# The big Blender Sculpt Mode thread (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Blender Development Discussion\ **Created:** [March 11, 2019, 4:26pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/the-big-blender-sculpt-mode-thread-part-1/1150731 "2019-03-11T16:26:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 75
**Author:** ![MmAaXx](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/mmaaxx/32/1249620_2.png) [@MmAaXx](https://blenderartists.org/u/MmAaXx)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 9:38am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/the-big-blender-sculpt-mode-thread-part-1/1150731/1599 "2019-08-28T09:38:37Z")
I made a couple of videos about how the new voxel remesher operates in comparison of dynamesh, as you can see the blender one, re voxelize the entire mesh, making it smoother and smoother, not very optimal. [zbrush\_dynamesh.avi](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/short-url/5PvadTGs9iSHzZoYUMGD4buKNsF.avi) (581.7 KB) [blender\_remesh.avi](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/short-url/4FEamBFgyKyeDCf1tOl6lxvTrOg.avi) (1.7 MB) ---
**Author:** ![Metin\_Seven](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/metin_seven/32/1471846_2.png) [@Metin\_Seven](https://blenderartists.org/u/Metin_Seven)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 9:59am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/the-big-blender-sculpt-mode-thread-part-1/1150731/1600 "2019-08-28T09:59:20Z")
I don’t dare to say anything about this anymore, or @zeauro is going to hate me forever. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Metin\_Seven](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/metin_seven/32/1471846_2.png) [@Metin\_Seven](https://blenderartists.org/u/Metin_Seven)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 10:04am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/the-big-blender-sculpt-mode-thread-part-1/1150731/1601 "2019-08-28T10:04:09Z")
> [@Frozen\_Death\_Knight](#): > > Could you actually extract a new mesh from a masked mesh in Blender before this? Three options for mask to mesh extraction that have been available for quite a while: - [Speedsculpt](https://gumroad.com/l/SpeedSculpt) - [Sculpt Toolkit](https://blendermarket.com/products/sculpttkt---a-tool-kit-for-sculptors) ([also available for free](https://github.com/jeacom25b/Sculpt-tkt)) - [Mask Tools](https://github.com/bookyakuno/-Blender-) (includes a smooth border option) ---
**Author:** ![Frozen\_Death\_Knight](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/frozen_death_knight/32/1124504_2.png) [@Frozen\_Death\_Knight](https://blenderartists.org/u/Frozen_Death_Knight)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 10:12am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/the-big-blender-sculpt-mode-thread-part-1/1150731/1602 "2019-08-28T10:12:00Z")
Yeah. I explained this earlier in the thread as well. However, this smoothing becomes less of an issue the higher density you go, so it doesn’t really hinder you from creating a polished sculpt. In practice they work similarly enough with nearly the same performance. Blender’s Remesh definitely has room for improvement, but for a first iteration it performs remarkably well. ---
**Author:** ![Frozen\_Death\_Knight](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/frozen_death_knight/32/1124504_2.png) [@Frozen\_Death\_Knight](https://blenderartists.org/u/Frozen_Death_Knight)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 10:17am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/the-big-blender-sculpt-mode-thread-part-1/1150731/1603 "2019-08-28T10:17:55Z")
I meant if it existed as a built in Blender feature. Thanks for telling me about the add-ons though! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Alor](https://blenderartists.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Alor](https://blenderartists.org/u/Alor)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 10:22am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/the-big-blender-sculpt-mode-thread-part-1/1150731/1604 "2019-08-28T10:22:21Z")
I agree, I recently started testing the sculpt branch and I noticed this too. This is one reason I am not too sure the voxel remesher workflow (as proposed by Pablo) could totally replace dyntopo. ---
**Author:** ![Metin\_Seven](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/metin_seven/32/1471846_2.png) [@Metin\_Seven](https://blenderartists.org/u/Metin_Seven)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 10:29am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/the-big-blender-sculpt-mode-thread-part-1/1150731/1605 "2019-08-28T10:29:43Z")
I really, really hope Dyntopo will keep being developed as well. I love it, and would 😭 a river if it would get low development priority. In ZBrush, Dynamesh is the old workflow, while Sculptris Pro (comparable with Dyntopo) is the new workflow. ---
**Author:** ![Alor](https://blenderartists.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Alor](https://blenderartists.org/u/Alor)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 10:31am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/the-big-blender-sculpt-mode-thread-part-1/1150731/1606 "2019-08-28T10:31:01Z")
> However, this smoothing becomes less of an issue the higher density you go, so it doesn’t really hinder you from creating a polished sculpt. This is true but I have also noticed no matter how high you get, when smoothing you lose some detail. For instance in a head sculpt I was doing the creases around the nose kept getting smoother and losing detail. I had to keep reducing the voxel size with each subsequent remesh to keep the detail constant. ---
**Author:** ![Frozen\_Death\_Knight](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/frozen_death_knight/32/1124504_2.png) [@Frozen\_Death\_Knight](https://blenderartists.org/u/Frozen_Death_Knight)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 10:43am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/the-big-blender-sculpt-mode-thread-part-1/1150731/1607 "2019-08-28T10:43:04Z")
Yeah, that is true. However, Dynamesh in ZBrush is not a good method to add micro details either because of its topology results. That’s where ZRemesher usually comes in to quickly optimise your sculpt so you can start adding proper details. If you get to the point where you are doing micro adjustments and adding textures, it is a good time to start considering doing retopology or simply not use Voxel Remesher once reaching a high enough density. I am more concerned with not having a strong ZRemesher, retopology workflow, subdivisions feature (Multires is broken right now), and Decimation Master in Blender than Voxel Remesher working the way it does now. Those four features are far more important for a finished high quality sculpt work at the end of the day and can bypass any shortcomings that Voxel Remesher has. ---
