Shape characters, creatures, and worlds in virtual clay. Maxon ZBrush is an Academy Award®-winning and industry-leading tool for digital sculpting, modeling and painting. Its customizable tools and features, including more than 200 proprietary brushes, allow you to work with polygons the same way you would with actual clay. With ZBrush for iPad and native support for Windows on Arm (WoA) devices, you can sculpt, paint, and bring your creations to life in real time anywhere with touch-based capabilities.
To use the application you will have to register for a MyMaxon account and accept our EULA.
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Sculpt production-ready characters and creatures with the detail, anatomy, and control that film, episodic, and game pipelines demand. Work at extreme polygon counts without the workflow breaking down.
Best for:
Film and VFX, episodic, AAA and indie games.
Push your sculpting skills further thanks to an intuitive interface and supportive creative community.
Best for:
High-detail characters, creatures, assets, and personal IP.
Fast rendering and easy asset management helps you create multiple iterations of work and adapt quickly to feedback from directors and studios.
Best for:
Characters, creatures, props, and detailed environments.
Make quick iterations on designs to save time and money on the molding and 3D process.
Best for:
Toys, collectibles, statues, and resin garage kits.
Wow clients with highly detailed, complex shapes, even in early stages of development, thanks to seamless integration between CAD and ZBrush-based models.
Best for:
Automotive, fashion, jewelry, aviation, household products.
A sculptural, non-technical way into 3D. Start on iPad with the same core tools, then move to desktop without relearning your craft.
Best for:
Illustrators, 2D artists, and designers adding 3D.
Reliable, predictable, and pipeline-ready. ZBrush sits at the front of production and hands off cleanly to Cinema 4D, Redshift, Maya, 3ds Max, and game engines.
Best for:
Studios, in-house teams, collaborative production.
A dynamic brush system, base mesh creation tools, and remeshing that lets you stop thinking about topology and just sculpt. Combine, inflate, drape, and instance geometry with full sculptural freedom.
ZBrush is not only for organic work. Build precise low-poly and hard-surface models with ZModeler, Live Boolean, and polygon tools, all in the same environment.
PolyPaint lets you paint directly on the surface with no UVs or texture maps assigned in advance. UV Master, SpotLight projection, and MorphUV give you control from first color to final map.
Redshift in ZBrush brings GPU-accelerated rendering into your sculpting pipeline. BPR (Best Preview Render) adds shadows, ambient occlusion, fibers, and HD geometry, with the LightCap system for real-time material and lighting control.
Work seamlessly across the Maxon ecosystem. GoZ sends your ZBrush sculpt straight into Cinema 4D for animation and lighting — refine details, send it back, repeat. Need it in After Effects? Cineware bridges the gap between applications.
Sculpt anywhere with full compatibility across desktop, iPad, and Windows on Arm (WoA).
ZBrush continues to evolve on desktop and iPad, making it easier to fit into your workflow. With native support for Windows on Arm (WoA), you can sculpt on the go, even on smaller devices. A new Substance Bridge lets you move from sculpt to texture in one click, while updated GoZ support keeps things smooth with the latest Maya and 3ds Max. On iPad, custom hotkeys can now be saved, shared, and brought into desktop ZBrush.
Value Proposition
Solutions
Production-ready characters and creatures with the detail and control film pipelines demand.
High-detail sculpts and game-ready assets, from hero characters to environment work.
Print-ready sculpts for collectibles, statues, and manufacturing.
Precise, detailed forms for jewellery and product design, ready for production.
Expressive form-finding for concept and illustration, on desktop or iPad.
Highly detailed miniatures, creatures, characters, terrain, and ornamental surfaces.
Tutorials
Grow your craft with tutorials, courses, and a global community. ZBrush rewards the time you put in, and the resources are built to take you from first sculpt to production-ready work.
Ana Carolina
ZBrush
Ian Robinson
Maxon One
Maxon One gives you a complete 3D and motion design pipeline in one subscription.
