3D Studio Max 4

Training Provided by The Virtual Training Company 3D Studio Max for Windows is the world's best-selling, professional 3D modeling, animation and rendering software for creating visual effects, character animation and next generation game development. Join Adam Beare as he takes you from the basics, such as introducing the interface, viewports, the main tool bar, pop menus and controls, to more complicated material such as modeling using geometry, space warps, lights and cameras, and utilities rollout. You can start learning right now by clicking one of the movie topics below.

3D Studio Max 4

Intro to 3ds max 4

1. Intro
2. Brief Overview of max 4
3. Whats new in max 4?

Setup

1. System Requirements
2. Video Settings
3. Starting max4 for the First Time
4. Basic Preference
5. Getting to Know max4 Interface
6. Getting to Know Viewports
7. Starting a New File
8. Adding and Removing Data
9. Changing Base Parameters of Objects
10. Methods of Place and Selecting Objects in max4
11. Advanced Selection of Objects
12. Selection by Name

Pop Menus

1. Pop Menu File
2. Pop Menu Edit
3. Pop Menu Tools
4. Pop Menu Group
5. Pop Menu Views
6. Pop Menu Create
7. Pop Menu Modifiers
8. Pop Menu Animation
9. Pop Menu Graph Editors
10. Pop Menu Rendering
11. Pop Menu Customize
12. Pop Menu Help

Main Tool Bar

1. Main Tool Bar
2. Tool Bar Undo and Redo
3. Select and Link
4. Unlink Selected
5. Bind to Space Warp
6. Select Object
7. Region Select - Tools
8. Selection Filter List
9. Select by Name
10. Select and Move
11. Select and Rotate
12. Select and Uniform Scale
13. Select and Manipulate
14. Reference Coordinate System
15. Use Pivot Point Center
16. Restrict X;Y;Z;XY;WZ;YZ
17. Mirror
18. Spacing Tool
19. Array
20. Snapshot
21. Align to View
22. Align
23. Normal Align Pt 1
24. Normal Align Pt 2
25. Place Highlights
26. Align to Camera
27. Named Selection Sets List
28. Track View
29. Schematic View
30. Render Scene
31. Quick Render (Production)
32. Quick Render (Draft)
33. Quick Render (ActiveShade)
34. Render Type
35. Render Last

Command Panel

1. Intro
2. Create Panel
3. Modify Panel
4. Motion Panel
5. Hierarchy Panel
6. Motion Panel
7. Display Panel
8. Utilities Panel

Viewport Controls

1. Intro
2. Smooth and Highlight
3. Min/Max Toggle
4. Zoom
5. Region Zoom
6. Pan
7. Arc Rotate
8. Arc Rotate on Selection/Arc Rotate Sub-Object
9. Zoom Extents
10. Zoom Extents All
11. Zoom Extents Selected/Zoom Extents All Selected
12. Zoom All
13. Views
14. Grid
15. Degradation Override

Animation Controls

1. Intro
2. Play/Stop
3. Go To Start - Go To End
4. Previous Frame - Next Frame
5. Animate
6. Time Configuration
7. Key Mode

Status Bar Controls

1. Intro & 2D Snap; 2.5D Snap; 3D Snap
2. Angle Snap
3. Percent Snap
4. Spinner Snap
5. Selection Lock Toggle
6. Coordinate Display
7. Status Typin

Modeling Using Geometry Standard Primitives

1. Intro
2. Box
3. Sphere
4. Cylinder
5. Torus
6. Teapot
7. Cone
8. GeoSphere
9. Tube
10. Pyramid
11. Plane
12. Creation Method

Modeling using Geometry Extended primitives

1. Intro
2. Hedra
3. Chamfer Box
4. OilTank
5. Spindle
6. Gengon
7. RingWave
8. Hose
9. Torus Knot
10. Chamfer Cylinder
11. Capsule
12. L-Ext
13. C-Ext
14. Prism

Modeling Using Shapes Splines

1. Intro
2. Line
3. Circle
4. Arc
5. NGon
6. Text
7. Section
8. Rectangle
9. Ellipse
10. Donut
11. Star
12. NURBS Curves; Point Curve
13. NURBS Curves; CV Curve

Modeling Using Geometry Compound Objects

1. Intro
2. Boolean
3. Connect
4. Scatter
5. Mesher
6. Terrain
7. ShapeMerge
8. Conform
9. Morph

Geometry Particle Systems

1. Intro
2. Spray
3. Super Spray
4. Parray
5. Snow
6. Blizzard
7. PCloud

Geometry Patch; Nurbs; Dynamics

1. Intro
2. Quad Patch
3. Tri Patch
4. NURBS Surface; Point Surface
5. NURBS Surface; CV Surface
6. Dynamics Objects; Spring
7. Dynamics Objects; Damper

