ZBrush
ZBrush
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ZBrush

Unleash raw digital clay. It offers desktop-grade sculpting power, untethered, transforming your iPad into a professional studio.

Key Figures

Downloads

250k+

User Rating

3.4/5

Total Ratings

236

Publisher

Maxon Computer GmbH

Category

Graphics & Design

Locales

8

Latest Version

2026.1.2

Size

1.1 GB

First Released

Sep 10, 2024
Features

An analytical overview of ZBrush for iPad's essential features, tailored for professional 3D artists, sculptors, and designers seeking to extend their desktop-grade capabilities to a portable device.

ZBrush for iPad: Core Capabilities for Professional 3D Workflow

Cross-Platform File Integration

The app offers seamless file sharing, enabling users to effortlessly transfer ZTool (ZTL) and ZProject (ZPR) files between their iPad and desktop ZBrush installations with one-click GoZ functionality, ensuring workflow continuity.

Desktop-Grade High Polygon Sculpting

It provides similar high polygon detail capabilities as the desktop version, allowing users on compatible iPad devices (e.g., M4 iPad with 1TB) to sculpt models exceeding 90 million polygons per mesh, maintaining professional fidelity.

Industry-Standard Brush Set

The app includes over 200 leading digital sculpting brushes, allowing users to leverage an extensive toolkit and load thousands of custom brushes created by the ZBrush community, offering unparalleled creative control.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about ZBrush

What is ZBrush for iPad?

ZBrush for iPad is a digital sculpting application offering many tools and features from the desktop version, created by artists for artists. It supports professional workflows in various creative industries.

Does ZBrush for iPad support high polygon models?

Yes, ZBrush for iPad supports high polygon details similar to the desktop version. An M4 iPad with at least 1TB can handle up to 90+ million polygons per mesh.

Can ZBrush for iPad be used for low polygon modeling?

Yes, ZBrush for iPad includes traditional low polygon modeling workflows. It utilizes ZModeler and Retopo brushes, making it easy to create models with low polygon counts.

The following screenshots and description are sourced directly from the app's official store listing and are the property of the app developer.

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Screenshots

ZBrush - Witness the app's capability to render complex models, showcasing detailed dragon scales and millions of active polygon points.

Witness the app's capability to render complex models, showcasing detailed dragon scales and millions of active polygon points.

High-Detail Sculpting Power

ZBrush - Explore the ZModeler tool with its "Polygon Actions" menu, allowing for precise geometric extrusions and QMesh operations on intricate models like this car.

Explore the ZModeler tool with its "Polygon Actions" menu, allowing for precise geometric extrusions and QMesh operations on intricate models like this car.

Precision Low-Poly Modeling

ZBrush - Observe how the app enables diverse rendering, from intricate 3D creature designs to the distinctive 2D-style line art and shading.

Observe how the app enables diverse rendering, from intricate 3D creature designs to the distinctive 2D-style line art and shading.

Artistic Render Styles

ZBrush - Discover the highly customizable user interface, featuring a Quick Menu to fine-tune brush properties like Draw Size and Z Intensity for personalized sculpting.

Discover the highly customizable user interface, featuring a Quick Menu to fine-tune brush properties like Draw Size and Z Intensity for personalized sculpting.

Customized Workflow Control

ZBrush - Examine the ZRemesher panel for efficient retopology, demonstrating the app’s ability to streamline polygon count and maintain model integrity across devices.

Examine the ZRemesher panel for efficient retopology, demonstrating the app’s ability to streamline polygon count and maintain model integrity across devices.

Seamless Desktop Integration

ZBrush - Browse the comprehensive Brushes menu, offering a vast selection of tools from Clay buildup to Chisel brushes, empowering diverse sculpting techniques.

Browse the comprehensive Brushes menu, offering a vast selection of tools from Clay buildup to Chisel brushes, empowering diverse sculpting techniques.

Extensive Sculpting Brush Library

ZBrush - See how the intuitive Subtools panel organizes complex models into distinct parts like "Head" and "Cloths", simplifying the management of intricate digital sculptures.

