Within Mudbox, there is a wide range of sculpting tools that allows artists to create many different effects. Some of these tools are more commonly used so they are well covered in many of our Mudbox courses, but all of them serve a purpose and can be an important part of your artist's toolbox. In this course we will cover all of the sculpt tools, one by one, talking about how they can be used and what some of the unique properties are for each one. We'll cover the more commonly used tools like the Sculpt Tool and Grab Tool and lesser used tools like Flatten and Scrape. We'll look at the reasons for using each one and talk about how to add our own custom tools to the tool tray. We'll finish up by talking about a couple of different sculpting workflows you can take advantage of. In the end, you'll have enough knowledge of all of the Sculpt Tools in Mudbox to begin integrating them into your workflow..

In this series of lessons you will get a ground up look at the powerful sculpting and texture painting application, Mudbox. We will begin by taking a look at the Mudbox interface and talking about the basics of working with geometry in Mudbox. We will cover methods for getting geometry into Mudbox, how to transform it around the scene, and subdivide it in preparation for sculpting. We will proceed from there by using a project based approach to cover the sculpting and painting tools. We will also create our own Vector Displacement Maps that we can use to sculpt. We will talk about changing our tool properties to get different results and using stamps and stencils to create various looks. We will go over some on-target presentation features in Mudbox and move on to painting textures. We will cover the Mudbox paint layer functionality and talk about new features in 2012 like uv-less PTEX painting and layer masks. We will talk about the Pose tools and painting opacity maps for our meshes. We'll finish up by talking about how Mudbox integrates with other applications like Photoshop, Maya, 3ds Max, and Softimage. This course will give you the chance to learn the ins and outs of Mudbox by going through the process with a project based approach. Once you have completed these lessons, you will be able to take what you have learned and apply it to your own work.

Introducing the Beginner Guide to Mudbox a fundamental learning series brought to you by Digital-Tutors, the largest online CG training library in the world and Autodesk Authorized Publisher. We will start off by covering some of the uses for Mudbox and take a tour of the interface. We will then explore sculpting and painting in Mudbox so you can learn how to begin creating your own Mudbox projects. After that, you will learn to extract and export your geometry and maps. And to wrap up this course, we will look at how easy it is to work between Mudbox and other applications in your pipeline. This series of step-by-step videos was developed with artists new to Mudbox in mind so we will be moving at a steady, easy-to-follow pace making sure you understand terms and basic techniques. To view more Beginner Guide courses; visit our library where you will find the largest collection of free, high-quality CG training videos.

Mudbox is a powerful creation tool for 3D artists. It allows us to sculpt very high resolution models, paint elaborate textures for them and output the meshes in a useable state. Using a project-based approach, we'll go over the basics of working in Mudbox, such as the user interface and working with geometry. We'll look at sculpting and painting topics, such as working with stamps, setting brush properties, working with Paint Layers, using Mudbox with Adobe® Photoshop® and painting multiple channels. We'll also cover methods for the creation of Vector Displacement Maps to reproduce complex detail, and we'll learn to use the Pose tools to quickly deform or pose our models. By the end of this course, you'll have the understanding you need to integrate Mudbox into your own workflow and get started sculpting and painting your own custom projects.

Although Mudbox is a powerful sculpting tool, one of the features that make it stand apart is the ability to paint multiple texture channels. When creating textures for your models, painting interactively in the 3d view is a really fast and effective way to work. In Mudbox, we can paint color as well as create channels like bump, specular, and reflection and see all of that detail as we paint. In this course we'll learn to create and modify multiple texture channels like those mentioned above. We'll blend together multiple paint layers to achieve specific effects, cover the use of stamps, and learn to use the projection brush with a stencil to add decals. For our example we'll use a retro ray gun toy, but the techniques you'll learn will apply to anything you'd like to paint in Mudbox.

Popular highlights include: Digital Sculpting Workflow; Texture Painting Workflow; Navigating Image Browser; Texture Painting in Layers; Custom Stamps and Stencils; Sculpt Layers; Customizing Brush Settings; On-Target Sculpting; On-Target Painting; Sculpt Brush; Steady Stroke for Straight Lines; Constraining Strokes to Curves; Painting Layer Masks; Changing Brush Falloffs; Customizing Lighting; Depth of Field; Ambient Occlusion; Image-based Lighting; Sub-dividing Meshes; Adding and Editing Materials; Viewing Mesh UVs; Meshes with Multiple UV Tiles; Importing Geometry; Exporting Maps; Interface and Work Area Overview.

Popular highlights include: Digital Sculpting Techniques; Asymmetrical Modeling; Texture Baking; Generating Normal Maps; Generating Displacement Maps; Working with 3D Layers; Maya and Mudbox Workflow; Maya Surface Preparation; Utilizing Local Subdivision Features; Multi-resolution Editing; Using Stamps and Stencils; Painting Masks; Layer Management; Scene Optimization; Rendering in mental ray; Real-time Normal Map Preview; Sculpting Brushes Overview; Interface and Tools Overview.

Topics covered in this tutorial: Creating images within the same channel; Learning to blend together multiple levels; Importing existing images and textures; Increasing and decreasing opacity; Bringing in multiple maps. To learn more about Mudbox check out Introduction to Mudbox 2009, an essential guide to sculpting and painting.

