Mudbox 2009 announced
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Texture painting, can't wait!
What’s New
Designed by professional artists in the film, games, and design industries, Autodesk® Mudbox™ 2009 software gives 3D modelers and texture artists the freedom to create without worrying about the technical details. A premier digital sculpting and texture painting solution, Mudbox 2009 combines a highly intuitive user interface with a powerful creative toolset for creating ultra-detailed high-poly 3D models. Breaking the mold of traditional 3D modeling applications, Mudbox 2009 provides an organic brush-based 3D modeling experience that ignites the creative process.
Texture Painting
A new, production-focused texture paint workflow in Autodesk Mudbox digital sculpting and texture painting solution vastly simplifies the process of painting multiple diffuse, bump, specular, and reflection textures across multiple high-resolution maps. Paint directly on 3D models to add detail precisely where it’s required, regardless of UV distortion or surface complexity. Paint reference images onto the model from screen space using the new Projection brush. Mudbox 2009 also lets you paint multiple maps on multiple meshes simultaneously and assign multiple UV tiles on a single mesh for maximum productivity.
Performance Enhancements
Mudbox 2009 brings 3D modeling to a new height with significantly improved camera manipulation and brush speed, enabling you to work interactively with 3D models that are fully subdivided into tens of millions of polygons.
On-Target Display
Mudbox 2009 brings a host of new display technologies that leverage the power of the OpenGL® API and today’s powerful graphics cards to offer an accurate, on-target environment for real-time evaluation as the asset is manipulated, and for enhanced interactive presentations to clients and art directors.
Multiple Maps, Textures, and Materials
The Mudbox advanced real-time GPU rendering technology has the power to display multiple maps and texture channels (including bump and reflection) per mesh, and multiple materials in the scene, while still delivering interactive sculpting and painting performance on complex, high-resolution models.
Multiple Fast and Accurate Shadows
The ability to accurately cast shadows from multiple light sources means that artists can validate the effectiveness of their model’s form—for example, making sure that a character’s eyes are not perpetually shadowed by an overly prominent brow or that an environment is convincing from all viewpoints.
High Dynamic Range Image Lighting
HDR (high dynamic range) images can be used as light sources, enabling users to evaluate both the form and the color of their models in the context of the target environment’s lighting conditions.
Viewport Filters
More realistic interactive presentations are now possible, thanks to the inclusion of a number of viewport filters, including those for ambient occlusion, depth of field, and tone mapping.
Maximized Work Area
Mudbox 2009 provides the option to hide user interface elements while working, and by employing standard hotkeys to control the camera, enables artists to maximize their workspace to fill virtually the entire screen.
Improved Interoperability with Autodesk Maya and Autodesk 3ds Max
Mudbox 2009 provides enhanced interoperability with Autodesk® Maya® and Autodesk® 3ds Max® software through improved matching of Maya and 3ds Max normal maps. Additionally, Mudbox employs by default the same keyboard shortcuts as Autodesk Maya for camera manipulation.
Artist-Friendly User Interface
Mudbox 2009 continues to deliver a highly intuitive user interface that gives you complete creative freedom. Whether you’re looking to explore forms for product design or create highly detailed characters for film and game projects, Mudbox allows you to forget about technical details and focus purely on the art of 3D modeling.
For full product details, see Autodesk Mudbox Features.
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=11462708
What’s New
Designed by professional artists in the film, games, and design industries, Autodesk® Mudbox™ 2009 software gives 3D modelers and texture artists the freedom to create without worrying about the technical details. A premier digital sculpting and texture painting solution, Mudbox 2009 combines a highly intuitive user interface with a powerful creative toolset for creating ultra-detailed high-poly 3D models. Breaking the mold of traditional 3D modeling applications, Mudbox 2009 provides an organic brush-based 3D modeling experience that ignites the creative process.
Texture Painting
A new, production-focused texture paint workflow in Autodesk Mudbox digital sculpting and texture painting solution vastly simplifies the process of painting multiple diffuse, bump, specular, and reflection textures across multiple high-resolution maps. Paint directly on 3D models to add detail precisely where it’s required, regardless of UV distortion or surface complexity. Paint reference images onto the model from screen space using the new Projection brush. Mudbox 2009 also lets you paint multiple maps on multiple meshes simultaneously and assign multiple UV tiles on a single mesh for maximum productivity.
