3D paint software ?

Engines, Libraries and Tools Tools Discussion
#1

Actually, I try (again…) to do some 3D.
I manage to do some basic 3D engine and loader. But the really hard part for me is starting.
I (somehow) create a mesh with UV map. Now I have to create the texture. So I’m looking for a 3D paint program. With mainly, an “image stamp” function.

I do some search and I find a bunch of software :

Beside Tattoo3D, all are none free. So I will give a try to Tattoo3D, but does anyone use one of this type of software ?

ps : It seems that Blender have something like that… but like usual, it creeps me out and didn’t manage to make it work.

#2

Photoshop CS4 can now do textures directly onto 3D models. There’s also Mudbox by Autodesk, and something called I think Zebra, although I couldn’t find a link.

#3

Tattoo 3D crash at startup for me :’(
I try the demo of BodyPaint. It is quite good but the demo version put big Ms all over the texture.
I don’t want to spend $$ for a software that I will use just a few times :-. Until now, I didn’t find other free 3D paint software.

#4

What about blender? http://www.blender.org/

I have never used it but I’m always visiting their site to see what they’re making.

#5

[quote]ps : It seems that Blender have something like that… but like usual, it creeps me out and didn’t manage to make it work.
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#6

I know TrueSpace lets you UV map a texture and it’s interface is a little more intuitive than blender.
And it is free as well.
http://www.caligari.com/

#7

What about Maya, 3dMax ? they use those at Disney Pixar, couldnt be bad.

I’ve tried ZBrush for a while, its quite good and its only 30mb. You can create really good 3d models with it (i mean, REALLY GOOD) with no effort. Unfortunately, i have no idea about how good they are for painting/mapping/creating textures or however the process is called.

There are a lot of demos on youtube

#8

What an old post :wink:

My first aim was to get a cheap one. Maya, 3DMax, ZBrush cost… a lot :P. I know 3DMax and a few ZBrush :

  • 3DMax don’t have what I want. It seems that you use the body paint plugin with it.
  • I didn’t manage to do anything good with ZBrush (it seems to have what I want) and it seems horrible to deal with low poly.
#9

true. im not an expert (i used it only for 5 seconds, then quitted) but i spotted that when you zoom in a bit, you start to see everything really pixelated.

Maybe its just us. Anyways, could you do something bigger and then scale down? does it consume a lot of resourses?