But more importantly, I want to talk about 3D Coat in general and why you should give it a try. 3D Coat is an extremely powerful software, but I feel like it's not getting as much love as I think it deserves.

但更重要的是，我想談談 3D Coat 的總體情況，以及為什麼你應該試試它。3D Coat 是一款功能非常強大的軟件，但我覺得它並沒有得到應有的重視。

First of all, it's non-subscription based and it can do virtually anything you want a 3D software can do and in some instances, it can do it even better.

首先，它不需要訂閱，而且幾乎可以做任何你想要 3D 軟件做的事情，在某些情況下，它甚至可以做得更好。

For some reason, I rarely see people talking about it.

出於某種原因，我很少看到人們談論它。

Other than a few artists, I feel like the software is like an underground software that only a select few are using.

除了少數藝術家之外，我覺得該軟件就像一個地下軟件，只有少數人在使用。

But today, we gonna try and helpfully change that.

但今天，我們要努力改變這種狀況。

Because this is what this video is all about, why you should use 3D Coat.

這就是本視頻的主題，也就是為什麼要使用 3D Coat。

And for transparency, this video indeed is a sponsored video by Pilgway, the developers behind 3D Coat.

為了透明起見，這段視頻確實是由 3D Coat 的開發商 Pilgway 贊助的。

We gonna talk about their latest release on the software, but in no way is anything said in this video something we don't actually believe.

我們將討論他們最新發布的軟件，但這段視頻中的任何內容我們都不會相信。

If you are a non-3D Coat user or if this is your first time hearing about it, stick around till the end because what this software can do will at least make you go, hmm, this is interesting.

如果你不是 3D Coat 的用戶，或者你是第一次聽說這款軟件，那麼請堅持到最後，因為這款軟件的功能至少會讓你覺得 "嗯，這很有趣"。

And right off the bat, let's talk about some 3D Coat's major features.

首先，讓我們來談談 3D Coat 的一些主要功能。

Something that comes to mind instantly when talking about this software is sculpting.

說到這款軟件，人們馬上就會想到雕刻。

Although it is a versatile tool that can do virtually anything, there are things that 3D Coat excels at, like sculpting and retopologizing.

雖然 3D Coat 是一款多功能工具，幾乎可以做任何事情，但有些事情 3D Coat 是最擅長的，比如雕刻和重塑。

If you have never used 3D Coat for sculpting before, this might come as a surprise to you.

如果您從未使用過 3D Coat 進行雕刻，這可能會讓您大吃一驚。

But a lot of professionals prefer using 3D Coat for sculpting instead of ZBrush.

但很多專業人士更喜歡使用 3D Coat 而不是 ZBrush 進行雕刻。

That's right, 3D Coat offers a powerful sculpting workflow, in addition to many tools, solutions, brushes, and even a little something called Voxel Sculpting, and a ton of auto retopology tools that should make any artist's day better.

沒錯，3D Coat 提供了強大的雕刻工作流程，此外還有許多工具、解決方案、畫筆，甚至還有一個叫做 "體素雕刻"（Voxel Sculpting）的小東西，以及大量的自動再拓撲工具，這些都能讓任何藝術家的日子過得更好。

And don't just take my word for it, many artists who try 3D Coat always echo the same sentiment and it's always along the line, this software is the most pleasant experience I have ever had with any 3D software to date.

不要只聽我的一面之詞，許多試用過 3D Coat 的藝術家都會發出同樣的感慨，那就是：這款軟件是我迄今為止使用任何 3D 軟件所獲得的最愉快的體驗。

One user wrote on Reddit questioning, how come this software is so unknown?

一位用戶在 Reddit 上寫道："為什麼這款軟件如此不為人知？

Again, his words, not mine.

又是他說的，不是我說的。

And everywhere I looked, I always find people surprised that this piece of software isn't as popular as it is, or that it's not getting the love it deserves.

無論我走到哪裡，總能發現人們驚訝於這款軟件並沒有那麼受歡迎，或者它沒有得到應有的喜愛。

Now, on the other side, a lot of people argue that the reason why 3D Coat doesn't have the notoriety it deserves is because of multiple factors, but one in particular that people like to criticize 3D Coat for is its interface.

另一方面，很多人認為，3D Coat 之所以沒有獲得應有的聲譽，原因是多方面的，但人們尤其喜歡責備 3D Coat 的界面。

Me personally, I don't agree with that. 3D Coat's interface and UX in general isn't the worst I've seen, not by a long shot.

我個人不同意這種說法。3D Coat 的界面和用戶體驗總體上並不是我見過的最差的，遠遠不是。

Personally, my time with 3D Coat was enjoyable, and I can go as far as to say, it was one of the best experiences delving into a new software personally.

