The Maxon Fall Release brings updates to Maxon One and introduces ZBrush for iPad. ZBrush is a powerful tool renowned for creating highly detailed 3D models and is widely used in fields such as film and animation, video games, and concept art.
According to Maxon, ZBrush for iPad delivers the full power of the popular 3D sculpting and painting software on the go, without sacrificing functionality. It features a fully reimagined interface and an advanced brush system. It also takes full advantage of the Apple Pencil capabilities, allowing users to sculpt, paint, and create in real time from anywhere.
The app's highly customizable user interface builds on the QuickMenu from the desktop version. This allows users to easily arrange sculpting tools for a personalized experience. Users can also customize actions for the Apple Pencil, such as double-tapping, or, in the case of the Apple Pencil Pro, squeezing, to frame a mesh or enable PolyGroup.
The iPad app offers many of the same tools and features as the desktop version, including a collection of proprietary digital sculpting brushes designed with real-world sculpting techniques in mind. Maxon also claims high performance, with the application capable of achieving high polygon counts depending on the iPad's memory and model. According to Maxon, the latest M4 iPad can handle up to 92 million polygons per mesh.
ZBrush for iPad is available for free on the Apple App Store. The free version offers a solid sculpting experience with an introductory set of 28 popular brushes and limited access to features like Dynamesh, SculptrisPro, ZSpheres, and ZRemesher. A monthly subscription at $9.99 or an annual subscription at $89.99 unlocks all features and provides access to over 200 brushes. Full functionality is also available with a subscription to Maxon One or the ZBrush plan for the desktop version.
Although ZBrush for iPad is the highlight of this Maxon Fall Release, updates have also been made to the Maxon One suite of software. This includes updates to Cinema 4D, Redshift, Red Giant, and Cineware, a plugin that acts as a bridge between Cinema 4D and other third-party tools. According to Maxon, these updates are intended to streamline workflows and enhance users' precision and control over tools and features.
Here is a quick summary of the new features and improvements in Maxon One:
Cinema 4D
(3D computer animation, modeling, simulation, and rendering software)
- New Follow Spline Modifier (Particle Effects): Create advanced motion graphics with particles that flow along vector shapes, such as logos or curves.
- New Field Driver Tag: Add procedural animations to objects with enhanced control.
- New Object Profiling Manager: Optimize viewport performance efficiently.
- Pyro: Access additional options to to dial in a specific look.
- Rigid Body Simulations: Apply weights and forces to objects with greater ease.
- Improved OCIO Color Management: Ensure consistent color across your projects.
- Exchange Format Support: Export instances and skeletal animations to USD and work with presets stored in Substance 3D materials.
- Redshift GPU Rendering: Leverage the full power of Redshift GPU rendering with native Redshift Cameras integrated into Cinema 4D's Crane, Morph, and Motion cameras.
Redshift
(Fully GPU-accelerated, biased renderer)
- Expanded Toon Rendering: Apply global contour lines to an entire scene, with enhanced control over toon lines and shading using contour tone mapping and custom user-created tone map patterns.
- Easy Brute Force Caustics: Quickly set up realistic light patterns passing through glass, gems, and other transparent surfaces for stunning visual effects.
- Procedural Shaders for Sprites: Use procedural shaders as inputs for sprites, adding flexibility and customization to visual effects.
- Volume Depth AOV Pass: Improve compositing for clouds, smoke, and explosions with a new volume depth AOV pass.
- Substance 3D Materials Presets: Leverage preset options in Substance 3D materials with improved controls for adjusting size, rotation, and color space.
Red Giant
(Suite of tools for filmmaking and motion graphics)
Geo (Red Giant's New Tool for Texturing and 3D Geometry Repetition in After Effects): Unlock more creative possibilities with support for rigged animation and built-in depth of field. Expanded cloner features, including multiple materials and objects, plus new formation controls, simplify array-based shots.
Refreshed Particular Designer: Enjoy optimized preset search and navigation along with other quality-of-life improvements, allowing artists to focus more on creating and less on managing tools.
Maxon Studio Template Engine Update: Customize and manage designs more efficiently with the ability to save adjustments as reusable presets using the updated template engine.
New Parametric Curve Tool: Handle color and HDR video with a comprehensive workflow, featuring HDR curve manipulation. Gain more nuanced control using this bézier curves effect that both processes the image with an HDR curve LUT and also overlays the curve on the image.
Cineware
(Third party software bridge)
- Expanded Cinema 4D Integration: Cineware 2025 offers stronger integration with Cinema 4D, along with significant performance improvements for a smoother workflow.
- Improved Host Application Support: Experience better integration with popular software like After Effects and Unreal, making cross-platform workflows more efficient.
Capsules
(Maxon One library of assets)
- Easier Landscape Creation: Craft dramatic landscapes effortlessly with a rich collection of Aixterior scanned outdoor materials, including rock, sand, lava, and grass, along with a vast array of photorealistic plants from Laubwerk.
- Expanded Redshift Material Library: Enhance your projects with a new collection of wood, tile, and asphalt shingle materials for Redshift, provided by Fuchs & Vogel.
Maxon App
- Fast User Switching: Artists can now quickly switch license activations when working on multiple computers, without needing to manage licenses through the MyMaxon portal.
For additional information, be sure to visit Maxon's official website.