Industry-leading organic sculpting for characters, creatures, and high-detail assets.
Professional 3D modeling, animation, simulation, and motion graphics.
GPU-accelerated production rendering with artist-friendly controls.
Professional visual effects, transitions, text animation, and finishing tools for motion graphics and video editing.
Colour grading, compositing effects, and motion graphics finishing for Autograph, After Effects, Premiere Pro and others.
2D Motion graphics, VFX compositing, and social media graphics across industries. Optimized for speed and automation.
Browse and download curated materials, models, presets, and templates to accelerate your creative workflow.
Industry-standard CPU and GPU benchmarking to measure performance for 3D rendering and creative workloads.
Seamlessly transfer Cinema 4D scenes into Adobe applications with live updates and native asset support.
Capture facial performance and body motion to drive expressive character animation and motion graphics.
ZBrush is professional digital sculpting, painting, and modelling software for character and creature artists, digital sculptors, and concept artists. It lets you shape highly detailed 3D models the way you would work with real clay, with a brush system that can handle tens of millions of polygons in real time.
From film and games to toys, collectibles, jewellery, and product design, ZBrush is where form takes shape. Sculpt with total freedom, refine to micro detail, then hand off clean geometry to your animation, rendering, and manufacturing pipelines.
ZBrush is built for character and creature artists, digital sculptors, and concept artists, from professionals in production to artists investing in long-term skill growth. Illustrators and designers new to 3D often start on iPad and move to desktop.
Every ZBrush subscription includes ZBrush on desktop, iPad, and Windows on Arm devices with premium features, rendering with Redshift, ZBrush Classroom, and Cineversity training. Maxon One adds Cinema 4D, Red Giant, Universe, and Capsules.
ZBrush works between desktop, iPad, and Windows on Arm devices, so creators can maintain seamless workflow continuity across devices. We aim to deliver consistent features while optimizing the sculpting experience for each device. Check our ZBrush Feature Comparison page to see which version suits you best.
ZBrush is compatible with most of the latest versions of Windows (including Windows on Arm (WoA)), macOS, and iPadOS. For detailed information, check out our list of system requirements.
ZBrush is built around true sculptural control and artistic mastery, with the depth to take work from first idea to final production. It rewards skill and scales from exploration to production, rather than replacing the artist.
ZBrush imports and exports standard 3D geometry formats and most industry-standard image formats for texturing, and connects to other applications through GoZ.
ZBrush runs on Windows (including Windows on Arm), macOS, and iPadOS. Its processor-based engine runs well on most modern machines. A graphics tablet is strongly recommended.
As the industry standard for digital sculpting, you can find works created with ZBrush across the entertainment industry. It’s been used to create characters and props in such beloved film franchises as Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, The Marvel Cinematic Universe, Transformers, Dune, and many more. In AAA video games, ZBrush has been used for Fortnite, God of War, Assassin’s Creed, and The Last of Us, among many others. ZBrush has also been used to create realistic figurines in popular tabletop games like Warhammer.
ZBrush is compatible with most of the latest versions of Windows (including Windows on Arm (WoA)), macOS, and iPadOS. ZBrush licensing is dual platform, so you can run on desktop and iPad simultaneously or switch between them at any time.
Thanks to its processor-based engine, ZBrush runs well on most modern computers regardless of their graphics cards. A graphic tablet (such as from Wacom) is strongly recommended. It will give you more control and easier interaction.
Support now extends to include Apple M-series Silicon Graphics chip processing. Take advantage of the latest technology while working inside the world’s most powerful digital sculpting software.
ZBrush is available in English, German, Spanish, Korean, Chinese, French, Japanese, and Brazilian Portuguese.
Download the Maxon App to start your 14-day free trial. Every trial includes ZBrush and the full Maxon One suite, so you can sculpt, render, and hand off across the whole pipeline.