Name: Sams teach yourself 3d Studio Max 3 in 24 hours, Sams Teach Yours
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Date Added: August 25, 2020, Added By: Ross

Date Last Edited: August 25, 2020, Edited By: Ross

Introduction 1

Part I Entering the Third Dimension (Getting Started) 5

Hour 1 Exploring the MAX 3 Interface 7

Views and the View Tools 8

Perspective vs. Orthographic Views 8

Zooming In and Out 9

Panning a View 10

Rotating a View for Additional Points of View 11

Maximizing a Viewport 13

The Command Panel, Tab Panel, and Menu Bar 13

Select and Transform Tools 15

Selecting an Object 15

Transforms (Moving, Rotating, and Scaling) 15

Using the Transform Gizmo 16

Locking the Axes 17

Locking the Selection 17

Selection Filter 17

Selection Sets 18

Undoing an Unwanted Action 20

Redos 21

Spinners, Swatches, Buttons, and Boxes 21

Basic Interface Customization 22

Floating a Toolbar 23

Docking a Tab 23

Replacing a Tab 24

Saving a Custom Interface 25

Hour 2 Understanding Modeling Basics 27

MAX's Coordinate Systems 28

The Create Tab 29

Parametric Modeling 30

The Benefits of Parametric Modeling 30

Geometry Versus Shapes 32

Working with Primitives 32

Creating Primitives 33

Creating a Sphere 33

Using Keyboard Entry for Creation 35

Multidimensional Primitives (Creating a Box) 36

Changing Parameters through the Modify Panel 37

Segments and Sides 39

To Smooth or Not to Smooth 42

What Are Mapping Coords? 43

Slice Parameters for Just a Piece of the Pie 43

Building an Eye 45

Cloning: Copy, Instance, or Reference? 51

Hour 3 2D and a Half--Working with Shapes 57

Shape Primitives 58

Creation Circles, Ellipses, and Donuts 59

Creation Method--Edge or Center? 61

The Essential Rectangle 62

Creating Text 64

Creating Arcs 68

Creating an NGon 71

Creating a Helix 73

Vertices and Segments and Splines, Oh My! 77

Verticles--The Structures Behind Shapes 78

Drawing Simple Lines 79

Drawing Curved Splines 82

Editing Shapes 84

Changing Point Types 85

The Incredible Editable Spline 89

Attaching Shapes 94

Creating a 3D Logo with Shapes 95

Hour 4 Expanded Modeling--Working with Editable Meshes 105

Sub-Object Vertex 106

Basic Vertex Manipulation 106

Soft Selection 109

What Are Edges? 114

Sub-Object Faces and Polygons 116

Elements 117

Modeling Tools 117

Using the Extrude Tool 117

Using the Chamfer Tool 120

Using the Bevel Tool 125

Using the Cut Tool 128

Create a Cartoon Hand from a Box 130

Hour 5 Composing the Start of a Scene 139

Merging Existing Objects 140

Snapping to It 142

2D, 2.5D, 3D Snaps 142

Using Angle Snap and Object Snap Together 145

Percent Snap 146

Spinner Snap 147

Align Tool Basics 147

Align Position 147

Align Orientation (Local) 152

Match Scale 153

Creating a Simple Scene 154

Part II Building Sophisticated Models 159

Hour 6 Manipulating Geometry Using Modifiers 161

The Modifier Stack--The Backbone of MAX 162

Building a Stack--Adding Modifiers 162

Accessing the Stack Hierarchy 165

Pinning the Stack 168

Removing Modifiers from the Stack 168

Changing the Order of Modifiers within the Stack 170

Activating/Deactivating Modifiers 172

Edit Mesh/Splines Modifier Versus Editable Mesh/Spline 172

Working with the Bend Modifier 174

Accessing and Using Gizmos 177

Do the Twist 179

Using the XForm Modifier for Transforms 181

Making Mushrooms 183

Hour 7 Adding Detail to a Scene 189

Creating a Plant 189

Making the Stem from a Cylinder 190

Creating Leaves 194

Creating the Flower Head 199

Making a Petal 201

Using Arrays 203

Hour 8 Building with Compound Objects, Part 1--The Loft 211

Lofting--A Better Extrude 211

Creating Multiple-Shaped Lofts 215

Using the Percentage and Distance Settings 217

Adjusting Path Steps to Affect Object Smoothness 217

Adjusting Shape Steps to Affect Geometry Resolution 218

Editing a Loft Sub-Object 219

