<s>
Pixologic	B-Application
ZBrush	B-Application
is	O
a	O
digital	O
sculpting	O
tool	O
that	O
combines	O
3D/2.5D	O
modeling	O
,	O
texturing	O
and	O
painting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
a	O
proprietary	B-Application
"	O
pixol	O
"	O
technology	O
which	O
stores	O
lighting	O
,	O
color	O
,	O
material	O
,	O
orientation	O
and	O
depth	B-Application
information	O
for	O
the	O
points	O
making	O
up	O
all	O
objects	O
on	O
the	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
difference	O
between	O
ZBrush	B-Application
and	O
more	O
traditional	O
modeling	O
packages	O
is	O
that	O
it	O
is	O
more	O
akin	O
to	O
traditional	O
sculpting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ZBrush	B-Application
is	O
used	O
for	O
creating	O
"	O
high-resolution	B-Algorithm
"	O
models	O
(	O
able	O
to	O
reach	O
40+	O
million	O
polygons	B-General_Concept
)	O
for	O
use	O
in	O
movies	O
,	O
games	O
,	O
and	O
animations	O
,	O
by	O
companies	O
ranging	O
from	O
ILM	O
and	O
Weta	O
Digital	O
,	O
to	O
Epic	O
Games	O
and	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ZBrush	B-Application
uses	O
dynamic	O
levels	O
of	O
resolution	O
to	O
allow	O
sculptors	O
to	O
make	O
global	O
or	O
local	O
changes	O
to	O
their	O
models	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ZBrush	B-Application
is	O
most	O
known	O
for	O
being	O
able	O
to	O
sculpt	O
medium	O
-	O
to	O
high-frequency	O
details	O
that	O
were	O
traditionally	O
painted	O
in	O
bump	O
maps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
resulting	O
mesh	B-Algorithm
details	O
can	O
then	O
be	O
exported	O
as	O
normal	B-Application
maps	I-Application
to	O
be	O
used	O
on	O
a	O
low	B-Algorithm
poly	I-Algorithm
version	O
of	O
that	O
same	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Or	O
,	O
once	O
completed	O
,	O
the	O
3D	B-Application
model	O
can	O
be	O
projected	B-Algorithm
onto	O
the	O
background	O
,	O
becoming	O
a	O
2.5D	O
image	O
(	O
upon	O
which	O
further	O
effects	O
can	O
be	O
applied	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Work	O
can	O
then	O
begin	O
on	O
another	O
3D	B-Application
model	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
scene	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ZBrush	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
company	O
Pixologic	B-Application
Inc	O
,	O
founded	O
by	O
Ofer	O
Alon	O
(	O
also	O
known	O
by	O
the	O
alias	O
"	O
Pixolator	O
"	O
)	O
and	O
Jack	O
Rimokh	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ZBrush	B-Application
4	O
for	O
Windows	O
and	O
Mac	O
systems	O
was	O
announced	O
on	O
April	O
21	O
,	O
2009	O
for	O
an	O
August	O
release	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
later	O
postponed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
3.5	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
in	O
September	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
,	O
and	O
includes	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
newer	O
features	O
initially	O
intended	O
for	O
ZBrush	B-Application
4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Through	O
GoZ	O
(	O
"	O
Go	O
ZBrush	B-Application
"	O
)	O
,	O
available	O
starting	O
in	O
Version	O
4	O
,	O
ZBrush	B-Application
offers	O
integration	O
with	O
other	O
3D	B-Application
graphics	O
programs	O
such	O
as	O
Autodesk	B-Language
Maya	I-Language
,	O
Autodesk	B-Language
3ds	I-Language
Max	I-Language
,	O
Cinema	B-Device
4D	I-Device
,	O
LightWave	B-Device
3D	I-Device
,	O
Poser	B-Application
Pro	I-Application
,	O
Daz	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
,	O
EIAS	O
,	O
Modo	B-Application
and	O
Blender	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
ZBrush	B-Application
was	O
purchased	O
by	O
the	O
software	O
company	O
Maxon	O
in	O
January	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
then	O
,	O
ZBrush	B-Application
has	O
been	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
Maxon	O
One	O
subscription	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
the	O
Redshift	B-Application
renderer	O
was	O
integrated	O
into	O
ZBrush	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
a	O
pixel	B-Algorithm
,	O
each	O
"	O
pixol	O
"	O
contains	O
information	O
on	O
X	O
and	O
Y	O
position	O
and	O
color	O
values	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
it	O
contains	O
information	O
on	O
depth	B-Application
(	O
or	O
Z	B-Application
position	I-Application
)	O
,	O
orientation	O
and	O
material	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ZBrush-related	O
