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Mudbox 2013 Cookbook

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Mudbox 2013 Cookbook

Overview of this book

"Mudbox 2013 Cookbook" covers a variety of techniques that can be used to bring your imagination to life. You will be able to create detailed characters and environments like the ones found in games, movies, and on television. Each recipe is one more building block towards digitally sculpting your ideas into reality. "Mudbox 2013 Cookbook" is written in recipes so that you can refer back to it whenever you seek help. The advanced techniques described in this book cover the whole spectrum of Mudbox's capabilities. With this book you will learn the foundational techniques in using Mudbox as well as more advanced ones "Mudbox 2013 Cookbook" will guide the reader step by step through the process of creating brushes, sculpting, 3d painting, lighting assets, extracting normal maps, and many other techniques. If a recipe is too advanced for you then you can visit the suggested recipes listed at the end of the recipe to learn supporting techniques. Supporting images are used for readers who understand things more visually. Each recipe is rated for difficulty so that you can find techniques that line up with your skill level. Once you complete the beginner and intermediate recipes you will be able to move on to the more advanced recipes.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Mudbox 2013 Cookbook
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface

Creating a stone tile by adjusting brush properties


This recipe will guide you through the process of creating a stone tile using a couple of different brushes with their properties adjusted. After completing this recipe, you should feel more confident in adjusting your brush settings to get the effect that you desire.

How to do it...

Perform the following steps to create a stone tile by adjusting the brush properties:

  1. 1. First thing we're going to do is hit Ctrl + N to create a new file.

  2. 2. When the Welcome Window pops up, select the Cube under Start a new sculpture.

    Mudbox comes with several starter meshes that you can start building upon instead of creating your own mesh from scratch. If you are starting a new project and don't see Starting points, found under Start a new sculpture in the above screenshot, that would work for your idea, then you can always go into the Mudbox Community tab and easily download a mesh that works for you.

  3. 3. Now click Shift + D several times until your cube reaches...