Deleting a Shape 223

Creating a Loft Deformation 224

Using the Scale Deformation 225

Using Multiple Deformation Points 228

Using the Twist Deformation 233

Using the Teeter Deformation 234

Using the Bevel Deformation 234

Using the Fit Deformation 236

Hour 9 Building with Compound Objects, Part 2--Booleans and Morphs 243

Booleans in Brief 244

A Basic Boolean Operation 245

Manipulating Operands 250

Modifying Operands 250

Transforming Operands 253

Extracting an Operand 254

Refining with the Boolean Cut 256

Morph Objects 259

Starting a Morph and Creating Targets 261

Loading Morph Targets 263

Creating a Morph Sequence 266

Hour 10 Organic Modeling with Patches, NURMS, and Surface Tools 269

Non-Uniform Rational MeshSmooth (NURMS) 270

Using MeshSmooth for Organic Modeling 270

Using Display/Weighting for Added Mesh Control 273

Building a Ship with MeshSmooth 275

Patch Objects 281

QuadPatch and TriPatch 281

Manipulating a Patch with an EditPatch modifier 281

Surface Tools 285

Using the CrossSection Modifier 286

Adding the Surface Modifier 291

Creating the Spline Network 294

Hour 11 Creating a Character Head 303

Building a Head 304

Creating the Basic Head Shape 304

Creating the Mouth and Cheeks 306

Creating Eye Sockets 310

Weighting a Nose 313

Refining the Eye Sockets 315

Adding Eyes 318

Creating Ears 320

Part III Adding Realism with Materials and Environments 325

Hour 12 Introduction to Basic Rendering 327

A Simple Render 328

The Rendering Tab 329

Common Parameters of the Render Scene Dialog 330

The MAX Default Scanline Rendering Parameters 338

Rendering Multiple Frames 339

Rendering Numbered Frames 339

Rendering Multiple Frames to a Single File (.avi, .mov) 340

Choosing a CODEC 341

Rendering a Sequence 342

Hour 13 Creating Materials 349

The Material Editor 350

Applying a Material 351

Material Types 351

Common Material Properties 358

Material Name 358

Diffuse and Ambient Color 359

Highlighting Specular Color and Specular Levels 362

Self-Illumination 366

Material Opacity 367

Understanding Shaders 369

Choosing a Shader 369

Diversifying Materials with Maps 373

Adding Reflection Maps 378

Using Refractions 378

Material Editor Tools 378

Creating a Raytrace Reflection 380

Hour 14 Setting Up Lighting and Cameras 387

Basic Lighting 388

Default Lighting 388

MAX Light Types 388

Adding Lights to the Scene 390

Adjusting Light Parameters 397

Spotlight Cone Parameters 400

Attenuation Parameters 402

Shadow Parameters 403

Choosing and Adding a Camera 405

Camera Parameters 410

Camera Tools 413

Part IV Adding Life Through Animation 417

Hour 15 Applying Animation Principles in MAX 419

Key Frames--The Key to Animation 420

Keeping Time 421

The Animate Button and Key Frames 423

Controlling Animation with Key Info 426

Animating Object Parameters 427

Working with Track View 429

Track View Function Curves 433

Hour 16 Adding Life and Dimension with Space Warp Effects 439

Space Warps--Global Modifiers 440

Creating a Space Warp 440

Changing Space Warp Settings 444

The Bomb Space Warp Parameters 449

Hour 17 Advanced Rendering and Environmental Effects 453

Adjusting Scanline Rendering Options 454

Choosing the Options 454

Using the Production and Draft Toggle 455

Smoothing the Edges with Antialias Filters 457

Object and Image Motion Blur Settings 459

Environmental Effects 463

Changing Background Color 464

Adding an Environment Map 464

Global Lighting 469

Atmospheric Effects 470

Atmospheric Apparatus 470

Creating Combustion Effects 471

Creating Volume Fog 477

Creating Volumetric Light Effects 480

Hour 18 Advanced Animation with Bones and Inverse Kinematics 485

The Hierarchy of Parts 486

The Hierarchical Chain 486

Viewing Hierarchies 487

Why a Hierarchy? 489

Building a Simple Hierarchy 491

Basic Inheritance 493

