Member Gilded Posted August 12, 2011 Member Report Share Posted August 12, 2011 I thought this was interesting, an Autodesk iPad sculpting app. Very Sculptris-like. Very clean too. No idea how it works (especially with the texture painting). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philnolan3d Posted August 16, 2011 Report Share Posted August 16, 2011 Needs an Android version, then I'll care. :p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psmith Posted August 17, 2011 Report Share Posted August 17, 2011 Well, for AutoDesk, this is a landmark. It doesn't do much, and it doesn't seem to be using any form of "Dynamic Tesselation", but it is a step in the right direction. I've already found an Ipad2 "frame by frame" animation app that outperforms anything on the PC or Mac, (allowing you to draw accurately, directly on the screen with a small stylus) - with instant playback of your animation - ideal for developing full "hand-made" animation. I'm sure that today's iPad and Ipad clone hardware are totally capable of handling 3D-Coat's LiveClay implementation - all we need is more time - ten more developers - and a lot more money. It's coming. Greg Smith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member michalis Posted August 17, 2011 Advanced Member Report Share Posted August 17, 2011 If all these people can create something interesting, something close to art with ipad I don't mind at all. I think I'll start to get preventive headache now... Have a beer, it helps. This will never happen so drink you beer in peace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philnolan3d Posted August 17, 2011 Report Share Posted August 17, 2011 Does this export? If not that would render any client complaints moot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philnolan3d Posted August 17, 2011 Report Share Posted August 17, 2011 Well I have a Xoom that I can bring in to show off demo reels and websites and such. No need for an ipad there. Not that I really have many client meetings in person, It's only happened 3 times in 9 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philnolan3d Posted August 17, 2011 Report Share Posted August 17, 2011 Well I don't simply because there aren't any (or very many) clients around here, they are all too far away to meet with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Gilded Posted August 17, 2011 Author Member Report Share Posted August 17, 2011 Looking at the sculpting itself, the details are actually incredibly clean and the navigation seems intuitive. I'm not sure what the mesh is technically doing, and I don't have an iPad to try it out, but for the people who do, the app was free at the time I posted it. As of that time I don't believe obj export was possible, but if the app is any good then it's only a matter of time for that. To be honest I am neither a fan of Apple nor of Autodesk, but having an on hand sculpting app to draft down basic, clean sculpts could be very useful. I could imagine working on things while traveling or while at a meeting or while working on ideas with a group of people. It could be like a sculpting sketchpad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philnolan3d Posted August 17, 2011 Report Share Posted August 17, 2011 As of that time I don't believe obj export was possible, but if the app is any good then it's only a matter of time for that. The thing about export is that apple doesn't allow access to the file system so unless something has changed, the only way to export is to email the file to yourself from the app. I can imagine that would take a while with gigapoly meshes and slow wifi or other internet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member jedwards Posted August 17, 2011 Advanced Member Report Share Posted August 17, 2011 Looking at the sculpting itself, the details are actually incredibly clean and the navigation seems intuitive. I'm not sure what the mesh is technically doing, and I don't have an iPad to try it out, but for the people who do, the app was free at the time I posted it. As of that time I don't believe obj export was possible, but if the app is any good then it's only a matter of time for that. To be honest I am neither a fan of Apple nor of Autodesk, but having an on hand sculpting app to draft down basic, clean sculpts could be very useful. I could imagine working on things while traveling or while at a meeting or while working on ideas with a group of people. It could be like a sculpting sketchpad. I think the detail examples you are seeing are misleading. The app installs with prefab meshes, so you are limited to customizing them from there. Try to sculpt eyelids and such on that head and you will hit a resolution wall quickly. For this reason I'd say it's more of a toy for non-sculptors than anything, even for doing block outs away from a computer. Voxels or even dynamic tessellation would make this app much more useful. Even in 3dcoat I don't often subdivide a volume until I'm done playing around with the shape. I'd love to have a stripped down version of 3dcoat on ipad for blocking stuff out. I'd actually use that and pay money for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philnolan3d Posted August 17, 2011 Report Share Posted August 17, 2011 There is a very stripped down voxel sculpting app for iphone, I assume it works for the pad too. http://volutopia.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member michalis Posted August 18, 2011 Advanced Member Report Share Posted August 18, 2011 ipad what a style it eliminates the use of real paper, pencils, watercolors and brushes. People keep asking me (in front of my real watercolor works) if I tried apps like Corel painter or Ps. Why should I? (I did of course), a simple scanner is always the best choice. So, a client can always draw on a paper, which has more style. But a little talent is needed. These clients, never know what they have in mind, apple and autodesk are trying to fill this gap. Or make it wider Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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