BodyPaint 3D 3.0 review

BodyPaint 3D is an advanced 3D painting application for creating high-quality detailed textures.

License: Demo OS: Mac OS X File size: 53652K Developer: MAXON Computer, Inc. Buy Now Price: $745.00 Updated: 05 Oct 2006

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BodyPaint 3D is an advanced 3D painting application for creating high-quality detailed textures. BodyPaint 3D seamlessly integrates into CINEMA 4D XL offering artists the unprecedented ability to add detail to surfaces at any point during the production process. It can also be used as a standalone application in combination with all popular 3D-software packages.

What's New:
Painting with maximum Color Depth (32 Bit - Floating Point) With BodyPaint 3D R3 you can work with more depth than ever before. Now you can paint upto to 32 bit colour depth which gives even more texture control and amazingly smooth colour gradiations. BodyPaint also enables editing of HDR and EXR formats enabling you to use these powerful formats in your 3D scenes.
LSCM Unwrapping and new Selection Tools Complex objects; especially detailed organic mesh can be a nightmare to unwrap when it comes to UV's. But BodyPaint's new LSCM Unwrapping and new selection tools make even the most complicated objects a doddle to UV unwrap. A new path tool lets you define the seams you want. Once you've picked your seams then simply activate the LSCM tool and watch BodyPaint unwrap that UV nightmare into a nice flat surface for you to work with.
Freeze 3D View Projection painting / mapping used to be limited to screen size. But no more! Now you can freeze the view to any size you wish. Now you can use huge images to add ultra fine detail to your textures.
New Interface The new interface is much less distracting when working on textures. You'll note that your model now has more contrast than before. New icons are easier to identify.
And much more... BodyPaint 3D is so much more than just texturing. With just a flick of a switch, BodyPaint users can now access all the tools of CINEMA 4D R10 which gives a full suit of modelling, animation and rendering tools. With BodyPaint 3D R3, your only limit is your imagination.

Requirements:
Minimum System Requirements:
Mac OS X 10.3 / Windows 2 / XP
512 MB RAM, CPU 1GHz
Recommended System Requirements:
Mac OS X 10.3 / Windows 2 / XP
1024 MB RAM, CPU 2 GHz
QuickTime
latest OpenGL drivers
Supported 3D Applications:
Lightwave 3D (PC, Mac)
3ds max
Maya (PC, Mac)
XSI
CINEMA 4D (PC, Mac).