**Author:** ![anon27868450](https://blenderartists.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/e99b99/32.png) [@anon27868450](https://blenderartists.org/u/anon27868450)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 11:07am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/the-big-blender-sculpt-mode-thread-part-1/1150731/1608 "2019-08-28T11:07:25Z")
I don’t know if it’s a good place to make this proposal here … because I don’t have idea if it would be painting or scuplting 😁 … it would be interesting a tool that paints the details in _normal texture format_ (in a simplified and speeded up way, as brushing and done. ) especially now that Clement is working on improved bump mapping in eevee > [Ace\_Dragon](https://blenderartists.org/u/Ace_Dragon) > > Clement is now working on high quality bumpmapping, take a look at his example image. > > ![Capture_d%E2%80%99%C3%A9cran_du_2019-08-17_23-38-37.jpg](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/c/a/8/ca8f6191fc1a1acea4a05b19c03a96235e572912.jpeg) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Frozen\_Death\_Knight](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/frozen_death_knight/32/1124504_2.png) [@Frozen\_Death\_Knight](https://blenderartists.org/u/Frozen_Death_Knight)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 1:15pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/the-big-blender-sculpt-mode-thread-part-1/1150731/1609 "2019-08-28T13:15:27Z")
Do we have any news about the merger of the sculpt branch to master yet? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Knubben](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/michael_knubben/32/10600_2.png) [@Michael\_Knubben](https://blenderartists.org/u/Michael_Knubben)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 2:15pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/the-big-blender-sculpt-mode-thread-part-1/1150731/1610 "2019-08-28T14:15:56Z")
There’s very little benefit in that over the currently possible bumpmap painting. The only time I really use normalmap layers in Substance Painter is when I want differing normals per pixel, as the process of turning height into normals inevitably blurs the result. ---
**Author:** ![anon27868450](https://blenderartists.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/e99b99/32.png) [@anon27868450](https://blenderartists.org/u/anon27868450)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 2:19pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/the-big-blender-sculpt-mode-thread-part-1/1150731/1611 "2019-08-28T14:19:51Z")
they are putting all the tools piece by piece in the master as they pass the reviews ---
**Author:** ![erickBlender](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/erickblender/32/544921_2.png) [@erickBlender](https://blenderartists.org/u/erickBlender)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 3:17pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/the-big-blender-sculpt-mode-thread-part-1/1150731/1612 "2019-08-28T15:17:16Z")
Good point @MmAaXx, we should then let dev know about it. ---
**Author:** ![SaintHaven](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/sainthaven/32/826152_2.png) [@SaintHaven](https://blenderartists.org/u/SaintHaven)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 6:03pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/the-big-blender-sculpt-mode-thread-part-1/1150731/1613 "2019-08-28T18:03:48Z")
In the Zbrush example he is using, it is almost the same workflow as the voxel remesher in Blender, not to confuse zbrush’s approach with dynatopo enabled in Blender. Voxel remeshing is a very good approach, especially if it can retain details. Dynatopo in Blender is akin to the sculptris feature in zbrush. What we need to see in Blender is the retaining of quads with dynamic topology. Both have their place and should be developed. ---
**Author:** ![Frozen\_Death\_Knight](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/frozen_death_knight/32/1124504_2.png) [@Frozen\_Death\_Knight](https://blenderartists.org/u/Frozen_Death_Knight)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2019, 4:17pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/the-big-blender-sculpt-mode-thread-part-1/1150731/1614 "2019-08-29T16:17:29Z")
For people who missed the FlippedNormals livestream of Pablo’s sculpt branch, they just released an edited down video of the Mass Effect character they were working on in Blender. ---
**Author:** ![zeauro](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/zeauro/32/443778_2.png) [@zeauro](https://blenderartists.org/u/zeauro)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2019, 5:21pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/the-big-blender-sculpt-mode-thread-part-1/1150731/1615 "2019-08-29T17:21:53Z")
In master, I have an instant crash when I try to sculpt something in master since addition of world spacing. I make a sculpt stroke : it crashes. Can other people reproduce it ? ---
**Author:** ![Metin\_Seven](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/metin_seven/32/1471846_2.png) [@Metin\_Seven](https://blenderartists.org/u/Metin_Seven)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2019, 5:46pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/the-big-blender-sculpt-mode-thread-part-1/1150731/1616 "2019-08-29T17:46:35Z")
To be honest I can’t watch an entire Flipped Normals video without almost falling asleep. These guys ramble on and on and on, mostly about generalities. The really useful tips are usually hidden somewhere between all the babble. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![lsscpp](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/lsscpp/32/3452_2.png) [@lsscpp](https://blenderartists.org/u/lsscpp)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 9:13am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/the-big-blender-sculpt-mode-thread-part-1/1150731/1617 "2019-08-30T09:13:32Z")
Now wouldn’t this be lovely too?!? ![image](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/a/1/d/a1d8b553146cc31ef1ed97832eb62e8328ca3782.png) ---
**Author:** ![Metin\_Seven](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/metin_seven/32/1471846_2.png) [@Metin\_Seven](https://blenderartists.org/u/Metin_Seven)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 9:40am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/the-big-blender-sculpt-mode-thread-part-1/1150731/1618 "2019-08-30T09:40:55Z")
Yep, this made me a happy camper, using the latest 2.81. 👍 [Previous page](https://blenderartists.org/t/the-big-blender-sculpt-mode-thread-part-1/1150731.md?page=74) [Next page](https://blenderartists.org/t/the-big-blender-sculpt-mode-thread-part-1/1150731.md?page=76)