Current revision, broken do not purchase
I was very excited to find forger on the app store. However there appear to be some problems with the application:
Bug #1: The standard brush does not appear to function at all or very little, even at max strength.
Bug#2: The move brush functions as a standard (zbrush standard) brush, moving points on their surface normals as opposed to in screen space.
In addition, there are several interface issues purchasers should be aware of.
Issue #1: Brush size and strength are very limited. For example, you can max out the smooth brush strength, but the effect is minimal even on low res meshes.
Issue #2: Materials only support diffuse and specular illumination. No ambient and obviously nothing like MatCap (zbrush).
Issue #3: Sculpting is dependent on outliner selection and outliner selection drops without warning.
Issue #4: No shortcut for switching subdivision levels.
Issue #5: Some buttons open modal dialogs, breaking the interface paradign of the iPad. This makes for an awkward user experience.
Goodthings®?
Supports Multi-resolution surfaces, unlike sculpt 123D. Supports hiding, masking and selections. Supports Obj in and Obj out, so you theoretically could use it as part of your pipeline for sketching ideas on the go. Supports constant shading for checking silhouettes. Supports wireframe display so you can see exactly whats happening with your mesh structure.
Unfortunately, given the current state of the app, I cant recommend it. Ill update this review if the concerns Ive marked up are addressed by the developer.
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