Wayne Robson is a freelance digital artist who has taught Autodesk Mudbox around the world and was asked to lecture at the Vienna science academy. As a freelance artist he has worked in TV, Games and Film. He was the founder of Mudbox Hub and Author of 14 Mudbox Training DVD’s , 2 books.
Wayne’s Training DVD’s for Mudbox are now Free online at the link below.
The Autodesk® Subscription Advantage Pack for Autodesk® Mudbox™ 2012 software delivers powerful new tools that help solidify its position as an industry-leading 3D paint and sculpting solution.
This update is only for those on current subscription, contact us to learn more!
Features:
Gigatexel engine—Create massive amounts of detail—in the range of billions of texels—to help produce highly detailed assets.
Edge hardness, creasing & smoothing support—Import and work with models created in Autodesk® 3ds Max®, Autodesk® Maya® or Autodesk® Softimage® software that contain edges with hardness, creasing, and smoothing data.
Combine Bump and Normal maps—Combine painted bump map detail with extracted normal map detail to produce a single normal map—even in tangent space.
Enhanced tiling—More easily paint and sculpt tiled detail to create seamlessly repeating textures and maps. Duplicate and Flip—More easily duplicate objects, and optionally flip them to create mirrored versions.
Service Pack 1
Mudbox 2012 Service Pack 1 addresses stability issues, performance issues with the Freeze brush, interaction issues with Wacom® tablets, and other fixes across several areas including the Grab tool and file import/export operations.
Be sure to delete your Mudbox Settings before install (find them in your ……DocumentsMudbox12-x64settings directory for WIN 64)
Grab it here:
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=17019428&linkID=11937426
Release Notes (with bug fix list):
http://images.autodesk.com/adsk/files/mudbox_2012_sp1_release_notes.pdf
- Craig Barr on the Autodesk Area |The MudRoom
On April 20, 2011, Autodesk will host a live virtual event, showcasing the entire line of 2012 Autodesk products.
Accelerate your film, television, or game projects. Find new ways of exploring, refining, and presenting your ideas. Discover a range of world-class new creative tools.
It all starts when you Register for the Autodesk Virtual Event.
Date: April 20, 2011
Time: 8:00 am – 2:00 pm PT
See how the new Autodesk Digital Entertainment Creation (DEC) solutions – including the comprehensive Entertainment Creation Suites – can help you create and deliver your most innovative work. You’ll have the chance to hear how leading Autodesk customers such as LOOK Effects, Eidos-Montréal, and SWAY Studio use Autodesk Digital Entertainment Solutions to take their work to the next level.
At the Autodesk Virtual Event, you attend sessions right from your desktop. These presentations will help you:
- Position yourself for your next big opportunity
- Explore the tools used by leading artists and animators
- Take advantage of hardware advances to finish projects faster
Don’t miss this chance to learn how Autodesk Digital Entertainment Creation solutions can help you bring your best ideas to life.
Get the NEW Autodesk Media & Entertainment 2012 products at the Motion Media Online shop.
We get a lot of calls and emails asking us for the product keys for the Autodesk 2013 software so we decided just to post them here for you. Leave a comment if you’re looking for a product key not shown here and we’ll see if we can get it for you.
