BodyPaint 3D

[samgriffiths]

Does anyone here use bodypaint 3D? Could you give me some feedback on it? Is it good for making seamless textures?

Creating complex trees etc with normal 2d programs is a drain because of the seems, bodypaint 3D seems easier and may speed up my workflow, can anyone advise me?

[germball]

BodyPaint 3D is a good package and is used alot, but mostly in high ebd work like films and animation. Its a little OTT for games stuff, except if its for characters.

Though I think it will face some stiff competition in the next year or so, as I believe that Adobe will move into the 3D paint area, as will Mudbox and zBrush.

[Digitaldruid]

i gave it a try a few months back and gave up on it. i found it to lack basic tutorials and training material. i guess unless you are from a c4d background i guess its going to be a tad bit difficult to learn.

[uridicy]

I taught myself and some other artists how to use Bodypaint 3d (I think it was the previous version though). I haven't been able to get my hands on the newer version, so I haven't been able to use it in a while. However, I really loved the program. There are some basic things you really need to know before you can use it (mostly in the set up process, which isn't hard if you know what to do). I'm at work right now, but I'll go home and see if I can find a copy of the tutorial I wrote for my fellow students a while back.

A few things I really liked:
- It has a variety of brushes kind of like the ones in photoshop
- you can paint with tileable textures you've created in photoshop
- you can save the texture in psd format and use layers just like in photoshop (of course you can go back and forth between the programs by just opening the texture file)
- And of course you know exactly where you are painting and you can easily eliminate seams.

[aphexx]

like uridicy sez, bodypaint has really some cool tools.
i use it regularly. and i think it is better than zbrush, because in zbrush you can mess up your textures easily in the viewport and sometimes have no undo.
bodypaint is not that sensitive. it is the best tool for painting 3dmodels currently in my opinion!

@ uridicy. i'm also interested in the tutorial. and since i give lectures at a game dav academy i'd like to ask you, if i can use it for lectures, if it is suitable for my classes.
surely i would mention you as the author!

[Ammarkk]

Yeh aphexx, In a few months ago, I discovered this amazing tool. I'm not working on it yet, but I think this app can doing amazing work... we also don't forget, this app was used in many movies ( like HULK, Golden compass and .... ).
100% I'll add this app to my toolsets

[Dekard]

i got a student version and just couldn't wrap my head around the UI, lack of tutorials, and horrid UI, I gave up on it. Still got the CD and box sitting on my shelf

[achmedthesnake]

uridicy - if you're still here i'd love to hear from your tut....i just got into the demo version - and despite that, it's still great! - i have a thing with seams and this helped..