Looks like Zbrush has added new materials and viewport rendering upgrades.

This is a cool looking example of the new capabilities of Zbrush 4.0 just released the other day.  I’m very interested to see what the comparison of Zbrush to Mudbox will be.  Quite a few people I know have disowned Zbrush for it’s lack of usability and bug riddled programming.  Hopefully it is more stable now with upgrades to the usability, but I also wish I didn’t have to upgrade the plugins everytime I update Zbrush.  It’s okay for personal use, but is that really good for production pipelines that depend on the plugins for their work?  What are your thoughts on Zbrush, or Zbrush vs. Mudbox?

In the coming weeks, I hope to tear into it and give a synopsis and possibly a breakdown comparison between Zbrush and Mudbox.