I am a customer and when I had a support inquire, the prior publisher directed me to Rendo support (not the forum). If you want to do sculpting (Making morphs) or retopo then both Z-Brush and 3D coat are far superior to Blacksmith 3D.
If you are needing UV mapping then 3D Coat is far superior, not just in the auto UV function, but also in allowing you to do your own UV mapping. If all you are comparing is 3D Paint then they are similar. If you like using Photoshop, so you have the best of both worlds (2d and 3D paint) then I recommend 3D Coat (which I use, now, almost exclusively for 3D paint) instead as it has a Photoshop bridge built in. If all you are looking for is 3D paint then Blacksmith 3D (which I have used) is not a bad choice. There are several alternatives to Blacksmith 3D, a few of which I have used.
The technical term is Atlas Mapping, and several 3D programs use it.īoth Z-Brush and 3D Coat do a much better job of auto UV mapping. Whereas if you take the time layout the seams in Blender or any other decent modeller/UV mapper you should get a nice, neat logical map without much stretching.Correct. Every edge in the model is designated as a seam so every polygon is 'splattered' on to the map wherever they will fit. The vision of what it should be that I have in my head is awesome.Įven the best stuff still seems too 20th century.īase off of dustrider's description I would say Blacksmith's auto UV is much the same as Blender's. I know there is stuff that is sorta like that, but I'm describing it poorly.
then after you are done patching it all together, it flattens it all into one nice happy UV map. like when you are sculpting in Zbrush or Scuptris. It automaps the model roughly, then allows you to drag textures onto the model and cut, splice and warp and scale to your heart's delight all in super duper happy fun-time 3D. one that works like photoshop, allowing you to edit and manipulate the textures directly on the model. You know what we really, really need? a 21st century UV mapping program. I've been seriously thinking of buying UV LayOut (especially since I have a Mac). they seemed to be steering people more toward UV LayOut or Ultimate Unwrap.īut that was a long while ago. I read one of the CGI mags a while back and they looked at Blacksmith and sorta liked it. Below are a few additional questions.ġ) In reference to texture painting and displacement map creation, how does Blacksmith3D compare to 3D Coat and Blenderģ) Does Blacksmith3D support detailed displacement map creation on low poly figures (thinking Genesis and clothing details) similar to the capabilities of zbrushĤ) I like the way the 3D bridge between Hexagon and DS works for creating morphs but would be interested in hearing others experiences with morph creation using Blacksmith3D.Īny other comments or general information about Blacksmith3D in general, or compared to other applications would be greatly appreciated.ĭoes that mean you are using it and like it? zbrush), and this seems like it might work. Unfortunately, I can't afford some of the other options out there (i.e. I do wonder just how good the results are. The videos make it look like it would be a great tool for texture creation and for blending textures at the seams. I'm looking for an app that will aid in the creation of figure texture sets from photos (V4/Genesis), and for making displacement maps.
Blacksmith3D ( Blacksmith3D Web Site) is on sale until the 30th, and I was wondering if anyone here has had any experience with it, and what they think about it.
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