Various Other ZBrush Additions:
Brushes
- New preset brushes provide examples of how to take advantage of ZBrush 4R4’s key features: Curve Strap, Curve Track, Insert types and more.
- Create Insert and IMM Insert Multi Mesh brushes with a single click.
- Insert Brushes now use the brush Imbed setting to define the depth of the insertion.
- Insert Brushes now use the Z Intensity setting to apply a squash factor along the insertion normal.
- Projection Strength function conforms the inserted mesh to the underlying surface.
- Be recognized for your contributions! You can now provide your name and website info to a brush before exporting and sharing it with the community.
Tool and Geometry
- Maximum DynaMesh resolution has been increased to 2048.
- Mask Peaks and Valleys function detects portions of the mesh with the greatest detail density. This function is used internally by QRemesher but is also available for general use via the AutoMasking options.
- Quickly create a PolyGroup from a mask. This is especially useful with the new topology replacement features.
- New Cluster option for the Group Visible function controls the way its randomization will act.
- Grow All visibility function makes all the current mesh’s polygons visible..
- Mesh to Brush function converts the mesh of an Insert Mesh brush to a new Tool.
- New topology cleaning tools: Merge Triangles and Weld Points.
- Mesh Extract gains two new controls: Corner Quad to Triangle and Thin Border.
FiberMesh
- Merging different SubTools which are FiberMesh aware preserves the designation if they have the same number of vertices per fiber.
- The Group Visible function is now FiberMesh aware and uses the Coverage value to regroup the fibers.
- The Split Hidden and Group Split functions are now fiber aware.
- The Inflate deformer now has a reduced effect when used on a FiberMesh.