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Mudbox Learning Path

If you’ve never used Mudbox before, you can find many useful resources for learning Mudbox here:

http://www.autodesk.com/mudbox-learningpath

Some of these learning resources are described below.

Essential Skills movies

Begin learning Mudbox by watching the one minute movies that appear on the Welcome window when you first launch Mudbox. These movies contain essential tips and tricks for using Mudbox. The movies can also be launched from the Help menu (Help > Learning Movies).

NoteIf the movies do not launch automatically when selected on your computer, check that you have the appropriate media player installed.

QuickStart tutorial

To get hands-on with Mudbox and begin learning the main areas of Mudbox, continue with the QuickStart tutorial.

You’ll learn how to load a model, navigate the 3D View, and the basic sculpting and painting techniques.

Mudbox Help

If you cannot perform a function, find a feature, or just want more information on using Mudbox, consult the Mudbox Help as follows:

- User Guides - Task-based information about Mudbox features, tools, and workflows.
- Best practices and troubleshooting - Many sections within the user guides contain topics for best practices and troubleshooting common user problems. These include useful descriptions of many warning and error messages that might display when using Mudbox.
- Reference - Definitions of commands, options, tools, properties, keyboard shortcuts, and other items within Mudbox.

Mudbox Community

Want to find other resources for Mudbox and see what other users are doing with Mudbox?

The Mudbox Community is an on-line resource integrated directly into Mudbox where users are encouraged to share stamps, stencils, base models, tutorials, works-in-progress and final rendered images. Users can participate in the Mudbox user forums, vote on peer community member’s work, as well as obtain feedback on their own.

The community is conveniently accessible from within Mudbox by clicking the Mudbox Community tab. It is also accessible using a normal web browser:

http://area.autodesk.com/mudcom

For guidelines on uploading and downloading content, please refer to the Mudbox Community FAQ:

http://area.autodesk.com/mudcom/faq

NoteIf the Mudbox Community appears to freeze in Mudbox, you can re-establish the connection between the browser and the Web site by closing the Mudbox Community tab by right-clicking and selecting Close Tab, then right-click on any remaining tab and create a new Mudbox Community tab.

Learning videos

Beyond the Essential Skills movies you can view short movies that demonstrate Mudbox features and workflows in more depth here:

http://www.autodesk.com/mudbox-trainingvideos

Mudbox user forums

Communicate with other users of Mudbox, post questions, and exchange ideas at The AREA's Mudbox Discussion Forum:

http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-mudbox