Lights and Cameras

1. Intro
2. Omni
3. Target Spot
4. Target Direct
5. Free Spot
6. Free Direct
7. Target Cameras
8. Free Cameras

Helpers

1. Intro
2. Dummy
3. Point
4. Grid
5. Tape
6. BoxGizmo
7. SphereGizmo
8. CylGizmo
9. VRML97 Helpers

Space Warps

1. Intro
2. Push
3. Vortex
4. PBomb
5. Gravity
6. Displace
7. Motor
8. Drag
9. Path Follow
10. Wind
11. Deflectors Intro
12. POmniFlect
13. SOmniFlect
14. UOmniFlect
15. SDeflector
16. Deflector
17. UDeflector

Space Warps Geometric-Deformable; Modifier-Based

1. Intro
2. Free-form Deformations Box
3. Free-form Deformations Cylinder
4. Wave
5. Bomb
6. Ripple
7. Conform
8. Intro to Modifier-Based Space Warps
9. Bend Space Warp
10. Taper Space Warp
11. Noise Space Warp
12. Twist Space Warp
13. Skew Space Warp
14. Stretch Space Warp

Systems standard

1. Intro
2. Bones
3. Sunlight
4. Ring Array
5. Biped

Basic Modifiers

1. Intro
2. Object Parameters
3. Object Modifier stack
4. Modifier Types
5. Parametric modifiers Bend
6. Parametric modifiers Taper
7. Parametric modifiers twist
8. Parametric modifiers Noise
9. Parametric modifiers Stretch
10. Parametric modifiers Squeeze
11. Parametric modifiers Push
12. Parametric modifiers Relax
13. Parametric modifiers Ripple
14. Parametric modifiers Wave
15. Parametric modifiers Skew
16. Parametric modifiers Slice
17. Parametric modifiers Spherify
18. Mesh Editing Edit Mesh
19. Mesh Editing Tessellate
20. Subdivision Surfaces MeshSmooth
21. Animation Modifiers Melt
22. Animation Modifiers Flex
23. UV Coordinate Modifiers UVW Map
24. Free Form Deformations FFD(box) or FFD(cyl)

Hierarchy Panel

1. Intro
2. Hierarchy panel Pivot button
3. Hierarchy panel Link Info button
4. Hierarchy panel IK button

Motion Panel

1. Intro
2. Motion Panel Parameters
3. Motion Panel Trajectories

Utilities Rollout

1. Intro
2. Utilities Rollout Asset Browser Button
3. Utilities rollout Collapse Button
4. Utilities rollout Color Clipboard Button
5. Utilities rollout Polygon Counter

First Tutorial - Basic Modeling; Material; Render and Animation

1. Intro
2. Basic Modeling Using Standard Primitives
3. Continuation of Basic Modeling Using Standard Primitives
4. Continuation of Basic Modeling Using Standard Primitives
5. Grouping Standard Primitives
6. Basic Materials
7. Basic Rendering Environment
8. Basic the Rendering Tool
9. Basic Modeling Using Standard Primitives to be Animated
10. Basic Animation Using Key Frame Animation

Second Tutorial - Intermediate Modeling; Material; Render and Animation

1. Intro
2. Intermediate Modeling using Standard Primitives & Preparation of Compound Tools
3. Adding a Meshsmooth Modifier
4. Adding Standard Primitives for Compound Modeling
5. Intermediate Materials
6. Adding Booleans to the Standard Primitives
7. Putting Scenes Together
8. Animating Modifiers
9. Basic of Track View

3rd Tutorial - Beyond the Basics Modeling; Materials and Animation

1. Intro
2. Modeling with Splines
3. Using the Modifier; Lathe
4. Raytraced Materials
5. Modeling with the Lofts
6. Using Primitives to Finish Off
7. Sub-object Modeling
8. Sub-object Materials
9. Intro to Space Warp Animation
10. Putting Scenes Together
11. Adding a Bomb Spacewarp
12. Setting the Start Frame for the Bomb Spacewarp
13. Setting the Render Scene for Outputting to a AVI
14. Animating and Rendering a Particle System

Fourth Tutorial - Material Mapping

1. Intro to Basic Material Mapping Coordinates and Lighting
2. Basic Planar Mapping Coordinates
3. Basic Cylindrical Mapping Coordinates
4. Basic Spherical Mapping Coordinates
5. Basic Box Mapping Coordinates
6. Basic Lighting Intro
7. Using Target Spot Lights
8. Using Omni Lights and the ActiveShader

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