Autodesk is discontinuing Mudbox, its digital sculpting software

Sales of the tech Academy Award-winning software, formerly used on Hollywood blockbusters, to end this November. Read our FAQs.

Monday, August 10th, 2026

Autodesk releases Mudbox 2027

Digital sculpting software gets its sixth consecutive annual update with no new features listed, but the price of annual subscriptions is up.

Friday, March 27th, 2026

Autodesk releases Mudbox 2026

Digital sculpting software gets its fifth consecutive 'minor update', but the cost of monthly subscriptions falls back to 2022 levels.

Tuesday, April 1st, 2025

Autodesk releases Mudbox 2025

Digital sculpting software gets fourth consecutive 'minor update' in four years. See the complete changelog for the release here.

Friday, March 29th, 2024

Autodesk releases Mudbox 2024

No changes to the sculpting app beyond a new Mac installer, but the price of subscriptions rises again.

Tuesday, April 11th, 2023

Autodesk ships Mudbox 2023

No changes to the digital sculpting and painting app beyond a new Linux installer, but the price of annual subscriptions is up again.

Monday, April 18th, 2022

Autodesk ships Mudbox 2022

Third minor update in a row for the digital sculpting software adds a new Windows installer, but no new features or listed bugfixes.

Sunday, March 28th, 2021

Autodesk ships Mudbox 2020

Smallest annual update to the sculpting software in recent history adds one new feature - a data link to Flame - and just two bugfixes.

Thursday, December 12th, 2019

Autodesk ships Mudbox 2019.1

Digital sculpting software gets automatic user interface scaling when working on high-resolution monitors, plus over 40 bugfixes.

Wednesday, June 19th, 2019

Autodesk ships Mudbox 2019

Update extends the digital sculpting package's new dynamic tessellation system, adds option to merge multiple meshes into one.

Tuesday, January 15th, 2019

Autodesk ships Mudbox 2018.2

First major update to the digital sculpting tool in years adds neat new dynamic tessellation system, plus support for HiDPI displays.

Thursday, March 15th, 2018

Autodesk 'to reinvest' in Mudbox development

Firm 'getting back on track' with a bugfixing Mudbox 2018.1 update. Feature update to follow soon.

Monday, October 9th, 2017

ZBrush and Mudbox creators win technical Oscars

ILM and Weta tool developers and pioneers of deep compositing also win Sci-Tech Academy Awards.

Thursday, January 9th, 2014