<s>
Mudbox	B-Application
is	O
a	O
proprietary	B-Application
computer-based	O
3D	O
sculpting	O
and	O
painting	O
tool	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
developed	O
by	O
Autodesk	O
,	O
Mudbox	B-Application
was	O
created	O
by	O
Skymatter	O
,	O
founded	O
by	O
Tibor	O
Madjar	O
,	O
David	O
Cardwell	O
and	O
Andrew	O
Camenisch	O
,	O
former	O
artists	O
of	O
Weta	O
Digital	O
,	O
where	O
it	O
was	O
first	O
used	O
to	O
produce	O
the	O
2005	O
Peter	O
Jackson	O
remake	O
of	O
King	O
Kong	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mudbox	B-Application
's	O
primary	O
application	O
is	O
high-resolution	O
digital	O
sculpting	O
,	O
texture	O
painting	O
,	O
and	O
displacement	O
and	O
normal	O
map	O
creation	O
,	O
although	O
it	O
is	O
also	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
design	O
tool	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mudbox	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Skymatter	O
in	O
New	O
Zealand	O
as	O
the	O
founders	O
David	O
Cardwell	O
,	O
Tibor	O
Madjar	O
and	O
Andrew	O
Camenisch	O
were	O
working	O
on	O
The	O
Lord	O
of	O
the	O
Rings	O
at	O
Weta	O
Digital	O
circa	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
created	O
the	O
software	O
to	O
expand	O
their	O
own	O
toolsets	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Mudbox	B-Application
was	O
first	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
complete	O
product	O
in	O
the	O
2005	O
film	O
King	O
Kong	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mudbox	B-Application
's	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
is	O
a	O
3D	O
environment	O
that	O
allows	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
movable	O
cameras	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
bookmarked	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Models	O
created	O
within	O
the	O
program	O
typically	O
start	O
as	O
a	O
polygon	B-Algorithm
mesh	I-Algorithm
that	O
can	O
be	O
manipulated	O
with	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
different	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
model	O
can	O
be	O
subdivided	O
to	O
increase	O
its	O
resolution	O
and	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
polygons	B-General_Concept
available	O
to	O
sculpt	O
with	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
detailing	O
app	O
,	O
Mudbox	B-Application
can	O
import	O
and	O
export	O
.obj	O
,	O
.fbx	O
,	O
and	O
.bio	O
files	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
its	O
own	O
.mud	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
typical	O
workflow	O
is	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
relatively	O
simple	O
(	O
low	O
polygon	B-General_Concept
count	I-General_Concept
)	O
model	O
in	O
a	O
3D	O
modeling	O
application	O
and	O
then	O
import	O
it	O
to	O
Mudbox	B-Application
for	O
sculpting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
use	O
of	O
3D	O
layers	O
allows	O
for	O
design	O
visualization	O
,	O
non-destructive	O
sculpting	O
,	O
and	O
high	O
polygon	B-General_Concept
counts	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Curves	O
can	O
be	O
created	O
and	O
projected	O
on	O
a	O
mesh	B-Algorithm
for	O
use	O
as	O
precise	O
masking	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Paint	O
layers	O
were	O
added	O
in	O
Mudbox	B-Application
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Design	O
visualization	O
plays	O
an	O
important	O
role	O
in	O
Mudbox	B-Application
's	O
production	O
value	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Simple	O
poly	O
primitives	O
can	O
be	O
created	O
from	O
within	O
Mudbox	B-Application
,	O
facilitating	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
busts	O
,	O
props	O
,	O
terrain	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mudbox	B-Application
also	O
includes	O
stamps	O
and	O
stencils	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Stencils	O
work	O
by	O
overlaying	O
a	O
grayscale	O
,	O
or	O
"	O
alpha	O
channel	O
"	O
image	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
bump	O
map	O
,	O
over	O
the	O
mesh	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
artist	O
can	O
then	O
project	O
part	O
or	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
image	O
's	O
detail	O
onto	O
the	O
mesh	B-Algorithm
through	O
brush	O
strokes	O
,	O
providing	O
a	O
method	O
to	O
quickly	O
sculpt	O
surface	O
detail	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
underlying	O
architecture	O
of	O
Mudbox	B-Application
was	O
updated	O
in	O
