Monday, April 9, 2012

Mudbox requires lots of memory...

After switching to the Windows side I had a hard time processing that fact that "Command" opens the Start menu and does not assist in Hotbox shortcuts - I became especially careful after I accidentally hit Command and then clicking after accidentally scrolling to the "Restart" button on the Start menu, causing the computer to reset in the middle of the project (good thing I saved!!!!)

Anyway, because I do not know how to edit the RAM or memory or anything on either the Mac or Windows side, there were a couple of things I could not follow along with - The program would refuse to open any files in the image browser, so I could not create the hair stencil (you can tell by the bald dragonfly I have created) or insert an image plane - Also I could not edit the PTEX texture in Photoshop of the eyes, but they still look okay (just flat and not-bumped)



Thankfully, map extractions worked every time I attempted them (albeit after freezing a few times in the middle)


After sending it over to Maya, however, its eyes disappeared along with all the detail (near the end Mudbox would not even let me switch between subdivision levels) and the branch and leaf color - At least the opacity map of the wings came through though!


One of the most popular signs appears again...

Even though the program crashed twice, froze every time I tried to save it, and prevented maybe 3 or so videos from me following along, I did learn the basics of Mudbox - I just don't know if I tried creating something if it would transfer to other programs correctly!


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