Autodesk Mudbox

Autodesk® Mudbox™ digital sculpting and texture painting software gives modellers and texture artists the freedom to create 3D digital artwork as if they are working with clay and paint. Designed by professional artists in the game, film, television, and design industries, Mudbox combines a highly intuitive user interface with a powerful creative toolset of stencils and brushes to help create ultra-realistic 3D characters, engaging environments, stylised props, and more. Available for the Macintosh® computer and Microsoft® Windows® operating systems.

Autodesk Mudbox: Tools for Productive 3D Modeller

Mudbox delivers high-performance tools that are easy to use and easy to integrate into a production pipeline:

• Intuitive, brush-based sculpting - Sculpt highly detailed 3D models more quickly and precisely.
• 3D high-resolution painting - Paint in 3D faster across multiple textures and shading channels.
• 3D layers - Paint and sculpt non-destructively.
• Texture baking for film and game pipelines - Bake normal and displacement maps.
• Real-time 3D graphics workspace - Create 3D models with in-context shading and lighting that more closely mimics the final output.
• Interoperability - Exchange data with Autodesk® 3ds Max®, Autodesk® Maya®, Autodesk® Softimage®, and Adobe® Photoshop® software.
• SDK - Customise, extend, and integrate Mudbox into your pipelines.

What Customers say!

"The introduction of Autodesk Mudbox 2009 sparks a revolution in computer graphics tools, bringing about a paradigm shift in how designers and artists do their work."

—Habib Zargarpour

Senior Art Director

Autodesk Mudbox Features

Autodesk® Mudbox™ software is an advanced, high-resolution, brush-based digital 3D sculpting and 3D painting solution. Mudbox features and functionality address the needs of professional modelers working in the game, film, television, and design industries. More

Autodesk Mudbox System requirements

Software

For 32-bit Mudbox 2010 for Windows

• Microsoft® Windows Vista® Business operating system (SP1)
• Microsoft Windows® XP Professional operating system (SP2)

For 64-bit Mudbox 2010 for Windows

• Microsoft Windows Vista Business (SP1)
• Microsoft Windows XP x64 Edition (SP2)

For 32-bit Mudbox 2010 for Mac

• Apple® Mac OS® X 10.5.7 operating system

Hardware

Qualified Hardware

For the latest list of Mudbox 2010 qualified hardware, including graphics cards, refer to the qualified hardware chart.

Tablet Support

Latest Wacom drivers are required for best tablet support. When installing a new Wacom driver, be sure to first uninstall the old driver, restart, and install the new one according to Wacom instructions. Failure to do so may impact performance of the hardware.

Online Documentation

To view the Mudbox documentation online, you must have Internet access and current browser software. Apple® QuickTime® 7.0 application processing interface is recommended for viewing the Mudbox Learning Movies.