It turns out that Zbrush is getting the same kind of smooth workflow that body paint has.
http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/showthread.php?t=071414
Sounds great, hoping that 3d coat will get this kind of plugin too
In Bodypaint there is a script that installs into Maya that allows you to send 3d objects including maps from maya to bodypaint and back again.
It would be very nice to have the same function in Maya for 3D coat.
Maybe someone from the community could write a mellscript and a plugin for 3d Coat that allows for this functionality.
Or maybe Andrew can build this natively into 3D coat?
Thanks!