就我個人而言，使用 3D Coat 的過程是愉快的，我甚至可以說，這是我個人鑽研新軟件的最佳體驗之一。

And yes, it does have some stuff that you won't get immediately, but that goes for any software for the most part.

是的，它確實有一些你無法立即獲得的東西，但這在大多數情況下適用於任何軟件。

And generally speaking, I would say the learning curve isn't steep.

一般來說，我認為學習曲線並不陡峭。

And to prove that, let's take, for example, the retopology workflow. 3D Coat has both manual and automatic retopology.

為了證明這一點，讓我們以再拓撲工作流程為例。3D Coat 有手動和自動兩種修圖方式。

For the manual workflow, you can easily draw guides using the stroke tool.

對於手動工作流程，您可以使用描邊工具輕鬆繪製引導線。

And I cannot say good enough things about this tool.

對於這個工具，我怎麼說都不為過。

This can probably be one of the most powerful tools in any 3D artist's retopology arsenal.

這可能是任何 3D 藝術家的再拓撲工具庫中最強大的工具之一。

While all the tools have their advantages and shortcomings, for instance, the point and quad tools are able to produce one vertex at a time, and the strokes allow you to sketch and guide your topology.

雖然所有工具都有各自的優點和缺點，例如，點工具和四邊形工具可以一次生成一個頂點，而筆觸工具則可以勾勒和引導拓撲結構。

When you are happy with that, you just hit enter, and a message is generated following your sketch, which was mind-blowing to me when I first saw it.

當你滿意時，只需點擊回車鍵，就會按照你的草圖生成一條資訊，這讓我第一次看到時感到非常震撼。

On the other hand, you can take advantage of the auto-retopology feature, which yields extremely impressive results.

另一方面，您還可以利用自動重構功能，該功能可產生令人印象極為深刻的效果。

And for even better results, you can draw guides using the aforementioned strokes tool, which helps guide the topology, and in some cases, give out meshes identical to manual retopology, which is impressive.

如果想獲得更好的效果，還可以使用前面提到的描邊工具繪製引導線，這有助於引導拓撲結構，在某些情況下，繪製出的網格與手動拓撲完全相同，令人印象深刻。

This can yield the best results when talking about organic and character modeling, or when it comes to hard surface models, which makes the system reliable.

在進行有機物和角色建模或硬表面模型建模時，這可以產生最佳效果，從而使系統更加可靠。

So any 3D asset artist should try 3D Coat retopology system at least once in their life.

是以，任何三維資產藝術家一生中都應該至少嘗試一次 3D Coat 重拓撲系統。

Of course, this does not even scratch the surface when it comes to retopology, but this should give you an idea of how powerful the system is.

當然，這還遠遠不夠，但這應該能讓你瞭解到該系統的強大功能。

Also, 3D Coat offers one of the most powerful sculpting workflows out there, with the main star of the show being voxel sculpting. 3D Coat also offers multiple versions for specialized usage, aside from the main 3D Coat package.

此外，3D Coat 還提供了最強大的雕刻工作流程，其中最主要的功能是體素雕刻。除了主要的 3D Coat 套裝軟體外，3D Coat 還提供多個專用版本。

So, 3D Coat Textura is a version of the software tailored for professional 3D texturing and rendering at a more affordable price.

是以，3D Coat Textura 是專為專業 3D 紋理製作和渲染而量身定製的軟件版本，價格更加實惠。

This can be a great texturing solution.

這可能是一種很好的紋理解決方案。

And the new 3D Coat Print, which is a free version of 3D Coat tailored made for 3D printing.

新的 3D Coat Print 是為 3D 打印量身定製的免費版 3D Coat。

And finally, the immense and extensive PBR library, which has a ton of PBR scanning materials and what feels like infinite PBR samples in different resolutions up to 8K, all at your fingertips.

最後是龐大而豐富的 PBR 庫，其中有大量的 PBR 掃描材質和感覺上無窮無盡的 PBR 樣本，不同的分辨率最高可達 8K，一切盡在指尖。

In the latest 2023.1 release, the software saw a lot of improvements in a lot of areas, especially in the modeling department, with a ton of sketching tools improvements, and new stuff like multilevel resolution, three-leaf generator, time-lapse recorder, auto-UV mapping, surface mode improvements, as well as power smooth paint tool, volumetric color, modeling workspace improvement, and enhancing the import and export features.

