When you create a Ptex file in Mudbox the resolution will look nice in your viewport. However once you send the file to Maya and change to Viewport 2.0 The texture will look as if’s low quality The solution will come in 2 parts 1- You need to open the VP 2.0 settings by clicking [...]

If you have Mudbox installed on Linux and upon starting you will be greeted with these messages: This error comes up on launching Mudbox 2011 : 723826 ::: default diagnostics level 2 libpng error: Read Error libpng error: Read Error If you try to import any objects you will be greeted with the error and [...]

Maya 2011 comes with a new option called “Export selected to Mudbox” To get this option working, you need to identify where is Mudbox installed on your machine and the location of the temp file that will be generated before launching Mudbox. Go to Windows > Setting and Preferences > Preferences  under Applications Located Mudbox.exe [...]

I made this class for Autodesk last year. It will cover the most common errors users face when exporting from Mudbox to Maya. In this session we will look at the approximation errors  such as “polygon mesh can’t be exported as a subdivision surface” We will also look on how to maintain the proper displacement [...]

In this series of podcasts we will explore some of the new features in Mudbox 2010 The extraction user interface has been improved to allow extraction from diffrent levels. The HD vr. can be found here.