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	Introduction	1
Part I	Entering the Third Dimension (Getting Started)	5
Hour 1	Exploring the MAX 3 Interface	7
	Views and the View Tools	8
	Perspective vs. Orthographic Views	8
	Zooming In and Out	9
	Panning a View	10
	Rotating a View for Additional Points of View	11
	Maximizing a Viewport	13
	The Command Panel, Tab Panel, and Menu Bar	13
	Select and Transform Tools	15
	Selecting an Object	15
	Transforms (Moving, Rotating, and Scaling)	15
	Using the Transform Gizmo	16
	Locking the Axes	17
	Locking the Selection	17
	Selection Filter	17
	Selection Sets	18
	Undoing an Unwanted Action	20
	Redos	21
	Spinners, Swatches, Buttons, and Boxes	21
	Basic Interface Customization	22
	Floating a Toolbar	23
	Docking a Tab	23
	Replacing a Tab	24
	Saving a Custom Interface	25
Hour 2	Understanding Modeling Basics	27
	MAX's Coordinate Systems	28
	The Create Tab	29
	Parametric Modeling	30
	The Benefits of Parametric Modeling	30
	Geometry Versus Shapes	32
	Working with Primitives	32
	Creating Primitives	33
	Creating a Sphere	33
	Using Keyboard Entry for Creation	35
	Multidimensional Primitives (Creating a Box)	36
	Changing Parameters through the Modify Panel	37
	Segments and Sides	39
	To Smooth or Not to Smooth	42
	What Are Mapping Coords?	43
	Slice Parameters for Just a Piece of the Pie	43
	Building an Eye	45
	Cloning: Copy, Instance, or Reference?	51
Hour 3	2D and a Half--Working with Shapes	57
	Shape Primitives	58
	Creation Circles, Ellipses, and Donuts	59
	Creation Method--Edge or Center?	61
	The Essential Rectangle	62
	Creating Text	64
	Creating Arcs	68
	Creating an NGon	71
	Creating a Helix	73
	Vertices and Segments and Splines, Oh My!	77
	Verticles--The Structures Behind Shapes	78
	Drawing Simple Lines	79
	Drawing Curved Splines	82
	Editing Shapes	84
	Changing Point Types	85
	The Incredible Editable Spline	89
	Attaching Shapes	94
	Creating a 3D Logo with Shapes	95
Hour 4	Expanded Modeling--Working with Editable Meshes	105
	Sub-Object Vertex	106
	Basic Vertex Manipulation	106
	Soft Selection	109
	What Are Edges?	114
	Sub-Object Faces and Polygons	116
	Elements	117
	Modeling Tools	117
	Using the Extrude Tool	117
	Using the Chamfer Tool	120
	Using the Bevel Tool	125
	Using the Cut Tool	128
	Create a Cartoon Hand from a Box	130
Hour 5	Composing the Start of a Scene	139
	Merging Existing Objects	140
	Snapping to It	142
	2D, 2.5D, 3D Snaps	142
	Using Angle Snap and Object Snap Together	145
	Percent Snap	146
	Spinner Snap	147
	Align Tool Basics	147
	Align Position	147
	Align Orientation (Local)	152
	Match Scale	153
	Creating a Simple Scene	154
Part II	Building Sophisticated Models	159
Hour 6	Manipulating Geometry Using Modifiers	161
	The Modifier Stack--The Backbone of MAX	162
	Building a Stack--Adding Modifiers	162
	Accessing the Stack Hierarchy	165
	Pinning the Stack	168
	Removing Modifiers from the Stack	168
	Changing the Order of Modifiers within the Stack	170
	Activating/Deactivating Modifiers	172
	Edit Mesh/Splines Modifier Versus Editable Mesh/Spline	172
	Working with the Bend Modifier	174
	Accessing and Using Gizmos	177
	Do the Twist	179
	Using the XForm Modifier for Transforms	181
	Making Mushrooms	183
Hour 7	Adding Detail to a Scene	189
	Creating a Plant	189
	Making the Stem from a Cylinder	190
	Creating Leaves	194
	Creating the Flower Head	199
	Making a Petal	201
	Using Arrays	203
Hour 8	Building with Compound Objects, Part 1--The Loft	211
	Lofting--A Better Extrude	211
	Creating Multiple-Shaped Lofts	215
	Using the Percentage and Distance Settings	217
	Adjusting Path Steps to Affect Object Smoothness	217
	Adjusting Shape Steps to Affect Geometry Resolution	218
	Editing a Loft Sub-Object	219
	Deleting a Shape	223
	Creating a Loft Deformation	224
	Using the Scale Deformation	225
	Using Multiple Deformation Points	228
	Using the Twist Deformation	233
	Using the Teeter Deformation	234
