396 appendix ■ About the Companion DVD
System Requirements
This DVD does not include the ZBrush software. You will need to have ZBrush 4 installed on
your computer to complete the exercises in the book.To complete the core exercises of this book, you need ZBrush version 4 or higher. Some sections
also include material related to Photoshop and Maya and using these programs together with
ZBrush. Hardware requirements are a PC or Mac running ZBrush with a gigabyte or more of
RAM. The more RAM you have, the better results you can get with ZBrush.
Make sure that your computer meets the minimum system requirements shown in the follow-
ing list. If your computer doesn’t match up to most of these requirements, you may have problems
using the files on the companion DVD.
• A PC running Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7. You can use ZBrush
on an Intel-based Mac as well. If you are running Boot Camp or Parallels on your MAC with
Windows ZBrush will run as well on the Windows side.
• Remember that a MAC license will only run on a MAC OS system and the Windows
ZBrush license will only run on a Windows OS or on the Windows Partition of Boot Camp or
Parallels.
• Recommended:
OS: Windows XP SP2/Windows Vista/Windows 7
CPU: Pentium D or newer (or equivalent such as AMD Athlon 64 X2 or newer) with optional
multithreading or hyperthreading capabilities
RAM: 2048MB (4096MB for working with multi-million-poly meshes)
Monitor: 1280×1024 monitor resolution or higher (32 bits)
• Minimum System Requirements:
OS: Windows 2000/XP SP2
CPU: P4 or AMD Opteron or Athlon64 Processor (must have SSE2: Streaming SIMD
Extensions 2)
RAM: 1024MB (2048 MB recommended)
Monitor: 1024×768 monitor resolution (32 bits)
• MAC Required:
OS: Mac OSX 10.5 or newer
CPU: Intel Macintosh (must have SSE2: Streaming SIMD Extensions 2)
RAM: 1024MB (2048MB recommended for working with multi-million-polys)
Monitor: 1024×768 monitor resolution set to Millions of Colors (recommended: 1280× 1024
or higher) (You must have Streaming SIMD Extensions 2 [SSE2]). Your computer’s processor
should be a fast, Pentium 4 or newer (or equivalent such as AMD) with optional multithreading
or hyperthreading capabilities.
2048 MB of RAM (4096 MB for working with multi-million-poly meshes)
Monitor: 1280×1024 monitor resolution or higher (32 bits)
• Minimum System Requirements:
Mac OSX 10.5 or newer
CPU: Intel Macintosh (must have SSE2: Streaming SIMD Extensions 2)
1024 MB of RAM (2048 MB recommended for working with multi-million-polys)
Monitor: 1024×768 monitor resolution set to millions of colors (recommended: 1280× 1024
or higher)