forger
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graphics & Design | $9.99 | Javier Edo Meseguer | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
Featuring an intuitive multitouch interface, many sculpting brushes, powerful remeshing capabilities, the ability to import/export OBJ files, a desktop-class brush system, and many other awesome features, now thanks to forger you can sketch out ideas anywhere you go.
File I/O
Save your scenes to the internal scene format and use the popular OBJ file format to import or export new models or base meshes, Alembic file import is supported too.
Brushes
With many brushes to choose from; standard, clay, flatten, move, pull, smooth, pinch, inflate, crease, scrape, polish, planar, layer, stamp and mask. You will always find the one you need for the right task, each brush has an alternate function that does even more! Use custom stamps (alphas) to finish your models.
forger has a desktop-class brush engine that allows you to be able to do anything you would in a regular Desktop sculpting application, without compromises, whether you're after using brush images, need jitters or want to do smooth strokes, you no longer need to compromise your workflow for using a mobile app.
Professional concept sculpting
With two powerful remeshing algorithms (volume based remeshing and edge-flow topological remeshing), the ability to cap holes, slice, split and merge sub-meshes; doing concept sculpting on a mobile device is no longer a dream.
Multi-resolution meshes
Increase the resolution of the model by multiplying the number of faces by four, whilst keeping the previous (coarser) version of the mesh as another sub-level. Step back and forth between levels to do big changes or work on details. Rebuild subdivision levels on previously subdivided meshes if importing from another software and carry on with forger!
Partial mesh visibility
Hiding parts of the model you are working on will help you focus on your sculpture, and getting to hard to reach areas.
Masks
Control the areas your brushes can affect by masking them. Masking will make sculpting in delicate areas easier.
Sculpt layers
Work in a non destructive manner by creating layers per sub-level for quick concepting and adjusting their intensities for different results.
Advanced stylus & external keyboard support
Users can choose whether they want brushes to be affected by pressure in strength or size. Users that are used to sculpting & texturing softwares will feel at home with keyboard support, allowing them to skip the learning stage of the app due to the very common shortcuts found in known Desktop 3D digital content creation tools.
Texture Painting
Texture painting capabilities can also be added through an In-App Purchase, several texture channels (baseColor/metalness/roughness) can be created and multiple layers can be used for each channel, along with layer blending modes, masks, mask stacks, adjustment layers, forger texture painting tools have a Desktop-class brush system.
If you have any ideas on how this app could be improved, found any bug, or want to put in some feature requests, contact support.
Please do not leave feature requests or bug reports on the app review comments as they won't be tracked internally, consider contacting support before leaving a bad review as whether it is a dev error o some user error mistakes can be easily resolved, use the website support form or twitter to contact us.
Reviews
palm rejection issues
Laconiccrusader
(EDIT) review update: Turns out it was a palm rejection issue, developer was very helpful in identifying the problem on the forums, A+ Please please fix the invert toggle. When you hold the +/- toggle on Ipad pro, it switches back and forth between addition and subtraction in an unpredictable manner. The rest of the program is great but this particular bug is so frustrating.
Mixed Feelings - Do Not Buy (Amended Review)
AFerociousFurby
*update* - This program can’t even keep basic symmetry on the models when you sculpt. Even if it was free and even for casual use this is just not usable. Laughably bad. Save your money. - Bought this because it was hailed as a good alternative to Zbrush. I did see alot of negative reviews complaining about problems with the app and the reps firing back saying reviewers were just wrong and stupid (arrogant toxicity is never a good sign). I decided to give it a go anyway, on the off chance the reviews were not representative and if it might be something I can use for mobile work when I’m away from home. The UI is pretty bad but not impossible to use. Sculpting tools are standard. Primary issues are the UI and lack of ability to control files and set up features for base scene elements, which you can in other programs and is fairly important for any remotely professional\useable work. There are also occasionally very annoying bugs. That being said, if you just want to mess around - this is fine. Otherwise probably best to use a free alternative.
How do I get rid of symmetry?
blobfish are amazing
I can’t get rid of symmetry. How do I do so? (On phone version)
4 stars when it works...
Pigumon
1 star when you keep getting errors such as “can’t remesh” which creates errors where you can’t open an exported OBJ in another app... it makes the app kind of pointless. Also 0 stars when the developer says “you’re doing it wrong”. Let’s see, using sculpting tools in a sculpting app... and getting errors, seems like I’m doing things right and the developer is ignoring BUGS. He’s made an amazing app, you’d think he’d want to get rid of bugs and reduce bad ratings. But after all is said and done, it’s a light duty, portable Zbrush. I’ve been able to do full sculpts and send them to a slicer to be printed. That’s pretty awesome.
What I was looking for
Dotgat
Works just fine with a iPhone, you need to pay attention to what the UI functions like. I might get the Apple Pencil for better control, fingers are okay but not ideal. Unless you have super skinny fingers.
Pretty amazing.
jprzybylski
This developer is pretty stellar. Updates are frequent, the app has tons of potential and power - but if I could ask for one thing: Updated tutorials. The app tutorials are pretty outdated (That I can find) and are lacking. This tutorial needs some high-quality training and if it had that it could literally compete with high-end 3D sculpting tools that begin with the letter “Z”.
Exciting update!
victa2015
This is still the best app of its kind on the iPad. I am always excited about the updates. Thank you for all the amazing work!
It's... fine.
feline5you
I have had no prior experience to working with 3D before working with this app. It is fun to use, when not frustrating. Last night I had spent an hour working on something, and I needed a break so I decided to save it. After opening back up, my work was just... gone. Was really bummed. It is also a bit hard to get things in the shape that I want without creases and such that are nearly impossible to get rid of. Though, that may just be my inexperience.
