Book Description
* Placing Photographed Characters into Rendered Scenes
* Creating Optical Effects Using Raytraced materials
* Creating Diamonds, Rubies, Sapphires and Emeralds
* Creating Particle Systems with Animated Particles
* Making Humanoid Faces with NURBS and Meshes
* Lofting Terrains
* Using Proxy Objects and Xrefs to Reduce File Size
* Linking and Animating a Knight in Armor
* Simple Bones and Skinning
* Creating an Assembly Line
* Explosive Combustion and Bombs
* Making a Clock Work
* Introduction to Expression Controllers
* More Advanced Expression Controllers
* Physical Dynamics Calculator
* Using Sunlight Systems
* Special Effects with Particle Systems and Lens Effects Highlights
* Creating Candle Light with Lens Effects
* Animating Xray Views with Video Post
* Using Hand Drawn Animation in MAX Scenes
* Clouds, Fog and Projecting Darkness
* Camera Matching Survival Guide
* Making Shadows Fall in Background Images
* Creating a Simple Script for MAXScript
* Creating Custom Toolbars and User Interfaces
* Importing AutoCAD Drawings into 3D Studio MAX
This training CD contains the standard Autodesk Learning Assistance browser and takes just minutes to install. This product contains no animation or audio components, which means it runs quickly on standard Windows workstations, and can be conveniently used as a training and comprehensive reference tool even by employees in busy office environments and and students in computer labs.
Each tutorial delivers between one and three hours of hands-on instruction. The CD delivers more than 60 hours of training and 400 full size, full color illustrations.
The system requirements for this CD are: Win 98, NT, 2000, 32mb of RAM, 100 MB of disk space, and the 3D Studio MAX 3 software.
If you are looking for comprehensive, hands-on, step-by-step instruction in 3D Studio MAX 3, then this is the product for you. Its projects can be undertaken in any order and can be printed for offline use. Use its search tools to find lessons covering topics of particular interest.
