

You may continue working in KeyShot or any other application without slowing down your system while the designated rendering stations process your render “jobs”.įor CPU jobs, the correlation between render time and number of cores in your network is approximately linear and inversely proportional. In addition, rendering over the network is convenient. ZBrush model rendered in KeyShot by Piotr Rusnarczyk.KeyShot Network Rendering allows you to connect multiple computer systems in your office network and utilize the available hardware to reduce rendering times significantly. The integration allows for any number of SubTools and offers complete support of MatCaps while retaining all texturing and PolyPainting.Įxisting users of the current version of ZBrush can buy KeyShot for ZBrush and ZBrush to KeyShot Bridge directly from Pixologic. As a separate program, ZBrush users can apply materials and lighting while continuing to work within ZBrush to refine their idea, and then send updates over to KeyShot to see their updates immediately. KeyShot for ZBrush is activated from inside ZBrush when an artist is ready to set lighting and materials for their creation with all SubTools sent directly to KeyShot.

It is very useful for the designers, offering us the possibility to obtain final presentations faster.” Each SubTool can have a different material shader-light, glass, metal, etc. “For me the KeyShot Bridge is the cool feature of the year. “The first time I saw KeyShot, I immediately realized how I could show my art, my models, my products more effectively than other render engines,” says CG artist Cki Vang. The combination means ZBrush users can visualize concepts and create light studies in KeyShot even as they continue to sculpt in ZBrush. Encouraged by customer response, the two companies decided to take the integration path to the next level, by offering a stand-alone version of KeyShot designed specifically for ZBrush and bridging software to integrate the two. Pixologic (maker of ZBrush) and Luxion (maker of KeyShot) first released an integration path between the two products in 2013, as a ZBrush plug-in. (Source: Luxion sculpture modeled in ZBrush and rendered in KeyShot by Cki Vang.)

KeyShot for ZBrush speeds workflow with immediate visualization of materials and lighting.

The combination is possible with the current release of ZBrush (Version 4 Release 7), and two new purchases of KeyShot technology. The popular 3D sculpting tool ZBrush now offers the option of using KeyShot as a fully integrated rendering solution. Two years after an initial joint venture, KeyShot is now available as a fully integrated rendering option.
