Tools like ZBrush make fantastic models quickly and have become a popular choice amongst graphics designers, but the models they generate are often too detailed and need to be reduced. A new software product, TopoGun, aims to make generating texture maps and resurfaced models much simpler.
TopoGun is a stand-alone resurfacing, and maps baking application. The resurfacing functions in TopoGun will help you modify and/or recreate the edgeflow of your digital 3D models. The maps baking functions, will help you bake various types of texture maps from your high resolution 3D models and then allow you to apply them to your newly created optimized meshes. These texture maps contain information that will help you recover the appearance and features of the original high resolution mesh.
There’s a free demo if you want to try it out, (feature restricted, cannot save scenes or maps), and it’s available in both node-locked and floating versions for $100/$250 respectively.