Topics covered in this tutorial: Defining and implementing topological symmetry; Adding sculpt layers ; Creating details; Learning how to use the Tangent Mirror; Utilizing the Mask Tool. For a complete overview of Mudbox check out Introduction to Mudbox 2009, an essential guide to sculpting and painting.

Topics covered in this tutorial: Creating sculpt layers; Learning to correctly subdivide a sphere; Bringing in displacement maps; Increasing and decreasing opacity; Masking out areas of the displacement maps; Flattening layers. Discover a comprehensive resource to learning Mudbox with Introduction to Mudbox, a complete guide to digital sculpting.

Topics covered in this tutorial: Drawing out curves; Applying stamp images; Utilizing brush options . To learn more about Mudbox check out Introduction to Mudbox 2009, an essential guide to sculpting and painting.

Topics covered in this tutorial: Adding reference images; Importing a file; Changing the background with visibility; Utilizing depth and transformation values; Creating a Camera Bookmark. To learn more about Mudbox check out Introduction to Mudbox, a complete guide to digital sculpting.

Topics covered in this tutorial: Creating and working with new layers; Learning how to efficiently use the Smooth Brush; Adding details to our object. For a complete overview of Mudbox check out Introduction to Mudbox 2009, an essential guide to sculpting and painting.

Topics covered in this tutorial: Learning how to move around the scene quickly; Creating efficient models by adding resolution; Utilizing Maya's powerful UV tools. For an in-depth guide to learning Mudbox check out Introduction to Mudbox, a project-based training to gaining a complete understanding of digital sculpting.

Topics covered in this tutorial: Storing every level of the model in memory; Ability to move between levels faster; Freeing up memory; Writing levels to the hard drive. Gain a complete understanding of Mudbox with Introduction to Mudbox 2009, an essential guide to sculpting and painting.

Topics covered in this tutorial: Using Layers to mirror details; Defining the Topological Axis; Working with posed models. For a complete overview of Mudbox check out Introduction to Mudbox 2009, an essential guide to sculpting and painting.

Selection Sets are a useful tool to use while modeling. With them you can quickly move between different parts of your model. Selection Sets also allow you to subdivide parts of a model, instead of subdividing the entire model. Try using Selection Sets to break your models into easily manageable pieces! Topics covered in this tutorial: Selecting faces ; Creating a new Selection Set ; Moving between Selection Sets ; Subdividing a Selection Set . Discover a complete guide to learning Mudbox with Introduction to Mudbox, a comprehensive resource to digital sculpting.

Topics covered in this tutorial: Inactive Levels display modes ; Sticky keyboard shortcuts ; Selection tools ; Marquee selection . For a complete overview of Mudbox check out Introduction to Mudbox 2009, an essential guide to sculpting and painting.

Topics covered in this tutorial: Sculpting with a Stencil ; Masking a layer ; Showing a Mask ; Changing the Layer Mask coloring ; Modifying a layer's transparency . Gain a complete understanding of Mudbox with Introduction to Mudbox 2009, an essential guide to sculpting and painting.

It's easy to loose sense of the last time you saved when we're having fun sculpting in Mudbox. Fortunately, Mudbox has a Save Reminder that starts to blink red if we have not recently saved our work. Topics covered in this tutorial: Writing out the file; Setting new reminder intervals; Learning how to fully utilize Save Reminders. To learn more about Mudbox check out Introduction to Mudbox, a comprehensive resource to digital sculpting.

Sculpting with a model's texture applied is very useful for seeing how any changes affect the texture. Along these same lines, moving lights around lets you view the model under various lighting set-ups. Test your models using these two techniques for a better final result. Topics covered in this tutorial: Creating a new material ; Using the Image Browser to plug a texture into a material ; Creating a new light ; Changing a light's various properties ; Moving lights around the scene . Discover a comprehensive resource to learning Mudbox with Introduction to Mudbox, a complete guide to digital sculpting.

Stencils are images that lay directly on your Viewport that you can sculpt through. This technique allows you to quickly sculpt complicated detail. Mudbox comes with various default stencils that are useful, but the real power is apparent when you import your own image as a stencil. Try using your own images as stencils for a faster modeling workflow! Topics covered in this tutorial: Using the Image Browser to import an image as a Stamp ; Changing stencil properties ; Stencil shortcut keys ; Inverting a stencil to fix the edge problem ; Various uses of stencils . For an in-depth guide to learning Mudbox check out Introduction to Mudbox, a project-based training to gaining a complete understanding of digital sculpting.

Topics covered in this tutorial: Selecting Faces ; Hiding Geometry ; Subdividing a model ; Learning various sculpting shortcut keys and techniques . Learn for about Mudbox with Introduction to Mudbox 2009, an essential guide to sculpting and painting.

Topics covered in this tutorial: Mirroring a brush ; Learning how to use Local mirroring ; Discovering various ways of selecting faces ; Setting the Topological Axis ; Mirroring the Tangent mode . To learn more about Mudbox check out Introduction to Mudbox 2009, an essential guide to sculpting and painting.