A New Dedicated Mudbox Forum: MudboxHub.com
Link: www.MudboxHub.com/forum
What is ‘Mudbox Hub’?
MudboxHub.com is the 1st dedicated Mudbox only users forum since the days of Skymatter. Although it has the full blessing of Autodesk this is an INDEPENDANT forum.
Why has MudboxHub been created in the 1st place?
Many Mudbox users dislike the Autodesk ‘Area’ forum as it is not a dedicated Mudbox forum among many other reasons. Added to which Mudbox users have been without a dedicated ‘home’ since the days of Skymatter and that needed to be resolved. Other applications have dedicated forums and Mudbox badly needed one.
Is it meant to replace TheArea, CGTalk and other forums for Mudbox users?
NO! TheArea will always be the place to go to report and get solutions for bugs, as an admin myself it has a lot of benefits and is the ‘official’ face of Mudbox in a forum. Added to which CGtalk will always be the hub of the 3d world in general. It is simply aimed at becoming a gathering place for Mudbox artists in the same way as the old tweak forum was for many mud users and Zbrush central is for Zbrush users.
Is it just a forum?
Far from it, it also contains every QuickStart video and soon will contain the entire ‘Mudbox From the Ground Up’ series in full high resolution for free. (Along with many exclusive videos.) There is much more planned that hinges on if Mudbox users really do want a Mudbox forum or not.
Are Autodesk paying for it?
No this is coming out of my own pocket at this moment in time, although users that can afford to contribute to keeping this site both alive and independent are free to do so. (Equally they are free to not do so as well…there’s no pressure either way.)
By keeping MudboxHub.com independent it gives mudbox users the confidence in it not being just a shop window, but rather something they actually need and want it to be.
So there you are, it’s been running in beta mode with users from a number of top companies (Weta, Pixar, Bioware etc…) for a month now and its finally ready to roll for the general public. I’ve tried to create something that users can build on over time and a central meeting place for digital
sculptors using Mudbox.
Wayne Robson
www.MudboxHub.com
www.DashDotSlash.net