	Using the Bevel Deformation	234
	Using the Fit Deformation	236
Hour 9	Building with Compound Objects, Part 2--Booleans and Morphs	243
	Booleans in Brief	244
	A Basic Boolean Operation	245
	Manipulating Operands	250
	Modifying Operands	250
	Transforming Operands	253
	Extracting an Operand	254
	Refining with the Boolean Cut	256
	Morph Objects	259
	Starting a Morph and Creating Targets	261
	Loading Morph Targets	263
	Creating a Morph Sequence	266
Hour 10	Organic Modeling with Patches, NURMS, and Surface Tools	269
	Non-Uniform Rational MeshSmooth (NURMS)	270
	Using MeshSmooth for Organic Modeling	270
	Using Display/Weighting for Added Mesh Control	273
	Building a Ship with MeshSmooth	275
	Patch Objects	281
	QuadPatch and TriPatch	281
	Manipulating a Patch with an EditPatch modifier	281
	Surface Tools	285
	Using the CrossSection Modifier	286
	Adding the Surface Modifier	291
	Creating the Spline Network	294
Hour 11	Creating a Character Head	303
	Building a Head	304
	Creating the Basic Head Shape	304
	Creating the Mouth and Cheeks	306
	Creating Eye Sockets	310
	Weighting a Nose	313
	Refining the Eye Sockets	315
	Adding Eyes	318
	Creating Ears	320
Part III	Adding Realism with Materials and Environments	325
Hour 12	Introduction to Basic Rendering	327
	A Simple Render	328
	The Rendering Tab	329
	Common Parameters of the Render Scene Dialog	330
	The MAX Default Scanline Rendering Parameters	338
	Rendering Multiple Frames	339
	Rendering Numbered Frames	339
	Rendering Multiple Frames to a Single File (.avi, .mov)	340
	Choosing a CODEC	341
	Rendering a Sequence	342
Hour 13	Creating Materials	349
	The Material Editor	350
	Applying a Material	351
	Material Types	351
	Common Material Properties	358
	Material Name	358
	Diffuse and Ambient Color	359
	Highlighting Specular Color and Specular Levels	362
	Self-Illumination	366
	Material Opacity	367
	Understanding Shaders	369
	Choosing a Shader	369
	Diversifying Materials with Maps	373
	Adding Reflection Maps	378
	Using Refractions	378
	Material Editor Tools	378
	Creating a Raytrace Reflection	380
Hour 14	Setting Up Lighting and Cameras	387
	Basic Lighting	388
	Default Lighting	388
	MAX Light Types	388
	Adding Lights to the Scene	390
	Adjusting Light Parameters	397
	Spotlight Cone Parameters	400
	Attenuation Parameters	402
	Shadow Parameters	403
	Choosing and Adding a Camera	405
	Camera Parameters	410
	Camera Tools	413
Part IV	Adding Life Through Animation	417
Hour 15	Applying Animation Principles in MAX	419
	Key Frames--The Key to Animation	420
	Keeping Time	421
	The Animate Button and Key Frames	423
	Controlling Animation with Key Info	426
	Animating Object Parameters	427
	Working with Track View	429
	Track View Function Curves	433
Hour 16	Adding Life and Dimension with Space Warp Effects	439
	Space Warps--Global Modifiers	440
	Creating a Space Warp	440
	Changing Space Warp Settings	444
	The Bomb Space Warp Parameters	449
Hour 17	Advanced Rendering and Environmental Effects	453
	Adjusting Scanline Rendering Options	454
	Choosing the Options	454
	Using the Production and Draft Toggle	455
	Smoothing the Edges with Antialias Filters	457
	Object and Image Motion Blur Settings	459
	Environmental Effects	463
	Changing Background Color	464
	Adding an Environment Map	464
	Global Lighting	469
	Atmospheric Effects	470
	Atmospheric Apparatus	470
	Creating Combustion Effects	471
	Creating Volume Fog	477
	Creating Volumetric Light Effects	480
Hour 18	Advanced Animation with Bones and Inverse Kinematics	485
	The Hierarchy of Parts	486
	The Hierarchical Chain	486
	Viewing Hierarchies	487
	Why a Hierarchy?	489
	Building a Simple Hierarchy	491
	Basic Inheritance	493

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$99.99	Digital	Arrives between May 10 - Jun 9 Login to your account for a direct download. Some files are emailed from Dropbox. Continent $0.00 - World $0.00	WonderClub (9296 total ratings)