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I just love it when I find gems for zbrush that are freebies. Looks like some new matcaps got released from pixologic…keep the freebies coming!

http://www.pixologic.com/zbrush/downloadcenter/library/

From Pixologic:

The MatCap Library has had a recent update from ZBC Artists RawSunlight and HD CG ADDICT.

These are some great MatCaps to use for your own sculpts and what’s more they are free and located conveniently in the MatCap Library.

These MatCaps were created using ZBrush 3.5
so make sure you’ve upgraded to get the chance to use these great MatCaps.

Happy ZBrushing!!!

From Pixologic’s site:

PaintStop is a powerful addition to ZBrush’s extensive plugin library which configures your user interface and settings to give you the true to life feel of using real world art tools. In addition to the many brushes, pencils, and paints that are available in PaintStop, you can choose from a variety of different canvas types to change the look and feel of your final piece.

http://www.pixologic.com/blog/2009/08/paintstop-released-for-zbrush/

Pixologic released Decimation master, here are the details:

http://www.pixologic.com/zbrush/downloadcenter/zplugins/

With Decimation Master you will be able to easily reduce the polygon count of your models in a very efficient way while keeping all their sculpted details. This solution is one of the fastest available and is able to optimize your high polycount models from ZBrush, allowing you to export them to your other 3D software packages.

For PC (3.1) : http://download.pixologic.com/Plugins/download.php?f=DecimationMasterWinV1.1.zip

For Mac (3.2): http://download.pixologic.com/Plugins/download.php?f=DecimationMasterMacV1.1.zip

Found this great plugin over at highend3d.com. It’s designed for 3.1 (so not sure compatibility wise with newer releases).

More info: http://www.highend3d.com/zbrush/downloads/zscripts_zplugins/texture_painting/4690.html

Video tutorial: http://www.ezbrush.mediabakers.com/showme-hair.html

The guys over at zbrushcentral have created another demo of their rockin’ new GoZbrush addon…check it out!

http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/showthread.php?t=072510

UPDATE
Already hooked on GoZ but need to know how to go to GoZBrush to Maya? Here you go (from the dudes over at Pixologic)
http://download.pixologic01.com/download.php?f=PluginsMovies/GoZ_Maya_Setup.zip

Taken from pixologic website:

With Decimation Master you will be able to easily reduce the polygon count of your models in a very efficient way while keeping all their sculpted details. This solution is one of the fastest available and is able to optimize your high polycount models from ZBrush, allowing you to export them to your other 3D software packages.

Windows: http://download.pixologic.com/Plugins/download.php?f=Decimation_Master_1.0.zip

Mac: http://download.pixologic.com/Plugins/download.php?f=DecimationMasterV1.zip

Athletic human male ztl tool (model) for zbrush donated generiously by Nick Zuccarello! Very cool indeed! So grab this free zbrush model and use it to jump start some crazy awesome ideas! Or work on some tutorials for cloth, hair, accessories, positioning, etc. Be sure to share your results in the zbrush flickr group below and to the right!

DOWNLOAD HERE!

Check out he zbrushcentral thread here!

New plugin toy from Marcus Civis! The Turntable Plus! See awesome demo in the youtube formate BELOW!

” Turntable Plus is designed to add some extra functionality to the ZBrush movie palette:

• Pan and zoom while recording a turntable
• Adjust 3D Layer intensity to morph from one shape to another
• Render HD Geometry for a movie/turntable”

DOWNLOAD HERE!!

Now how cool is this. Take you flippin sweet Thor model, dinosaur head, Riddick type of clone in zBrush, then make it into a real, real like as in your hand real model. Man this is awesome.

First up, making a Thor model and the process behind it from MalottPro. Read it here!

Next from Josh Harker with building rapid prototype 3D printing. Read it here!

Just strolling through the zBrush Central forums and found this by accident. A pretty powerful tool that gives you a lot more control over your tools. Best part, it’s FREE!

“Subtool Master allows you to mirror, duplicate, merge, export all your subtools at once, fill all your subtools with color and/or materials and many other things!”

DOWNLOAD THE SUBTOOL MASTER HERE!