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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

Introduction


In this chapter, we will talk about some of the different brushes you can use, how to customize them, and a few tricks for using brushes, that you may not have thought about using, for a particular problem in Mudbox 2013. With the knowledge obtained in this chapter, you will be well on your way to developing a customized toolbox that will help you get things done faster and more efficiently. If you continue to put these recipes into practice, you will build a library of brushes that can tackle any number of problems.