Introducing 3ds Max 9 3D for beginners apr 2007 - part 8 pdf

... 3ds Max Lighting.”cg workflow ■ 11 97 612c01.qxd 2/26/07 2:46 PM Page 11 Introducing 3ds Max ® 9 3D FOR BEGINNERS DARIUSH DERAKHSHANI | RANDI MUNNWITH JON McFARLANDWILEY PUBLISHING, INC. 97 612ffirs.qxd ... Your First Max Animation 31Chapter 3 ■ The 3ds Max Interface 61Chapter 4 ■ Modeling in 3ds Max: Part I 105Chapter 5 ■ Modeling in 3ds Max: Part II 1 79 Chapter 6 ■ Organic Poly Modeling 225Chapter ... Concepts 97 612c01.qxd 2/26/07 2:46 PM Page 10 Introducing 3ds Max ® 9 3D FOR BEGINNERS DARIUSH DERAKHSHANI | RANDI MUNNWITH JON McFARLANDWILEY PUBLISHING, INC. 97 612ffirs.qxd 2/27/07 8: 33 AM...

... comfortable with Max. 82 ■ chapter 3: The 3ds Max InterfaceFigure 3.34The default View-port Navigationicons for a Perspec-tive viewportFigure 3.35The default View-port Navigationicons for ... your tastes.MAXScript—These are commands for working with MaxScript, which is a scriptinglanguage for 3ds Max. MaxScript allows you to automate certain functions and pro-gram parts of your ... toSpace Warp66 ■ chapter 3: The 3ds Max InterfaceFigure 3.4You can float MenuBars easily in 3ds Max. 97 612c03.qxd 2/26/07 2: 48 PM Page 66If you want to maximize the active viewport to a...

... in 3ds Max: Part I 97 612c04.qxd 2/26/07 2:50 PM Page 124Figure 4. 49 The dresser top isready.Figure 4. 48 The crown lip of thedresser’s top142 ■ chapter 4: Modeling in 3ds Max: Part I 97 612c04.qxd ... objects ■ 99 Figure 3.46The Mobile scenedisplayed in theSchematic Viewimmediately tellsyou how the objectsare organized. 97 612c03.qxd 2/26/07 2: 48 PM Page 99 Modeling in 3ds Max: Part IModeling ... window, 3ds Max will cut a hole where the Chamfer exists, asseen in Figure 4.31.Figure 4. 29 A single extruded edgeFigure 4. 28 A single extruded vertex130 ■ chapter 4: Modeling in 3ds Max: Part...

... Figure 5 .8. 194 ■ chapter 5: Modeling in 3ds Max: Part II 97 612c05.qxd 2/26/07 2:52 PM Page 194 5. You need to rotate the Slice Plane gizmo 90 -degrees along the Y-axis. Center the cur-sor over ... chapter 4: Modeling in 3ds Max: Part I 97 612c04.qxd 2/26/07 2:51 PM Page 170Modeling in 3ds Max: Part IIBuilding models in any 3D package comes down to creating and arrang-ing vertices so that ... thefingers.Figure 4 .86 Add new edgeswhere shown to add detail to the knuckles.174 ■ chapter 4: Modeling in 3ds Max: Part IFigure 4 .88 The Tessellate Selec-tion window 97 612c04.qxd 2/26/07...

... needed. 8. Unhide the tank body, tank turret, barrel loft, and wheel.222 ■ chapter 5: Modeling in 3ds Max: Part II 97 612c05.qxd 2/26/07 2:52 PM Page 222 9. With the Alien object selected, right-click ... in 3ds Max: Part II 97 612c05.qxd 2/26/07 2:52 PM Page 20410. Switch to the Perspective viewport. Zoom and arc-rotate the view to see the top poly-gon in the model.11. In the Polygon sub-object ... dialog box. 8. Select the inner polygon and bevel it with the same settings as the previous bevel. Exitthe Polygon sub-object level.2 18 ■ chapter 5: Modeling in 3ds Max: Part II 97 612c05.qxd...

... load into 3ds Max. It can be aphoto, a scan, or any image that is readable by 3ds Max. CheckerA procedural map, the checker map is a checkerboard pattern that is generated in 3ds Max. Its parameters ... shows the parame-ters for your bitmap image.Figure 7.24Selecting a bitmap image for the material 2 98 ■ chapter 7: Materials and Mapping 97 612c07.qxd 2/26/07 2:56 PM Page 2 98 surface, changing ... 7.12Material Editor for the AnisotropicmaterialFigure 7.12Material Editor for the Anisotropicmaterialthe material editor ■ 2 89 97612c07.qxd 2/26/07 2:56 PM Page 2 89 Seeing More Sample SlotsIf...

... Figure 8. 19 shows the MiniCurve Editor open in the 3ds Max UI.Figure 8. 19 The Mini Curve EditorMini Curve Editorusing the track editor–curve editor ■ 341 97 612c 08. qxd 2/26/07 2: 58 PM Page ... suddenlyfrom one value tothe next.Figure 8. 16Ease-in and ease-out340 ■ chapter 8: Introduction to AnimationFigure 8. 18 The Curve Editor 97 612c 08. qxd 2/26/07 2: 58 PM Page 3402. Open the Material ... number in that type-in box. Enter 100 (for 100 percent scale) inthe right type-in box, and 3ds Max will enter a value of 100 for the scale in X, Y, and Z for the ball at frame 8, as shown here.3....

... 10: 3ds Max LightingFigure 10. 38 The Environmentand Effects window 97 612c10.qxd 2/26/07 3:02 PM Page 432Apple’s QuickTime movie file format gives you a multitude of options for compres-sion ... (*.mov) for your ren-der file type.452 ■ chapter 11: 3ds Max RenderingFigure 11.4The Render Process-ing dialog boxshows you every-thing you want toknow about yourcurrent render. 97 612c11.qxd ... GizmoFar Attenuation Start GizmoLight Target4 28 ■ chapter 10: 3ds Max Lighting 97 612c10.qxd 2/26/07 3:02 PM Page 4 28 Selecting a Shadow Type For the most part, you will be more than happy with the...

... function, 280 shaders, 287 Anisotropic, 287 – 288 , 288 –2 89 Blinn, 288 –2 89 , 288 –2 89 Opacity setting, 292 Self-Illumination parameter, 291 – 292 , 291 – 292 Specular Highlights section,2 89 291 , 290 – 291 Metal, ... 1 68, 1 68 Group menu, 64Grow For parameter, 487 , 493 – 494 Grow option, 124gun and bullets simulationIK for, 400–403, 400–403particle systems, 488 –4 89 , 488 –4 89 , 494 particle types, 491 – 493 , 491 – 493 space ... 65gravityfootsteps, 3 89 space warp, 499 –501, 500–501grayscale images, 17Grid dialog box, 88 gridsHome Grid, 28, 28, 38, 38, 88 Status Bar settings, 79 units, 88 , 88 gross animation, 334Group...