the image in realtime and whatever you do in Cinema, will update live in AE which is very useful when working on projects and allows for a faster workflow.

Also with Cinema 4D, it is designed more for motion graphics compared to 3d models and it also can connect with Adobe After Effects now, which is a compositing software. Another is Cinema 4D, which I like, because I like the layout and simplicity it has, but some people don’t like it, because it uses a hierarchy system, so for example in 3ds Max, you put an extrude modifier on an object, but in Cinema, the object goes as a child of the extrude nurbs, so it can get more complicated to some people this way, but personally I think it’s fine. There are many other types of software however, such as Blender which is a free 3D program. however 3ds Max can also do this, but each program has different strengths and you could say 3ds Max is suited for more games and Maya is more for films. Modeling/Animation: Blender, Lightwave, Cinema 4D, 3ds Max, Maya, Houdini, XSI, Poserģd Trackers: Boujou, PFTrack, Voodoo, SynthEyes, IcarusĪutodesk are the industry standard for anything 3D, with having their 3ds Max software which is used for modelling, texturing and lighting mostly as well as Maya, which is used for more animation purposes and to create fluids such as fire, smoke etc.

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