Contents
Mudbox Help - Help Shortcuts
Getting Started
Learning resources
QuickStart tutorial
About Mudbox
What's new
Release notes
What’s fixed
Import and export
Tool properties
Presentation
Sculpting
Painting
Texture extraction
Other
Limitations
Import and export
Presentation
Tool properties
Sculpting
Painting
Texture extraction
Preferences
Installation and Licensing
Install Mudbox
Installation overview
Mudbox Installation for
Windows
System requirements for
Windows
Installing Mudbox on Windows
Mudbox Installation for
Mac OS X
System requirements for
Mac OS X
Installing Mudbox on Mac
OS X
Activate Mudbox
License Mudbox
Licensing overview
Licensing terminology
Obtain a license
Install a license
Network license configuration
Client Setup
Troubleshooting
Common licensing problems
Understanding licenses
Troubleshooting network
licensing
User interface
UI overview
Properties window
Object List
Layers window
Using the Image Browser
Trays
Customize Mudbox
Import and export
Prepare a model for sculpting
UVs overview
Load a sculpt template
Open a model
Import a model
Import a model from Maya
Import a model from 3ds
Max
Import a model from ZBrush
Import Mudbox files from
earlier versions
Import a reference image
Save your work
Troubleshoot file import
Presentation
Change the model display
Zoom, track, and tumble
the 3D View
Change camera views
Load an image into the
camera view
Create and edit lights
Display shadows on a model
Display a model as a silhouette
Display a model without
lights and shading
Create and apply materials
Apply visual effects
Using CgFX-based materials
Best practices for presentation
Troubleshoot presentation
Sculpting
Sculpting overview
Sculpting basics
Sculpt tool presets
Edit sculpt tool properties
Increase a model’s resolution
Select and move items
Mask or freeze regions
on a model
Hide a model
Lock a model
Sculpt using curve guides
Sculpt using stamps
Sculpt using stencils
Create images for stencils
and stamps
Sculpt using symmetry
Sculpt using a displacement
map
Best practices for sculpting
Troubleshoot sculpting
Painting
Painting overview
Prepare a model for painting
Painting basics
Paint file formats
Painting presets
View and edit paint brush
properties
Change the paint color
Copy color from a model
Copy color from an image
Erase paint
Paint using brush stamps
Paint using stencil projection
Paint using symmetry
View painted images with
UVs
Create paint masks
Paint across multiple UV
tiles
Hide and show UV tiles
on a model
Create images for stencils
and stamps
Use Mudbox and Photoshop
together
Troubleshoot painting
Layers
Sculpt using layers
Sculpt layers overview
Create a sculpt layer
Rename a sculpt layer
Sculpt on a layer
Delete a sculpt layer
Amplify, reduce, or invert
sculpting on a layer
Hide or show a sculpt layer
Lock and unlock a sculpt
layer
Change the order of sculpt layers
Merge two or more sculpt
layers
Combine all layers onto
the base level
Mask sculpting on a layer
Remove masking on a layer
Erase sculpting on a layer
Sculpt using layer symmetry
Mirror a sculpt layer on
a symmetrical model
Mirror a sculpt layer on
an asymmetrical model
Troubleshoot sculpt layers
Paint using layers
Create a new paint layer
Rename a paint layer
Duplicate a paint layer
Change the order of paint
layers
Merge paint layers
Import a paint layer
Export a paint layer
Change the opacity of a
paint layer
Hide or show a paint layer
Lock and unlock a paint
layer
Delete a paint layer
Troubleshoot paint layers
Texture extraction
Texture extraction overview
Extract a texture map
View normal maps on a model
Extract an ambient occlusion
map
Troubleshoot texture extraction
Reference
Properties
Sculpt Tool properties
Paint properties
Camera properties
Curve properties
Mesh properties
Point light properties
Directional light properties
Image-based light properties
Image Plane properties
Material properties
Viewport Filter properties
Selection Set properties
Stencil properties
Extract Texture Maps properties
Sculpt Model Using Displacement
Map properties
Extract Ambient Occlusion
Maps properties
Menus
Mudbox menu
File menu
Edit menu
Create menu
Mesh menu
Curves menu
Display menu
Maps menu
Windows menu
Help menu
Windows
Image Browser window
Sculpt Layers window menu
Paint Layers window menu
Create New Paint Layer
window
Object List window menu
Preferences window
Trays window menu
Log
Keyboard shortcuts
Camera
Sculpt and paint tools
Curves
Stencils
Display
Paint layers
Subdivision levels and
symmetry
File input and output
Selection
Edit menu
Image Browser
Glossary
Glossary A to M
Glossary N to Z
Appendices
Tablet setup
Mouse setup
Optimizing RAM (Windows
32 bit)
Memory and performance
best practices
Install the Mudbox Help
on your computer
File environment
Normal vectors
Legal Notices