在最新的 2023.1 版本中，軟件在很多方面都做了大量改進，尤其是在建模方面，不僅改進了大量草圖繪製工具，還新增了多級分辨率、三葉生成器、延時記錄器、自動紫外線貼圖、曲面模式改進，以及強大的平滑繪製工具、體積顏色、建模工作區改進和導入導出功能的增強。

For instance, the developers introduced this new system for a multi-resolution workflow, and it is a huge improvement over the old system.

例如，開發人員為多分辨率工作流程引入了這一新系統，與舊系統相比有了巨大的改進。

It differs from the previous legacy system in the way it can generate and store both higher and lower levels of subdivision better than just using proxy meshes, which is very powerful, especially when switching between multiple subdivision levels of details.

它與以前的傳統系統的不同之處在於，它可以生成和存儲較高和較低的細分級別，而不僅僅是使用代理網格，這一點非常強大，尤其是在多個細分級別的細節之間切換時。

One of the benefits of this approach is that you can jump between the different resolution levels seamlessly, and the different resolutions are essentially applied to the same mesh, so any change in the pose will trickle down or up to the rest of the resolutions.

這種方法的好處之一是，你可以在不同的分辨率級別之間無縫跳轉，而且不同的分辨率基本上都應用於同一個網格，是以姿勢的任何變化都會影響到其他分辨率。

One drawback, however, is once you use the multilevel resolution, you're going to lose the dynamic resolution brush capability.

但有一個缺點是，一旦使用多級分辨率，就會失去動態分辨率刷功能。

Also, another very interesting feature is the ability to generate leaves on trees using the tree's generator tools.

此外，另一個非常有趣的功能是使用樹的生成器工具生成樹葉。

Unlike before, you can now add your own leaf types, sculpt the shapes yourself, and export everything as an FBX file.

與以往不同的是，您現在可以添加自己的葉片類型，自己雕刻形狀，並將所有內容導出為 FBX 文件。

Next, we have a time-lapse recorder, which is exciting now and you can record your sculpting sessions with a smooth camera movement.

接下來，我們有一個延時攝影記錄器，它現在令人興奮，你可以用流暢的相機運動來記錄你的雕刻過程。

The recording won't record every second, but it will use different intervals to speed up the process.

錄音不會每秒都錄，但會使用不同的時間間隔來加快進程。

Talking about speeding up the process, surface mode saw a lot of improvements, mainly the subdivision of surface mode meshes, which has been sped up significantly and I quote, 5 times at least, which will allow you to subdivide the models to even 200 million, with a capital M.

說到加快進程，曲面模式有了很多改進，主要是曲面模式網格的細分速度大大加快，我引述一下，至少加快了 5 倍，這將使您可以將模型細分到 2 億個大寫的 "M"。

Furthermore, there is a huge enhancement for the auto UV mapping.

此外，自動 UV 貼圖功能也得到了極大增強。

Even objects from the same sculpt can be unwrapped separately on their own.

即使是同一個雕塑中的物體，也可以單獨拆封。

And the quality of the mapping itself is improved as well, which will result in less island creation, in addition to much shorter seams and better packing overall.

製圖本身的品質也得到了提高，除了接縫更短和整體包裝更好外，還能減少島嶼的產生。

And with the latest update, now 3D code supports VDM, which stands for Vector Displacement Maps.

最新更新後，3D 代碼支持 VDM，即矢量位移圖。

You can think of these as a 3D alpha, but cooler.

你可以把它們想象成 3D Alpha，不過更酷。

You can now create VDM automatically in 3D code on the fly with the help of the pick and paste instrument.

現在，您可以藉助拾取和粘貼工具在三維代碼中自動創建 VDM。

So you can sample any geometry and save it as a VDM and reuse it on any model you want.

是以，您可以對任何幾何體進行採樣，並將其保存為 VDM，然後在任何模型上重複使用。

In addition to a ton of other improvements, like ASINs to mapping, improved UVs, better snapping in the viewport, improved hotkeys engine, UI and render improvements, and a long list of retopology improvements in addition to other stuff, which you can read all about and try 3D code for free by clicking the link under the like button.

除此以外，我們還做了大量其他改進，如將 ASINs 轉換為貼圖、改進 UV、改善視口中的捕捉、改進熱鍵引擎、改進用戶界面和渲染，以及一長串重拓撲改進等。

I hope you guys found this video useful and informative.

希望這段視頻對你們有用，並能為你們提供資訊。

If you did, please give it a thumbs up.

如果有，請豎起大拇指。

Also, you can check some of our previous videos.

此外，您還可以查看我們以前的一些視頻。

Thank you very much for watching, and I will see you… in the next one!

感謝您的收看，我們下期再見！