Yup, this is going to change everything.

[Crispy4004]

Seen a lot of cool stuff at SIGGRAPH so far but these two things really caught my attention:

Auto Topology in 3Dcoat:
http://vimeo.com/13652970
http://vimeo.com/13651638

Mesh Mixer, which apparently has been out for a while:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzM9h1ByI5c

I imagine used together, possibly with Sculptris or Zspheres II as well, there are tons of possibilities and ways to make building complex forms in a fraction of the time.

[Nukie]

Mesh Mixer seems like a usable tool.

[Perversonality]

I tried Mesh Mixer a long time ago and it's a nice enough tool but after the initial "this is fun" it's not something I go back to at all really

[Crispy4004]

I tried Mesh Mixer a long time ago and it's a nice enough tool but after the initial "this is fun" it's not something I go back to at all really

Well the difference is now there is a way to auto-retopo back to quads in minutes thanks to 3Dcoat, which means there is a very practical use for it now.

[Crispy4004]

Put the idea in practice. Took an existing sculpt of mine, removed the head in Mesh Mixer, removed the toes in Sculptris, and finally generated the topology in 3Dcoat. Took a little trial and error but eventually I got the results I was after.

http://a.imageshack.us/img687/5185/toporesult.jpg

It's not perfect, had maybe an hour of cleanup to do in Maya, but I'm still getting better results in a faction of the time. I'm sold.

[NinthJake]

This looks promising. I used a similar technique for Blender which works really well (though it takes some more time than 3Dcoat's autotopo obviously)

http://vimeo.com/10715723

[Tom-3DT]

Hi Guys, This all sounds very interesting, would anyone be prepared to write an article on the subject for the site? A bit like this thread with the video links but just more details and screenshots...we could pay with books...lots of lovely books to arrive through your door :)

Tom

[hulahuga]

Something like an article (or series) of the future of CG perhaps :)