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Maya <-> Mudbox workflow demo (part1: Base Modeling)
Posted: Aug 11, 2009
Category: Autodesk Maya, Autodesk Mudbox, FBX, Modeling
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Well... we're a week removed from Siggraph in New Orleans and I'm just about back to normal.  It was fun, but exhausting.  Sadly it took my tired, old body a full weekend to recover!  I think it was worth it though and I'm pretty sure I'd do it all over again :)

So now for some more useful information...

At the show we announced and demo'd Mudbox2010.  I had created a Maya <-> Mudbox workflow demo a few months back, but I decided to update it for Siggraph in order to show some new features.  Here's the character that I created for the demo rendered out of the Mudbox viewport


Below is the first part of a four part series.  It's less about techniques and more about general workflow.  Part 1 mostly covers the Maya side.  For those of you Maya users that want to learn a little more about Mudbox there will be future posts covering hi-res sculpting, texture painting and texture extraction.

This next movie is just a short addendum that I added to show a couple of extra things supported within FBX.

On a related note... part of the big news with Mudbox2010 is the addition of a new API for creating plugins.  Wayne Robsons already created a new plugin for 1 click transfer of meshes between Mudbox and Maya as well as various other tools.called ->

MudWalker



 

Part2 is now posted -> Maya<->Mudbox Part 2

Part3 is now posted -> Maya<->Mudbox Part 3

 

 

 

 

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Posted by STLR on Nov 02, 2009 at 11:59 AM
Part 3 is now up -> area.autodesk.com/blogs/stevenr/maya_mudbox_workflow_demo_part3_texture_painting_and_happy_belated_halloween
Posted by STLR on Sep 25, 2009 at 12:09 AM
Part 2 is now up -> area.autodesk.com/blogs/stevenr/maya_mudbox_workflow_demo_part2_hi_res_modeling
Posted by 3dtrialpractice on Aug 25, 2009 at 01:20 PM
Thank you for the bonus tools update!
Posted by STLR on Aug 25, 2009 at 11:13 AM
OK... BonusTools2010 has now been posted.

area.autodesk.com/downloads/plugins?word=&where=1&software=8&script=&os=
Posted by STLR on Aug 24, 2009 at 02:04 PM
Doh... you are correct. The BonusTools2010 installer is nowhere to be found. I'll look into this and try to get someone to post it asap.