By Myrna Tobisoo, March 5, 2007
Skymatter Limited, a provider of 3D software tools, announced the immediate availability of a free trial of Mudbox 1.0.4, the company's 3D sculpting software. The free trial offers all the capabilities of the professional version and can be downloaded at
www.mudbox3d.com/downloadTrial.html.
Mudbox is a next-generation, high-resolution, brush-based 3D sculpting software application designed for the professional digital sculptor. Since its public beta debut in December 2005 and official release in December 2006, Mudbox has become a primary tool at top visual effects and game development companies, and recently received the highest ranking of any software on CG Society's prestigious retrospective top 20 list for 2006.
According to Skymatter co-founders, Andrew Camenisch, Tibor Madjar and Dave Cardwell, all professional CG artists formerly with Weta Digital, their work on projects such as "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy highlighted the need for better 3D sculpting. The result is Mudbox.
Mudbox is a high resolution, brush-based 3D sculpting software specifically designed for the professional digital sculptor
. The Mudbox toolkit integrates seamlessly with applications such Autodesk Maya and SOFTIMAGE|XSI, fusing an intuitive user interface, a consistent structure, and revolutionary new tools into a uniquely purpose-built solution.
Key features and capabilities include:
-- User-friendly interface.
-- 3D layering: Sculpt nondestructively, and store different detail passes, diverse design directions or libraries of morph targets on multiple layers, blending them with multiplier sliders and layer masks.
-- Level streaming technology and local subdivision allows for an increase of mesh resolution limits, even on 32-bit machines.
-- True 3D camera delivers perspective and orthographic views. Create, import and delete multiple cameras and camera bookmarks.
-- "Tangent Space" symmetry enables symmetrical sculpting on asymmetrical models.
-- Fast, high-quality 3D brushes, including the Mudbox Scratch brush, which enables artists to sculpt sharp forms on dense models at any speed without blobby stamping.
-- Texture baking generates normal and displacement maps between multiple arbitrary meshes.
Mudbox software is available for purchase directly from Skymatter. Mudbox Professional pricing starts at US $649. Floating (network) seats and Gold Support options are also available. A non-commercial version, Mudbox Basic, is available for US $299.
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