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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 custom rock stamp


This recipe will show you how to create your own stamp using an image editing software.

Getting ready

In order to create your own custom stamp, you will need to find or create an image that suits the type of stamp you would like to create. For example, if you would like to sculpt claw scratch marks, you might use four or five lines to drag along the surface. On the other hand, if you would like to sculpt in the texture of a rock you would need a good image of a rock with the details you would like to come through.

How to do it...

The following steps show how to make a stamp meant for sculpting a rock texture:

  1. 1. First, find a good starting image like the one in the following image farthest to the left:

  2. 2. Next you will want to desaturate the image, ( Ctrl + Shift + U in Photoshop).

  3. 3. Now you are going to adjust the levels (Ctrl + L in Photoshop) to something like you see in the following screenshot. Your image should now look like the image in the center from the previous...