| AutoCAD 2013 | Product Key: 001E1 |
| AutoCAD Architecture 2013 | Product Key: 185E1 |
| AutoCAD Civil 3D 2013 | Product Key: 237E1 |
| AutoCAD Design Suite Premium 2013 | Product Key: 768E1 |
| AutoCAD Design Suite Standard 2013 | Product Key: 767E1 |
| AutoCAD Design Suite Ultimate 2013 | Product Key: 769E1 |
| AutoCAD Electrical 2013 | Product Key: 225E1 |
| AutoCAD for MAC 2013 | Product Key: 777E1 |
| AutoCAD Map 3D 2013 | Product Key: 129E1 |
| AutoCAD Mechanical 2013 | Product Key: 206E1 |
| AutoCAD MEP 2013 | Product Key: 235E1 |
| AutoCAD Raster Design 2013 | Product Key: 340E1 |
| AutoCAD Utility Design 2013 | Product Key: 213E1 |
| Autodesk 3ds Max 2013 | Product Key: 128E1 |
| Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2013 | Product Key: 495E1 |
| Autodesk 3ds Max Entertainment Creation Suite Premium 2013 | Product Key: 774E1 |
| Autodesk 3ds Max Entertainment Creation Suite Standard 2013 | Product Key: 661E1 |
| Autodesk Building Design Suite Premium 2013 | Product Key: 765E1 |
| Autodesk Building Design Suite Standard 2013 | Product Key: 784E1 |
| Autodesk Building Design Suite Ultimate 2013 | Product Key: 766E1 |
| Autodesk Entertainment Creation Suite Ultimate 2013 | Product Key: 793E1 |
| Autodesk Factory Design Suite Premium 2013 | Product Key: 757E1 |
| Autodesk Factory Design Suite Standard 2013 | Product Key: 789E1 |
| Autodesk Factory Design Suite Ultimate 2013 | Product Key: 760E1 |
| Autodesk Infrastructure Design Suite Premium 2013 | Product Key: 786E1 |
| Autodesk Infrastructure Design Suite Standard 2013 | Product Key: 787E1 |
| Autodesk Infrastructure Design Suite Ultimate 2013 | Product Key: 785E1 |
| Autodesk Inventor 2013 | Product Key: 208E1 |
| Autodesk Inventor Professional 2013 | Product Key: 797E1 |
| Autodesk Inventor Publisher 2013 | Product Key: 666E1 |
| Autodesk Maya 2013 | Product Key: 657E1 |
| Autodesk Maya Entertainment Creation Suite Premium 2013 | Product Key: 775E1 |
| Autodesk Maya Entertainment Creation Suite Standard 2013 | Product Key: 660E1 |
| Autodesk mental ray Standalone 2013 | Product Key: 718E1 |
| Autodesk MotionBuilder 2013 | Product Key: 727E1 |
| Autodesk Mudbox 2013 | Product Key: 498E1 |
| Autodesk Product Design Suite Premium 2013 | Product Key: 782E1 |
| Autodesk Product Design Suite Standard 2013 | Product Key: 783E1 |
| Autodesk Product Design Suite Ultimate 2013 | Product Key: 781E1 |
| Autodesk Revit Architecture 2013 | Product Key: 240E1 |
| Autodesk Revit Structure 2013 | Product Key: 255E1 |
| Autodesk Showcase 2013 | Product Key: 262E1 |
| Autodesk Showcase Professional 2013 | Product Key: 295E1 |
| Autodesk SketchBook Designer 2013 | Product Key: 741E1 |
| Autodesk Softimage 2013 | Product Key: 590E1 |
Autodesk 2012 Product Keys
We are getting numerous calls asking for these as they aren’t listed on the end-user’s subscription account – so here you go!
3ds Max 2012: 128D1
3ds Max Design 2012: 495D1
3ds Max Entertainment Creation Suite 2012: 661D1
3ds Max Entertaiment Suite Premium 2012: 774D1
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Autocad LT 2012: 057D1
Autocad 2012: 001D1
Autocad for Mac 2012: 777D1
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Autodesk Design Suite Ultimate 2012: 769D1
Autodesk Design Suite Advanced 2012: 769D1
Autodesk Design Suite Premium 2012: 768D1
Autodesk Deisgn Suite Standard 2012: 767D1
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Maya 2012: 657D1
Maya Entertainment Creation Suite 2012: 660D1
Maya Entertianment Suuite Premium 2012: 775D1
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Mental Ray 2012: 718D1
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Motionbuilder 2012: 727D1
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Mudbox 2012: 498D1
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Softimage 2012: 590D1
Learn about Autodesk’s new products for the design, engineering, and entertainment industries by joining Senior Vice President Amar Hanspal for Autodesk’s 2012 Product Launch webcast.
Date and time: Monday, March 21, 2:00 PM PDT / 5:00 PM EDT
Action: Register in advance at www.autodesk.com/webcast.
Looking for a seat of Autodesk Media & Entertainment products? You can Click Here to Purchase.
The Game Developers Conference (GDC) is here!
GDC will be held at the Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA from February 28th thru March 4th 2011.
Autodesk will be attending the show floor at GDC and have posted their Theater schedule .
View the Autodesk GDC 2011 theater schedule
If you can’t make it the show floor, Autodesk will also be streaming their theatre online.
Maya, Max, Mudbox, and Softimage Customers on the Subscription Program are in for some treats at the end of the Month!
Autodesk 3ds Max
Digital Tutors introduces new users to the features of Autodesk® Mudbox 2011 and takes them through the steps of creating a model from the initial sculpting and texturing, to painting, lighting and exporting to animation software.
These videos are a great resource for anyone starting with Mudbox 2011!
Link: Free Mudbox 2011 Essentials Learning Videos by Digital Tutors!