Mudbox	B-Application
2009	O
,	O
to	O
allow	O
the	O
sculpting	O
of	O
models	O
with	O
larger	O
polygon	B-General_Concept
counts	I-General_Concept
compared	O
to	O
earlier	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Mudbox	B-Application
2009	O
,	O
3D	O
painting	O
and	O
texturing	O
features	O
were	O
introduced	O
to	O
allow	O
artists	O
to	O
paint	O
directly	O
on	O
their	O
models	O
in	O
3D	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Mudbox	B-Application
2010	O
,	O
an	O
application	B-Application
programming	I-Application
interface	I-Application
(	O
API	B-Application
)	O
was	O
introduced	O
via	O
a	O
software	B-Application
development	I-Application
kit	I-Application
(	O
SDK	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
functionality	O
to	O
improve	O
file	O
interoperability	O
with	O
other	O
3D	O
applications	O
(	O
Autodesk	B-Language
Maya	I-Language
,	O
3ds	O
Max	O
etc	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
Mudbox	B-Application
's	O
interface	O
includes	O
menus	O
,	O
tabbed	O
windows	O
,	O
and	O
tool	O
trays	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
customized	O
to	O
a	O
limited	O
extent	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
navigation	O
in	O
the	O
3D	O
view	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
Autodesk	B-Language
Maya	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
15	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
Canadians	O
Andrew	O
Camenisch	O
,	O
David	O
Cardwell	O
and	O
Canadian-Hungarian	O
Tibor	O
Madjar	O
were	O
honored	O
by	O
the	O
Academy	O
of	O
Motion	O
Picture	O
Arts	O
and	O
Sciences	O
with	O
an	O
Academy	O
Award	O
for	O
Technical	O
Achievement	O
for	O
scientific	O
and	O
technical	O
achievement	O
for	O
the	O
concept	O
and	O
design	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
Csaba	O
Kőhegyi	O
and	O
Imre	O
Major	O
,	O
two	O
Hungarians	O
educated	O
at	O
Debrecen	O
University	O
,	O
for	O
the	O
implementation	O
of	O
the	O
Mudbox	B-Application
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
October	O
2007	O
,	O
Autodesk	O
released	O
version	O
1.07	O
of	O
Mudbox	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
October	O
2008	O
,	O
Autodesk	O
released	O
Mudbox	B-Application
2009	O
(	O
v2	O
)	O
of	O
Mudbox	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
August	O
2009	O
,	O
Autodesk	O
released	O
Mudbox	B-Application
2010	O
(	O
v3	O
)	O
of	O
Mudbox	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
March	O
2010	O
,	O
Autodesk	O
released	O
Mudbox	B-Application
2011	O
(	O
v4	O
)	O
of	O
Mudbox	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
September	O
2010	O
,	O
Autodesk	O
released	O
Mudbox	B-Application
2011	O
SAP	O
(	O
v4.5	O
)	O
of	O
Mudbox	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
April	O
2011	O
,	O
Autodesk	O
released	O
Mudbox	B-Application
2012	O
(	O
v5	O
)	O
of	O
Mudbox	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
April	O
2012	O
,	O
Autodesk	O
released	O
Mudbox	B-Application
2013	O
(	O
v6	O
)	O
of	O
Mudbox	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
April	O
2013	O
,	O
Autodesk	O
released	O
Mudbox	B-Application
2014	O
(	O
v7	O
)	O
of	O
Mudbox	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
April	O
2014	O
,	O
Autodesk	O
released	O
Mudbox	B-Application
2015	O
(	O
v8	O
)	O
of	O
Mudbox	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
April	O
2015	O
,	O
Autodesk	O
released	O
Mudbox	B-Application
2016	O
(	O
v9	O
)	O
of	O
Mudbox	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
April	O
2016	O
,	O
Autodesk	O
released	O
Mudbox	B-Application
2017	O
(	O
v10	O
)	O
of	O
Mudbox	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
April	O
2017	O
,	O
Autodesk	O
released	O
Mudbox	B-Application
2018	O
(	O
v11	O
)	O
of	O
Mudbox	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
April	O
2018	O
,	O
Autodesk	O
released	O
Mudbox	B-Application
2019	O
(	O
v12	O
)	O
of	O
Mudbox	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
April	O
2019	O
,	O
Autodesk	O
released	O
Mudbox	B-Application
2020	O
(	O
v13	O
)	O
of	O
Mudbox	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
April	O
2020	O
,	O
Autodesk	O
released	O
Mudbox	B-Application
2021	O
(	O
v14	O
)	O
of	O
Mudbox	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
April	O
2021	O
,	O
Autodesk	O
released	O
Mudbox	B-Application
2022	O
(	O
v15	O
)	O
of	O
Mudbox	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
April	O
2022	O
,	O
Autodesk	O
released	O
Mudbox	B-Application
2023	O
(	O
v16	O
)	O
of	O
Mudbox	B-Application
.	O
</s>
