Relief Maker by Alibre pt 2: side by side test with ZBrush relief projection.

My second video on Relief maker - a standalone app for projecting 3D models into bas-reliefs.
To follow up on my initial thoughts, I've run a side by side test with Zbrush, using a high poly portrait bust.
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[@magbhitu]

Are you using the make bas relief function in zbrush or just grab z-debth? there are a lot of settings on zbrush's bas relief pannel you aren't addressing it seems which would vary to results greatly. I'd also be tempted to see what i could get out of capturing both relief and zdepth from zbrush and blending them manually in photoshop or just by morphing between them on layers in zbrush.

[@mattbonaccorsi]

I've been using the bas-relief function in ZB since it came out. The settings adjust the fine detail and draft angles of the relief, but they don't change the underlying structure. I use depth maps a lot too, but only from my own relief sculptures. Neither ZB or Relief Maker creates 'proper' relief, but they can be handy. RM has the edge though, defintely.