Chaos Group has announced the open beta for V-Ray 1.6 for Sketchup. This massive upgrade to V-Ray for SketchUp includes a series of new feature introductions that enhance visualization workflow and render quality (V-Ray RT®, V-Ray Dome Light), and streamline scene complexity (V-Ray Proxy).
Check out this very cool The Foundry Mari tutorial from Jeff Kleinzweig, the lead artist at Zindagi Games.
Release News: mocha v3.2 public beta Imagineer Systems is happy to be releasing a public beta version of mocha Pro and mocha AE v3.2. This new point release includes significant features and fixes for all users.
The Foundry and Luxology announced a free Modo 701 15 Day trial and a 30 Day production trial that is $25. I suggest you head over to the Luxology site and get started as soon as you can. Plus, if you haven’t already, take the 701 Feature Tour, now with new videos.
Krakatoa for Maya – An Introduction – Come learn about the renderer used to create content for movie hits like Avatar, The Avengers, Transformers 3, Harry Potter 8 and Oblivion, as well as the upcoming Star Trek – Into Darkness, Man of Steel, After Earth, and more!
MAXON, leading developer of professional 3D modeling, painting, animation and rendering solutions, today revealed the first step in its strategic alliance with Adobe Systems Incorporated, aimed at delivering a new level of integration between its powerful 3D application CINEMA 4D, and Adobe® After Effects®. The recently revealed next release of Adobe’s industry-leading software will include two MAXON technologies directly within the new Adobe After Effects: CINEWARE and CINEMA 4D Lite.
An open letter to Ang Lee from Compositor Phillip Broste regarding the state of the VFX industry and Mr. Lee’s lack of acknowledgement to the artists who created the VFX in “Life of Pi”. I definitely recommend the read.
Thinkbox Software today announced the release of Krakatoa MY, the high-volume particle renderer for Autodesk Maya 3D software running on Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems.
The Hollywood Reporter posted an article about Technicolor and Autodesk partnering in the development of a new color grading and compositing tool. Steve Scott, the pioneering colorist and head of Technicolor, is leading the charge on this new venture and believes that together they can create a single procedural finishing system that would offer tools from both disciplines – color grading and compositing.
The famous “Animators Survival Kit” written by Richard Williams is coming soon to the iPad. The price and exact date of release have not yet been determined, but the publisher, Faber and Faber, has indicated that it will be roughly timed with Williams’ 80th birthday next month.
Krakatoa for Maya – An Introduction – Come learn about the renderer used to create content for movie hits like Avatar, The Avengers, Transformers 3, Harry Potter 8 and Oblivion, as well as the upcoming Star Trek – Into Darkness, Man of Steel, After Earth, and more!
MODO 701 is coming soon. Be one of the first to discover what’s new and improved during our ‘MODO 701 Feature Tour’ webcast on March 25th at 10AM (PST). Sign up today.
Deep Compositing allows artists to work with ‘deep images’ containing multiple opacity or colour samples per pixel. This allows rendering of CGI elements without predetermined holdout mattes, avoiding the need for re-renders when content changes.
Want to go to Siggraph 2012 but don’t want to pay for it? We’ll let Motion Media help you out. We are giving you a free Exhibits only pass for this years event in Los Angeles. All you have to do is fill in the form below and a link and code will be sent directly to you.
PipelineFX is offering a one-day workshop geared toward artists and new users of Qube! at Siggraph 2012. This workshop focuses on submitting, managing and troubleshooting render jobs as well as best practices for maximum render throughput.
Release News: mocha v3.2 public beta Imagineer Systems is happy to be releasing a public beta version of mocha Pro and mocha AE v3.2. This new point release includes significant features and fixes for all users.
The SynthEyes 3-D tracking application completes a triple-header with the introduction of its Linux version by developer Andersson Technologies LLC, joining the existing Windows and Mac OS X versions.
Extension 2 for Autodesk® Maya® 2013 software is now available on the Autodesk Subscription Center. Extension 2 helps artists and studios with increased stability, usability, and performance.
NextLimit has released a fully updated ArchiCAD plugin for Maxwell Render, available for download now from the customer gateway.
Matrox is pleased to announce that Matrox MXO2 Dock is now available. The Matrox MXO2 Dock thunderbolt Accessory for Matrox MXO2 I/O Devices Delivers Convenience and Connectivity for MacBook Pro and MacBook Air Users
FREE 69 PAGE eBOOK! This step by step guide will walk you through the creative world of ZBrush from the basics to sculpting, painting and on to finishing off your art with ZBrush's powerful render engine.