A new approach to Retopology

Not only Artists, but also add-on developers somehow forgot about one important aspect of retopology. Let's analyze what we do and try to think about it a bit differently this time.
Let's check it together!

"A new approach to Retopology" by Vilem Duha --

#BCON23 #b3d

[blenderkit]

This add-on is now released. It's name is Final Topology.

[VentelHD]

Not the hero we deserve, but the hero we need. Doing god's work!

[gailan]

I am so excited to see advancements coming to retopology! it always feels like retopology needs a bit more love in blender.

[PrinceWesterburg]

I've wanted this for about 25 years - Thespline tools in Corel Draw do this in 2D and I've always wanted this ability in 3D as, especially with Blender's loop selection, you'd be able to drop mesh desity easily without hours of pulling points around. Making computers do the work, this is what computers are for! :D

[digitalmc]

Dude yes. We have needed this for so long. Thank you!

[mizzauro]

omg it's amazing! I've been looking for tools like these for years, and they finally exist haha

[MysteryPancake]

The tools at 14:00 and 15:00 should be built into Blender by default, I've had both of these issues in the past week alone

[brewmeup]

tbh, there are a few things I just never had the patience for, ... 1. UV unwrapping 2. Retopo 3. Rigging.... if these three aspects could be simplified into processes that don't take hours on hours to do, .. I think my creativity in blender would just explode.... You guys are all amazing!

[Gabirell]

Man… I would be clapping and cheering from the start! Man, that’s a before and after in 👏👏👏👏👏👏

[STANNco]

the closest i've gotten before this is using the multires modifier instead of subdivision.
You can apply a shrinkwrap after it, and have the multires conform to it

[KKOLL]

Can't wait to see more of this, thank you for the effort in this tools

[jb_]

This looks fantastic Vilem! I've been doing a lot of retopology lately and cannot wait to try this.

[jojogape]

This is actually so necessary. In retrospect, it is true that when I tried to retopo my models, although they looked neater, they also looked a lot softer. I thought it was just a symptom of using less vertices, but actually you tend to lose detail in cavities and parts that stick out, so you end up adding new geometry after the fact. I notice this a lot when retopoing eyelids, nostrils or ears.

[LightningdHeiwa]

What A Legend only hardcore Retopo people know how good this is

[gabocavallaro]

Hero! THanks for developing this!! This is going to be a game-changer for the Industry!
SO excited

[patriknordberg]

This is really cool. And as he stated, it gives you better topology, not just easier. I believe when machine learning tools are created to do retopology for us then it should be trained on this type of topology which follows the original surface better.

[NoobahSteve]

i just did my first character in university and man retopology is no joke i felt like i was doing a big freakin puzzle the whole time lol im really excited to see new technologies and ways of retopo because at times when things are going well it can be relaxing.

[ArtemGms]

Feels awesome to see a presentation from a Czech person at Blender conference. Probably because of how small of a country we are, it makes you really realize how diverse the Blender community is while they all share passion for the same program.

[archerjoii]

can't wait to try it, very cool work!

[aronseptianto]

such a simple yet a brilliant addition
I've wanted this for as long as I've known subdivide modifier and it's been only guesswork and manual work from my side