files	O
store	O
pixol	O
information	O
,	O
but	O
when	O
these	O
maps	O
are	O
exported	O
(	O
e.g.	O
,	O
to	O
JPEG	O
or	O
PNG	O
formats	O
)	O
they	O
are	O
flattened	O
and	O
the	O
pixol	O
data	O
is	O
lost	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
technique	O
is	O
similar	O
in	O
concept	O
to	O
a	O
voxel	B-Algorithm
,	O
another	O
kind	O
of	O
3D	B-Algorithm
pixel	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
ZBrush	B-Application
comes	O
with	O
many	O
features	O
to	O
aid	O
in	O
the	O
sculpting	O
of	O
models	O
and	O
meshes	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
initial	O
ZBrush	B-Application
download	O
comes	O
with	O
thirty	O
3D	B-Application
sculpting	O
brushes	O
with	O
more	O
available	O
for	O
download	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Polypainting	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
paint	O
on	O
an	O
object	O
's	O
surface	O
without	O
the	O
need	O
to	O
first	O
assign	O
a	O
texture	O
map	O
by	O
adding	O
color	O
directly	O
to	O
the	O
polygons	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
ZBrush	B-Application
also	O
gives	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
sculpt	O
in	O
2.5D	O
and	O
comes	O
with	O
several	O
brushes	O
for	O
that	O
purpose	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
pixol	O
put	O
down	O
when	O
sculpting	O
or	O
illustrating	O
in	O
2.5D	O
contains	O
information	O
on	O
its	O
own	O
color	O
,	O
depth	B-Application
,	O
material	O
,	O
position	O
and	O
lighting	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ZBrush	B-Application
also	O
has	O
a	O
feature	O
that	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
skeletal	O
animation	O
in	O
other	O
3D	B-Application
programs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
user	O
can	O
create	O
a	O
base	O
mesh	B-Algorithm
with	O
uniform	O
topology	O
and	O
then	O
convert	O
it	O
into	O
a	O
sculptable	O
model	O
by	O
starting	O
out	O
with	O
a	O
simple	O
sphere	O
and	O
extracting	O
more	O
"	O
ZSpheres	B-Application
"	O
,	O
until	O
the	O
basic	O
shape	O
of	O
the	O
desired	O
model	O
is	O
created	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Introduced	O
in	O
ZBrush	B-Application
3.2	O
OS	O
X	O
,	O
GoZ	O
automates	O
setting	O
up	O
shading	O
networks	O
for	O
normal	O
,	O
displacement	O
,	O
and	O
texture	O
maps	O
of	O
the	O
3D	B-Application
models	O
in	O
GoZ-enabled	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
sending	O
the	O
mesh	B-Algorithm
back	O
to	O
ZBrush	B-Application
,	O
GoZ	O
will	O
automatically	O
remap	O
the	O
existing	O
high-resolution	B-Algorithm
details	O
to	O
the	O
incoming	O
mesh	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
GoZ	O
will	O
take	O
care	O
of	O
operations	O
such	O
as	O
correcting	O
points	O
&	O
polygons	B-General_Concept
order	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
updated	O
mesh	B-Algorithm
is	O
immediately	O
ready	O
for	O
further	O
detailing	O
,	O
map	O
extractions	O
,	O
and	O
transferring	O
to	O
any	O
other	O
GoZ-enabled	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Material	O
properties	O
such	O
as	O
subsurface	B-Algorithm
scattering	I-Algorithm
are	O
supported	O
as	O
are	O
environmental	O
and	O
scan-line	B-Algorithm
reflections	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allows	O
ZBrush	B-Application
to	O
quickly	O
generate	O
a	O
new	O
model	O
with	O
uniform	O
polygon	B-General_Concept
distribution	O
,	O
to	O
improve	O
the	O
topology	O
of	O
models	O
and	O
eliminate	O
polygon	B-General_Concept
stretching	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fibermesh	O
is	O
a	O
feature	O
that	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
grow	O
polygon	B-General_Concept
fibers	O
out	O
of	O
their	O
models	O
or	O
to	O
make	O
various	O
botanical	O
items	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
also	O
a	O
way	O
to	O
edit	O
and	O
manipulate	O
large	O
amounts	O
of	O
polygons	B-General_Concept
at	O
once	O
with	O
Groom	O
brushes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
an	O
automatic	O
retopology	B-General_Concept
system	O
previously	O
called	O
QRemesher	O
that	O
creates	O
new	O
topology	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
original	O
mesh	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
real-time	O
,	O
any	O
changes	O
to	O
the	O
drawings	O
are	O
applied	O
to	O
a	O
3D	B-Application
model	O
,	O
upon	O
which	O
further	O
details	O
can	O
be	O
applied	O
.	O
</s>
