![]() ![]() I felt exhilarated and kinda dirty at the same time it was like cheating suddenly my life became a bit easier, and so poor neglected BodyPaint lay idle on my hard drive, and Deepaint became my texture buddy until Enlightenment ![]() BodyPaint came out for both PC and Mac, so I got BodyPaint, which had tons of features and loads of potential, but didnt quite cut the mustard in fact, it couldnt actually manage to paint across textures, and this turned out to be a major shortcoming, so I moved over to PCs and bought Deepaint, which has projection painting (magic fairy dust inside the software) that allows you to paint across surface seams. Well, at the time I was on the Mac, so I couldnt get Deepaint (Deepaint is PC only). The solution to these problems seemed to be to paint in 3D and at about this time, Deepaint 3D appeared on the scene. Painting seamlessly across surfaces was challenging/impossible.Well, I came across BodyPaint 3D about two to three years ago when I was working professionally as a texture artist (doing a lot of work for Passion Pictures) Up until then, I had been unwrapping my meshes and doing all the work in Photoshop, which is effective up to a point, but there were problems: So, lets get a little background info out the way, so that we can have a good look at this rarified creature. Well, its priceless no, hang on actually, its about $745. ![]() Right here, right now possibly on your computer and definitely at or at your local friendly computer software emporium. Why use BodyPaint 3D? Well, painting 3D models with 2D applications is a pain, and if you want to speed up your workflow and get superior results, then this is the way to go. Of course, fame, fortune and awards will then follow and you will be deemed the greatest 3D guru ever to have lived (phew). Screen captures by Robin Konieczny.īodyPaint 3D is a paint package for painting onto 3D models and making them look rather spiffy, so your 3D colleagues will bow to your every mouse move, the boss will invite you out for expensive business lunches and all sexes and species will find you instantly attractive. BodyPaint 3D R2 makes painting 3D models with 2D applications a breeze.
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