Max to Mudbox and Back Again

Max to Mudbox and Back Again

Tutorial Details
  • Software: Autodesk 3Ds Max & Mudbox
  • Difficulty: Beginner/Intermediate
  • Completion Time: 1hr
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Final Product What You'll Be Creating

This entry is part 5 of 14 in the Chandan Kumar Session
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In this Max to MudBox workflow tutorial, FX artist Chandan Kumar starts by importing a mesh created in 3Ds Max into MudBox before covering texturing and generating displacement, bump and normal maps using Mudbox’s sculpting tools, and finally bringing everything back into Max for your final renders! Let’s start…


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Discussion 21 Comments

  1. Sunil says:

    Bravo! A brilliant tut which covers almost every essential steps.Thumbs up!

  2. amit says:

    superb…thanx……..

  3. Owais says:

    Very Good and detailed tutorial but unfortunately I prefer Zbrush instead of Mudbox. Please Visit my blog by clicking on my name. Thanks.

  4. Abducted 47 says:

    FINALLY SOMEONE MADE A TUTORIAL LIKE THAT! Man, i don’t know how much time i’ve waited to see this.

    Could you or someone do a tutorial like that but about MAX and Zbrush?!

    Thanks a lot for the tut!!! Thanks a lot!!!

  5. Nick says:

    Finally some more Max tutorials! I was beginning to lose interest here… :-/

  6. Wasim says:

    Bravo! Almost every essential steps are covered here.Nice one.

  7. puja says:

    hey thanks for the tutorial..

  8. Raman says:

    A big thanks to Mr. Chandan Kumar…. :)

  9. Anon E. Muss says:

    I believe the artifacts/stepping/patching on the displacement map was due to the map being 8-bit instead of 16 or 32.

    Max: “normal bump”? Lol? What is this, 1998?

  10. Ravi says:

    Very realistic biceps. I m gonna try it.Thanks.

  11. Chris says:

    Thanks alot! Real nice tutorial!!

  12. Vikram says:

    Awesome biceps! :)

  13. grooen says:

    Thank you Mr. Swarzenegger.

  14. amit says:

    thanx brother i was looking 4 it since last two weeks..

  15. serega says:

    Thank!

  16. wolks says:

    cleverly and intelligently made! one stop solution! Thanks Chandan!

  17. Naja says:

    Great thanks!

  18. Dominik says:

    Awesome. Really great tutorial.

  19. Jeyanth says:

    Very helpful tutorial. Write some on Maya to Mudbox workflow.

  20. csaba says:

    thorough, great tutorial. thx :)

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