Sculptris AlternativesTop 3D Modelers & 3D Painting Apps like Sculptris

Sculptris is described as 'Elegant, powerful and yet easy to use 3D sculpting software, allowing the artist in you to simply focus on creating amazing 3D artwork. Gone are the technical and often tedious constraints typically associated with digital art' and is a popular 3D Modeler in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Sculptris for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, iPad and Steam apps. The best Sculptris alternative is Blender, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Sculptris are ZBrush, Wings 3D, 3D-Coat and Cinema 4D.

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  1. Blender icon

    Blender

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    A comprehensive open-source 3D software suite for modeling, UV unwrapping, texturing, rigging, and animating. It supports renderings, simulations including fluid and cloth dynamics, complex compositing, video editing, and Python scripting, running across all major operating systems.

    147 Blender alternatives

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    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • Haiku
    • Steam
    • Flatpak
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    Blender vs Sculptris Comments
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    Not only can you sculpt with Blender, you can model, texture, simulate and animate with Blender, along with camera tracking and thousands more features. Definitely one of the best out there.

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    Blender is a 3D modeling program, while Sculptris is a 3D sculpting program. The end result may be similar, but the actual process is entirely different.

    • Blender is Free and Open SourceSculptris is Free and Proprietary
    • Blender is Customizable, Lightweight and Privacy focusedSculptris is not according to our users
  2. ZBrush icon

    ZBrush

     84 likes

    Comprehensive digital sculpting tool offering advanced features like sculpting up to a billion polygons, customizable brushes, real-time painting, and powerful rendering system. Ideal for professionals in film, gaming, and more. Integrates with Redshift and supports Apple Pencil.

    54 ZBrush alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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    • iPad
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    ZBrush vs Sculptris Comments
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    Its very handy and is supported with very cooperative community

    • ZBrush is Paid and ProprietarySculptris is Free and Proprietary
    • ZBrush is LightweightSculptris is not according to our users
  4. Wings 3D icon

    Wings 3D

     122 likes

    Wings 3D is a subdivision modeler inspired by Nendo and Mirai from Izware.

    It is possible to assign materials, vertex color, UV coordinates and textures, but there will be improvements in those features before Wings goes 1.0.

    There is no support in Wings for doing animations.

    53 Wings 3D alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    This is a modelling program, sculptris is a sculpting program. While they both end at a 3d output, the method to get there is completely different.

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    This program is mostly aimed at polygonal modelling. While they can both produce a 3d model, Sculptris is specifically aimed at 3d Sculpting and texture painting, something Wings 3d does not do.

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    polygonal modelling software. unsuited as a substitute to sculpting software

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    • Wings 3D is Free and Open SourceSculptris is Free and Proprietary
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  6. 3D-Coat icon

    3D-Coat

     47 likes

    3D-Coat is the one application that has all the tools you need to take your 3D idea from a block of digital clay all the way to a production ready, fully textured organic or hard surface model.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  8. Cinema 4D icon

    Cinema 4D

     85 likes

    CINEMA 4D is a commercial, cross-platform, high-end 3-D graphics application, produced by MAXON Computer GmbH of Friedrichsdorf, Germany. Noted for its flexible interface and ease of use, it is capable of procedural and polygonal/subd modelling, animating, lighting, texturing...

    49 Cinema 4D alternatives

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    • Paid
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    • Mac
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  10. SculptGL icon

    SculptGL

     23 likes

    SculptGL is a browser-based 3d-modeling application.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
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    Discontinued

    From GitHub: "DEVELOPMENT STOPPED I'm now working on Nomad Sculpt instead."

    SculptGL vs Sculptris Comments
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    Its quite similar but has a little more tools than usual Kindof more clunky but still, lets you vertex paint your model and still sculpt on it, sadly you cant export a texture map like Sculptris

    Pros: More in depth Vertex Paint and still sculpt PBR Shaders

    Cons: Cant export texture map (But you can export it with vertex colors) Bit more complicated

    • SculptGL is Free and Open SourceSculptris is Free and Proprietary
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    meshmixer

     12 likes

    meshmixer is an experimental 3D modeling tool for making 3D mashups without too much hassle.

    42 meshmixer alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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  12. ArmorPaint icon

    ArmorPaint

     19 likes

    Armor paint is a standalone software for 3d texture painting in PBR. It is entirely GPU based, and supports windows and linux.

    12 ArmorPaint alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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  13. Clavicula icon

    Clavicula

     13 likes

    Clavicula is a free 3D modeling software aimed at artists and users of all levels. It allows you to quickly give shape to your artistic, design, or engineering ideas, to create highly complex objects using a relatively simple toolkit.

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Linux
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  14. Rhinoceros icon

    Rhinoceros

     33 likes

    Rhino can create, edit, analyze, document, render, animate, and translate NURBS* curves, surfaces, and solids, point clouds, and polygon meshes. There are no limits on complexity, degree, or size beyond those of your hardware.

    64 Rhinoceros alternatives

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    • Paid
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    • Mac
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  15. MeshMolder icon

    MeshMolder

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    MeshMolder is a digital sculpting software that works like a clay, adding and removing parts where desired by controlling the thickness and radius of coverage and thus creating the final form. The software is completely in beta, functional and free (freeware) can be used as a...

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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