The process of rendering your ZBrush models or scenes in KeyShot is simple and is primarily determined by the materials used in ZBrush. Model updates can be sent over via the LiveLinking connection with KeyShot with no need to reapply materials, with all changes appearing instantly in real time. The ZBrush to KeyShot Bridge is a plugin that allows you to send your model to KeyShot with a single click of the BPR button, transferring all SubTools, Polypaint, and textures. Using the BPR button, you can instantly send all SubTools, including Polypaint and MatCaps, to KeyShot and gain access to hundreds of material and lighting presets, allowing you to create look dev, pre-viz concepts, promo art, and production visuals faster than ever before. KeyShot Pro can be used in conjunction with the ZBrush to KeyShot Bridge on Windows or macOS to enable real-time rendering of your model inside KeyShot. The original teaser for the ZBrush to KeyShot Bridge.KeyShot Pro (in conjunction with the ZBrush to KeyShot Bridge) enables you to paint, light, and view your models in real-time, as well as send all model changes back to KeyShot for an unrivaled workflow in creating concepts and product visuals. The plugin itself is now free, and comes pre-installed with ZBrush, but KeyShot for ZBrush, the old low-cost edition of the renderer, has been discontinued. There is good news and bad news for ZBrush users hoping to render their sculpts with KeyShot.

The ZBrush to KeyShot Bridge, which connected the sculpting software to the renderer, is now free, but KeyShot for ZBrush, the low-cost edition of the renderer, has been discontinued.Īrtists looking for new licenses of KeyShot to use with ZBrush, or existing users looking to upgrade to a newer version, will now need to take out a KeyShot Pro subscription, which have a base price of $1,188/year.īefore: $149 ZBrush to Keyshot Bridge, plus $400 KeyShot for ZBrush ProĪlthough the change seems to have been made around three months ago, we only spotted it when researching a story on KeyShot 11.2, the latest version of the renderer, which shipped this month.

We noticed that Luxion, its developer, no longer includes ZBrush in its list of KeyShot integrations. That was a surprise, as for the past seven years, KeyShot has been the de facto third-party ZBrush renderer, with a dedicated button in the software to switch from ZBrush’s own BPR renders to KeyShot.

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