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For over 20 years now Pixologic has released its annual ZBrush upgrade. This time around the company has followed up the 2021 version with an additional point release. Although this release may offer nothing in the way of a revamp or interface redesign, it does add more power into already established areas of the program.
The most noticeable new feature in version 2021 was the Dynamics panel, which added cloth functionality. This was a key step because competing programs like Blender already have strong dynamic cloth tools. Specific cloth brushes are now available in ZBrush’s sculpting feature set.
2021 also brought MicroPoly, which adds tiling of meshes from the Dynamic Subdivision panel, giving you more options to make highly detailed cloth and weave elements such as baskets. ZModeler also received Edge Extrude to help with retopology and single-sided polygon options.
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