What you need for this book

For this book you will need a copy of Autodesk Mudbox and 2D image editing software such as Adobe Photoshop (http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop.html) or Gimp (http://www.gimp.org/). I recommend using the latest version of Mudbox (2013) to follow along with this book. This is the version the book was made for, so there may be a few recipes that don't apply to the older versions of Mudbox.

The recommended system requirements for Autodesk Mudbox 2013 are listed as follows.

If you have any of the 32-bit operating systems listed below, then you will want to install the 32-bit version of Autodesk Mudbox 2013:

If you have any of the following operating systems, then you can install the 64-bit version of Autodesk Mudbox 2013:

You will also need one of the following pieces of supplemental software for the 32-bit and 64-bit version of Mudbox 2013:

The following is a list of hardware requirements for the 32-bit version of Mudbox 2013:

Here are the requirements for the 64-bit version of Mudbox 2013:

Also, you must have Internet access to view or download the Mudbox documentation online. Apple Quicktime 7.0 is also recommended for viewing the Mudbox Learning Movies to get started.

For earlier versions of Mudbox as well more broken down set of requirements, you can visit this link: (http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=14960418&linkID=11937426). Note that if you are a student with an academic e-mail address assigned to you, then you can can get a free copy of the educational versions of all Autodesk software, including Mudbox 2013! So, if you are a student that has always wanted to learn how to sculpt, but can't afford the software or you just want to give it a try then check out Autodesk's education download section found here (http://students.autodesk.com/?nd=download_center).