Autodesk Mudbox is a professional graphics program designed for modeling high poly (high poly) digital sculpture and texture painting of 3D models. Empowers modellers and texture artists to create digital 3D objects and 2D sketches as if they were working with clay and paint.
Mudbox is also used to create bump maps, normal maps, displacement maps, etc., directly by creating them from a 3D model. Unlike other programs of this kind, Mudbox has a convenient, intuitive interface and the ability to preset control programs for 3D`s Max, Maya, etc.
Opportunities:
Digital Sculpting: Easy-to-use sculpting brushes allow artists to model 3D geometry of any complexity with great precision.
3D Layers: The 3D equivalent of layered 2D images in graphic editors such as Adobe Photoshop, Corel Draw, etc., allowing you to work on multiple layers of varying detail at the same time. This makes it possible to save and return to any level of detail, combine, mix, modify and mask layers.
The friendly user interface and comfortable workspace significantly reduce the time required to master the program and are equally suitable for designers and multimedia artists alike.
Productivity: innovative technologies allow the 3D artist to work quickly and efficiently even with the most complex objects consisting of millions of polygons.
Multi-Resolution: A hierarchical separation technology that allows artists to achieve high-poly models with a high polygon count.
Texture baking: transferring the appearance elements of an object (diffuse color, direct lighting, GI, etc.) into textures and automatically mapping them to the surface of the object. It is widely used in the gaming industry, allowing you to bake not only the diffuse color of the object, but also displacement maps (adding relief to the object). Mudbox allows you to export high resolution textures (up to 8000 pixels) and save 8, 16, and 32 bit maps.
Selective symmetry provides the ability to save individual symmetry for each layer.
Masking allows you to edit layers without disturbing the geometry of the masked layer. Acts like an eraser with the ability to restore deleted portions of a layer.
The layer manager allows you to duplicate layers, move a layer higher or lower, group and merge all selected layers into one layer, change the effect of a layer, etc.
3D brushes: Mudbox has a large set of sculpting brushes with which it is possible to model smooth convex and depressed surfaces, wrinkles, flat surfaces, smoothing, sharpening, etc. With the help of Falloff curves, it is possible to change the sharpness of the brush, making it more round or pointed. Stamps brushes allow you to create raised or indented marks on any surface, imitating reptile skin, rocky surfaces, plaster and more. Using Stencils brushes, you can easily model bumps from any uploaded image, interactively scale it, rotate it, and move it around the workspace. Description taken from cwer.ru.
Curved Lines: Acting as guides, curved lines give the artist complete control over the stroke being created.
Local integration of polygons allows you to increase or decrease the number of polygons in the selected area, with the ability to move from one level to another.
The normal smoothing mode allows the artist to work both with a coarse mesh (the edges are clearly visible in this mode), and with a smooth one that hides all the bumps.
The Draft Render mode dramatically improves interactive navigation performance for high-density scenes.
The quick view mode, thanks to the operational operation of the 3D rendering engine, provides high-quality display of 3D objects in real time.
Support for triangular and polygonal faces. Unlike other programs, Mudbox allows you to import and modify 3D objects consisting of three-, four- and polygonal polygons, with the ability to bake textures, preserve the mesh structure and vertex IDs.
Full 3D Cameras: Mudbox allows artists to use multiple 3D cameras in the same scene, plus it supports importing and exporting existing cameras between scenes. Cameras can be locked or converted via keyboard input. With the help of 3D cameras, it is possible to move not only around the object, but also inside it. Such cameras allow you to perform any action on the object, regardless of the direction of the distance.
Multi-Scene Support: 3D artists have the ability to create or import multi-scenes consisting of characters, cameras, lights, textures and materials. Manage each of them individually, highlighting, hiding, blocking, multiplying the number of polygons, etc.
Built-in Image Browser with full support for 16 and 32-bit images - allows users to view images, use them as stamps, stencils or as images for 3D cameras.