Performance Enhancements
Mudbox 2009 brings 3D modeling to a new height with significantly improved camera manipulation and brush speed, enabling you to work interactively with 3D models that are fully subdivided into tens of millions of polygons.
On-Target Display
Mudbox 2009 brings a host of new display technologies that leverage the power of the OpenGL® API and today’s powerful graphics cards to offer an accurate, on-target environment for real-time evaluation as the asset is manipulated, and for enhanced interactive presentations to clients and art directors.
Multiple Maps, Textures, and Materials
The Mudbox advanced real-time GPU rendering technology has the power to display multiple maps and texture channels (including bump and reflection) per mesh, and multiple materials in the scene, while still delivering interactive sculpting and painting performance on complex, high-resolution models.
Multiple Fast and Accurate Shadows
The ability to accurately cast shadows from multiple light sources means that artists can validate the effectiveness of their model’s form—for example, making sure that a character’s eyes are not perpetually shadowed by an overly prominent brow or that an environment is convincing from all viewpoints.
High Dynamic Range Image Lighting
HDR (high dynamic range) images can be used as light sources, enabling users to evaluate both the form and the color of their models in the context of the target environment’s lighting conditions.
Viewport Filters
More realistic interactive presentations are now possible, thanks to the inclusion of a number of viewport filters, including those for ambient occlusion, depth of field, and tone mapping.
Maximized Work Area
Mudbox 2009 provides the option to hide user interface elements while working, and by employing standard hotkeys to control the camera, enables artists to maximize their workspace to fill virtually the entire screen.
Improved Interoperability with Autodesk Maya and Autodesk 3ds Max
Mudbox 2009 provides enhanced interoperability with Autodesk® Maya® and Autodesk® 3ds Max® software through improved matching of Maya and 3ds Max normal maps. Additionally, Mudbox employs by default the same keyboard shortcuts as Autodesk Maya for camera manipulation.
Artist-Friendly User Interface
Mudbox 2009 continues to deliver a highly intuitive user interface that gives you complete creative freedom. Whether you’re looking to explore forms for product design or create highly detailed characters for film and game projects, Mudbox allows you to forget about technical details and focus purely on the art of 3D modeling.
For full product details, see Autodesk Mudbox Features.
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=11462708
Replies
*I didn't get in the beta.
Anyway can't wait for this, hope to get on the beta.
I wasn't the only one though that installed it mistakenly, as others mentioned they did the same. :poly108:
I'm more concerned with actually projecting the old hi-res geometry onto a new topology with UV's etc.
here you are
http://www.topogun.com/
"TopoGun 1.3 beta has some powerful features, such as the maps baking and highres mesh recovery extensions. Have a look at the next video and watch the process of creating a fully functional Mudbox scene from a very lowpoly retopologized cage and a highres reference mesh."
To come back to the topic.... I JUST CAN'T WAIT !!!!
Exactly everything I had hoped Mudbox would ever be (back when it was first announced). I have a small list of things I would like to see in a service pack or the next version. But I'll wait until I've played with it...
These videos have all been sort of like "hey! look! here's some awesome art. Now watch we demonstrate the tools by scribbling over it like a toddler! wooooweee"
Nevertheless, I liked what I saw.
All I need now is a ppt presentation with some pie charts that compare the awesome factor of MB 2009 vs mudbox 1 with profit projections and other useful infos that keep such people working and earning 3X my paygrade. >=]
http://area.autodesk.com/mudbox_preview#siggraph
the video of the painting featuer!
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the last 20 seconds are just...WOW.
Ah well, my interest is piqued, which I suppose is what they're after. I have no idea how powerful the painting-tools are, however. It's a good thing he SAID he was transferring the detail from the texture onto the model, because I wouldn't have been able to tell otherwise.
I'd love to see this demoed in the hands of a capable artist, but untill then these snippets will do
Oh. My. God.
I'm speechless.
After I go to the dentist that is. :poly128:
"Dentist, just pull the teeth as cheaply as possible, I gotta buy Mudbox 2009" :nerd:
The 3 pictures below the video are insanity.
Makes me wonder what, if any, response Pixologic is going to come up with, seeing as how I already own ZB 3.1...
I wonder if the price is going to stay as competitive and what the min req specs are.
commador those pictures below are real time and you can keep working on ur sculpt at the same time lol. just sharing if u cant get the video to work... :P
Seems you can write your own CGFX shaders for it too.
I hate you so much right now.