Advanced 3Ds Max 5: Modeling and Animating
by Kulagin, BorisEdition: CD
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Pub. Date: 2003-04-01
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Summary
This book contains a unique collection of advanced projects developed with 3ds max 5. It enables readers to realize the full power of the software and improve their skills with step-by-step instructions detailing how to build complex figures and full-motion animation. Addressed to both beginners and skilled users, this book takes the reader from modeling still life to animating photorealistic and fantasy characters in a variety of natural and artificial environments. The project-based lessons are independent from each other and can be studied in any order. Each lesson teaches users not only how to master basic techniques, but also how to create professional projects in 3ds max. Filled with valuable tips to avoid the most common mistakes, special attention is given to 3ds max 5 functions and techniques to improve the efficiency and productivity of 3D Graphics development. Book jacket.
Author Biography
Boris Kulagin has ten years of experience in developing computer games and computer graphics for television and the Web. He is also the author of the successful book 3ds max 4: From Objects to Animation.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | p. 1 |
| Introduction | p. 3 |
| About This Book | p. 3 |
| Target Readers | p. 3 |
| Doing the Lessons | p. 4 |
| System Requirements | p. 5 |
| Terminology | p. 6 |
| Presets | p. 8 |
| Exclusions | p. 8 |
| Other Sources | p. 9 |
| What Is on the CD-ROM | p. 9 |
| A Little Advice | p. 9 |
| A Small Digression | p. 10 |
| A Lunar Expedition | p. 11 |
| The Script | p. 13 |
| Spaceship Modeling | p. 17 |
| Spaceship Geometry Creation | p. 18 |
| Material Creation and Assignment | p. 33 |
| Modeling the Lunar Module and Rover | p. 54 |
| Living Area Modeling | p. 56 |
| Propulsion Module Modeling | p. 65 |
| Modeling and Adjusting the Landing Props | p. 74 |
| Material Creation and Assignment | p. 92 |
| Lunar Rover Modeling | p. 102 |
| Modeling and Animating an Astronaut | p. 107 |
| Astronaut Modeling | p. 107 |
| Mapping Coordinates | p. 120 |
| Skeleton Creation and Adjustment | p. 129 |
| Linking the Skeleton with the Model | p. 144 |
| Character Animation | p. 156 |
| Final Adjustment of the Astronaut | p. 164 |
| Modeling Space and Animating the Flight of the Spaceship | p. 167 |
| Modeling Space | p. 168 |
| Spaceship Flight Animation | p. 172 |
| Camera Tracking | p. 177 |
| Creating and Assigning Materials and Effects | p. 179 |
| Final Assembly of the Scene | p. 194 |
| Modeling and Animating the Landing on the Moon | p. 196 |
| Approach of the Lunar Module to the Moon | p. 196 |
| Landing on the Moon | p. 206 |
| Animating the Astronaut and Lunar Rover | p. 240 |
| Animating the Astronaut | p. 240 |
| Animating the Motion of the Rover | p. 251 |
| Rendering the Scene and Assembling the Movie | p. 257 |
| Rendering Parameters | p. 257 |
| Batch Rendering | p. 269 |
| Assembling the Movie Using the Video Post Module | p. 273 |
| A Living Room | p. 275 |
| Modeling the Living Room | p. 277 |
| Room Modeling | p. 277 |
| Modeling the Window Frames and Door | p. 292 |
| Modeling Soft Furniture | p. 294 |
| Curtain Modeling | p. 301 |
| Assembling the Scene | p. 304 |
| Daylight Adjustment | p. 312 |
| Adjusting Daylight without Using the Global Illumination System | p. 312 |
| Adjusting Daylight Using the Global Illumination System | p. 316 |
| Artificial Lighting | p. 329 |
| Global Lighting Materials | p. 331 |
| Additional Lessons | p. 349 |
| Navigation in 3ds max Viewports, Object Manipulations, and Special Features | p. 351 |
| Customizing the Viewport Layout | p. 351 |
| Selecting the View in the Viewport | p. 354 |
| Moving the Viewport Display | p. 355 |
| Rotating the Views in the Viewports | p. 356 |
| Zooming Viewport Views | p. 356 |
| Additional Navigation Commands | p. 357 |
| Selecting Objects | p. 357 |
| Moving, Rotating, and Scaling Objects | p. 358 |
| Working with Numeric Parameters | p. 361 |
| Manipulators | p. 362 |
| Coordinates, Transform Centers, Alignment, and Snaps | p. 364 |
| Coordinate Systems | p. 364 |
| Transform Centers | p. 368 |
| Alignment | p. 370 |
| Snaps | p. 373 |
| Texture Creation | p. 375 |
| Transparent Textures with Vector Graphics Editors | p. 375 |
| Transparent Textures Using Layer Support | p. 377 |
| Seamless Tiling Textures | p. 379 |
| Spherical Textures | p. 381 |
| Animated Texture Loops | p. 384 |
| Modeling a Car Body Using a Sketch | p. 386 |
| Preparing Projections | p. 386 |
| Two Methods of Using a Sketch | p. 389 |
| Modeling the Car Body | p. 393 |
| Creating Materials | p. 398 |
| Editing the Texture Mapping Coordinates | p. 401 |
| Modeling a Human Head | p. 405 |
| Modeling Lightning and an Electric Discharge | p. 413 |
| Modeling Lightning | p. 413 |
| Modeling an Electric Discharge | p. 420 |
| Modeling a Soccer Ball | p. 422 |
| Using 3ds max with Other Autodesk and Discreet Packages | p. 425 |
| Discreet Combustion | p. 425 |
| Autodesk VIZ | p. 428 |
| Discreet Plasma | p. 429 |
| Discreet Gmax | p. 430 |
| 3ds max and Landscape Generators | p. 432 |
| Corel Bryce 5 and E-on Vue D'Esprit 4 | p. 432 |
| 3D Nature World Construction Set 5 | p. 436 |
| Digital Element Animatek World Builder 3 | p. 438 |
| Useful Add-Ons | p. 439 |
| Mesh Tools | p. 440 |
| Domelight | p. 441 |
| Combustion Stuff | p. 443 |
| Painter Modifier | p. 446 |
| SimCloth | p. 446 |
| Unwrap Object Texture | p. 448 |
| f-Edge | p. 449 |
| Surface Blur | p. 451 |
| Internet Resources for Scripts and Plug-Ins | p. 452 |
| Appendixes | p. 453 |
| Brief 3D Graphics Glossary | p. 455 |
| General Concepts | p. 455 |
| Modeling | p. 456 |
| Materials | p. 458 |
| Animation | p. 459 |
| Rendering | p. 459 |
| Main Keyboard Shortcuts | p. 460 |
| Internet Resources | p. 467 |
| About the Companion CD-ROM | p. 468 |
| System Requirements | p. 468 |
| Index | p. 469 |
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