ZBrush 2.5 is comming...

Well, true. I have shown here some images of what I have been doing while testing Mudbox.
It is an amazing app even while still in beta.

However, I have not forsaken ZBrush. It is an incredibly powerful tool, and definitely THE standard that Mudbox aims to surpass.
While that still remains to be seen, Pixologic has impressed the community again by showing (at last) the upcoming ZBrush 2.5 during this last Siggraph.

I saw the demos at their booth, and my jaw remained dropped all along! Heheh
At times they were manipulating models with over 40 million polygons without flinching - painting and displacing the darn things like there was no tomorrow! HAHAH
Simply amazing!

Here are some links to quicktime videos showing some of the main new features.
ZBrush 2.5 should be shipping sometime around October/November 2006. It will be available for both Mac and Windows (32 and 64 bits). A Linux version is underway but has no release date confirmed anytime soon...

Sub Tools
Mesh Extraction
Enhanced 3D Sculpting
Mesh Painting
3D Layers