Uncharted 3 and Mudbox:

The Area has posted a great interview on the work of the folks over at Naughty Dog on Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception

In the article, they discuss the power of Mudbox in their pipeline.

Head on over and check out their process involving Mudbox for:

High-resolution skin textures

Seamless hairlines and alpha cards for hair

Skin pigmentation painting process

Blending Modes in Mudbox

Map Extraction to Game Engine

Bump painting to normal map conversion

Fast turn-around time with Mudbox

Real-Time Feedback



Also, be sure to check out Christophe Desse's Master Class: "Texturing of the Uncharted 3 Cipher Disk"

http://area.autodesk.com/masterclasses/masterclass/class4_q4_2011

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