See how the intuitive Subtools panel organizes complex models into distinct parts like "Head" and "Cloths", simplifying the management of intricate digital sculptures.

Intuitive Multi-Part Sculpting

ZBrush - Explore the Export menu, facilitating seamless file sharing between devices with options to save models in formats like OBJ and ZPR.

Explore the Export menu, facilitating seamless file sharing between devices with options to save models in formats like OBJ and ZPR.

Effortless File Transfer

ZBrush - Manipulate scene perspectives using the Camera panel, adjusting settings like focal length and field of view to compose dynamic visuals of your models.

Manipulate scene perspectives using the Camera panel, adjusting settings like focal length and field of view to compose dynamic visuals of your models.

Dynamic Scene Composition

ZBrush - Utilize the comprehensive Tool menu to manage complex models via Subtools and apply intricate details using Surface noise and PolyPaint options.

Utilize the comprehensive Tool menu to manage complex models via Subtools and apply intricate details using Surface noise and PolyPaint options.

Advanced Model Customization

Description

Created by artists for artists, ZBrush for iPad offers many of the same tools and features found in ZBrush's desktop version used by the professionals in film, game, concept art, toys, collectibles, jewelry, automotive, aviation, product design and so much more, including the collection of leading, proprietary digital sculpting brushes created with real-world sculpting techniques in mind. Begin your creations with our extensive library of base models, or utilize our advanced photogrammetry feature to scan real-world objects and seamlessly integrate them into ZBrush. Our Pro Projects library allows you to observe how a Seasoned Professional works in ZBrush by accessing and loading the files provided in the Pro Projects library. Traditional low polygon modeling workflows allow the user to create with ease in low polygons with our ZModeler and Retopo brushes. The Surface Noise feature allows you to effortlessly add intricate patterns to your model, whether utilizing an image or the NoiseMaker curve. You can easily adjust the size, orientation, and repetition of the pattern through a dynamic and user-friendly interface. ZBrush for iPad includes: - Over 200 of ZBrush's leading digital sculpting brushes and the ability to easily load the thousands of custom brushes that have been created by ZBrush users. - A highly customizable user interface that expands on the desktop version's QuickMenu, making it easy to arrange sculpting tools for a more optimized, personal experience. In addition, users can customize the bottom toolbar to include their favorite brushes, materials, textures and alphas. Customize your Apple Pencil double tap or Pencil Pro squeeze to complete an action. - Similar high polygon details as ZBrush desktop, depending on iPad device. The latest M4 iPad with at least a one terabyte (TB) hard drive, for example, can reach up to 90+ million polygons per mesh. - Innovative UI design makes it possible to take advantage of Apple's user-friendly touch capabilities and jump right into sculpting, especially for new users. Gesture controls for common features, such as draw size, focal shift, undos and redos, help streamline workflow. - Seamless file sharing for ZBrush subscribers who want to move ZTool (ZTL) and ZProject (ZPR) files between iPad and desktop. GoZ can also be used to move files between versions with one click. - ZRemesher generates a new mesh with an even distribution of polygons, preserving the essential details and flow of the original surface. - Sculptris Pro adds and reduces triangle tessellation with each brush stroke, making it simple to focus on sculpting without worrying about technical restraints. - DynaMesh retopologizes while sculpting, so it’s possible to stretch digital clay or add volume while retaining the same basic capacity for detail. - Array Mesh makes it possible to create duplicate instances of geometry in varying patterns and shapes in real time. - The Dynamics system enhances sculpts by allowing any surface to be draped over another surface. - Live Boolean gives users the ability to combine, subtract, and/or use intersections to create unique results. - PolyPaint makes it easy to paint and sculpt at the same time, making it possible to paint on the surface of a model without first assigning a texture map.

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This page is not an official page of the app or its developer, but an independent editorial publication created for informational and commentary purposes. Unless expressly stated otherwise, neither the app nor its developer is affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, authorized by, or otherwise officially connected with MWM, Apple, Google Play, the app publisher, or the app's developer, and nothing on this page implies that the app was developed using MWM's services. Any trademarks, logos, screenshots, and other content remain the property of their respective owners.