Sculptris Alternatives

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 50 alternatives to Sculptris for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and Android apps. The best Sculptris alternative is Blender, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Sculptris are Wings 3D, ZBrush, Cinema 4D and 3D-Coat.

Sculptris alternatives are mainly 3D Modelers but may also be 3D Painting Apps or Digital Painting Tools. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Sculptris.

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Blender
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149 Blender alternatives
Blender is the free and open-source 3D creation suite. It supports the entirety of the 3D pipeline—modeling, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing, video editing, and motion tracking.
- - Blender is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Sculptris.
- - Blender is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Sculptris.
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Blender Features
1. 3D SculptingBlender offers tools to push, pull, smooth, grab or pinch to manipulate a 3D model.
2. Keyframe AnimationCompositions can be keyframed in Blender, allowing you to change the parameters over time.
3. Extensible by Plugins/ExtensionsBlender can be extended with add-ons, plugins and extensions.
4. Animation RiggingBlender supports bone structures to manipulate a 3D model like a puppet for animation.
5. Physically-Based RenderingPrecise rendering method for Blender to represent of how light interacts with material properties.
6. Ad-freeBlender doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
7. Motion CaptureYou can capture and modify/animate faces, gestures, movements or objects within the Blender.
8. Node BasedBlender supports node editing, a form of visual programming that gives you full control over the rendering.
9. LightweightBlender consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
Real time rendering
Compositor
Community-based
Texturing
3D Renderer
Grease Pencil
Texture painting
2D and 3D physics
Rendering
Low memory usage
Comments about Blender as a Alternative to Sculptris
Most users think Blender is a great Sculptris alternative.
Guest
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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Not as easy as Sculptris
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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.
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Wings 3D
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Free • Open Source
3D Modeler
Mac
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55 Wings 3D alternatives
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.
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Wings 3D Features
1. Keyframe AnimationCompositions can be keyframed in Wings 3D, allowing you to change the parameters over time.
Uv mapping
Abandoned Cart Recovery
Comments about Wings 3D as a Alternative to Sculptris
This alternative is disputed. Wings 3D is still a legitimate Sculptris alternative, but it might have issues that some users think are important.
Guest
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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polygonal modelling software. unsuited as a substitute to sculpting software
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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 modeling is not sculpting
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ZBrush
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3D Painting App
Digital Painting Tool
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66 ZBrush alternatives
The all-in-one-digital sculpting solution.
- - ZBrush is the most popular commercial alternative to Sculptris.
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ZBrush Features
1. 3D SculptingZBrush offers tools to push, pull, smooth, grab or pinch to manipulate a 3D model.
2. Support for scriptingZBrush supports scripts and macros to automate or customize tasks.
Texturing
Handwriting recognition
Comments about ZBrush as a Alternative to Sculptris
Almost everyone thinks ZBrush is a great Sculptris alternative.
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Its very handy and is supported with very cooperative community
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Cinema 4D
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3D Modeler
Mac
Windows
52 Cinema 4D alternatives
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...
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Cinema 4D Features
1. Keyframe AnimationCompositions can be keyframed in Cinema 4D, allowing you to change the parameters over time.
2. Support for scriptingCinema 4D supports scripts and macros to automate or customize tasks.
3. Procedural ModelingCinema 4D can create or modify 3D models and textures based on a sequence of rules.
Rendering
3D-Coat
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3D Painting App
Digital Painting Tool
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78 3D-Coat alternatives
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.
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3D-Coat Features
1. 3D Sculpting3D-Coat offers tools to push, pull, smooth, grab or pinch to manipulate a 3D model.
2. Support for scripting3D-Coat supports scripts and macros to automate or customize tasks.
Texturing
Voxel-editor
Procedural Texturing
MODO
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3D Painting App
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106 MODO alternatives
MODO is a fully featured 3D content creation application, famous primarily for it's modelling capabilities, MODO also offers a fast renderer, sculpting, painting, dynamics and animation tools.
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MODO Features
1. 3D SculptingMODO offers tools to push, pull, smooth, grab or pinch to manipulate a 3D model.
2. Support for scriptingMODO supports scripts and macros to automate or customize tasks.
3. Physically-Based RenderingPrecise rendering method for MODO to represent of how light interacts with material properties.
4. Keyframe AnimationCompositions can be keyframed in MODO, allowing you to change the parameters over time.
Texturing
Rendering
Nomad Sculpt
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9 Nomad Sculpt alternatives
Nomad is a sculpting & painting mobile app, available on Android and iOS.
- - Nomad Sculpt is the most popular Android, iPhone & iPad alternative to Sculptris.
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Nomad Sculpt Features
1. 3D SculptingNomad Sculpt offers tools to push, pull, smooth, grab or pinch to manipulate a 3D model.
Rhinoceros
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62 Rhinoceros alternatives
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.
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Rhinoceros Features
1. Parametric ModelingRhinoceros can change the shape of model geometry as soon as the dimension value is modified.
2. Procedural ModelingRhinoceros can create or modify 3D models and textures based on a sequence of rules.
Nurb Surfacing
Computer-aided manufacturing (CAM)
Autodesk Mudbox
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3D Painting App
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62 Autodesk Mudbox alternatives
Autodesk Mudbox digital sculpting and texture painting software offers 3D modeling professionals the ability to quickly and easily create highly detailed organic and inorganic 3D assets.
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Autodesk Mudbox Features
1. 3D SculptingAutodesk Mudbox offers tools to push, pull, smooth, grab or pinch to manipulate a 3D model.
2. Drawing Tablet SupportAutodesk Mudbox supports the use of external drawing tablets as input devices.
Texturing
Clavicula
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3D Painting App
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16 Clavicula alternatives
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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Clavicula Features
1. LightweightClavicula consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
2. 3D SculptingClavicula offers tools to push, pull, smooth, grab or pinch to manipulate a 3D model.
3. Physically-Based RenderingPrecise rendering method for Clavicula to represent of how light interacts with material properties.
4. Support for scriptingClavicula supports scripts and macros to automate or customize tasks.
5. PortableClavicula can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
PBR Shaders
SculptGL
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Free • Open Source
3D Modeler
Online
28 SculptGL alternatives
SculptGL is a browser-based 3d-modeling application.
- - SculptGL is the most popular Web-based alternative to Sculptris.
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SculptGL Features
PBR Shaders
Browser-based
Discontinued
From GitHub: "DEVELOPMENT STOPPED I'm now working on Nomad Sculpt instead."

Comments about SculptGL as a Alternative to Sculptris
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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
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meshmixer
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45 meshmixer alternatives
meshmixer is an experimental 3D modeling tool for making 3D mashups without too much hassle.
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Discontinued
Still very much used, but not in development at this point in time.