discreet 3ds max 7

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discreet 3ds max 7

Introduction

1. About This Tutorial
2. Overview Pt.1
3. Overview Pt.2
4. New in 3ds max 7

Getting Started

1. System Requirements
2. Setting Screen Depth
3. Setting Up Your Workspace
4. Playing Safe

Working With Objects

1. Viewing & Hiding
2. Selecting Objects Pt.1
3. Selecting Objects Pt.2
4. Named Selection Sets
5. Renaming
6. Case Sensitive & Lock

Modifying Objects

1. Modifiers Intro
2. Modifier Sets
3. Grayed Out Buttons
4. Segmentation & Modifiers
5. Limits
6. Axis/Coordinate System Pt.1
7. Axis/Coordinate System Pt.2
8. Modifier Order
9. Instanced/Make Unique

Transforming & Cloning

1. Transforms Intro
2. Move/Reference Coordinates
3. Rotate
4. Transforms: Screen Handle
5. Unconstrained Rotation
6. Scale
7. Squash
8. Numeric Transforms: Move
9. Numeric Transforms: Rotation
10. Numeric Transforms: Scale
11. Reset XForm
12. Cloning Intro
13. Viewing Clone Dependencies
14. Mirror Clone
15. Arrays

Previewing & Rendering

1. Intro to Previewing & Rendering
2. Animation: >Make Preview
3. ActiveShade
4. Rendering
5. Rendering to Still-Image File Formats
6. Network & Background Rendering Pt.1
7. Network & Background Rendering Pt.2

Groups & Layers

1. Groups: Intro
2. Group: Open/Close/Ungroup/Explode
3. Group: Attach/Detach
4. Layers Toolbar
5. Layers Manager

Using 2D Shapes To Make 3D Objects

1. 2D Shapes
2. Lathing a Line (Wine Glass)
3. Lathing a Circle (Helmet)
4. Extrude (Text & Star)
5. Lofted Objects: Intro
6. Lofting Using Multiple Shapes
7. Using Deformation Curves
8. Easy Modification of Lofts
9. Vertices: Corner/Bezier/Smooth

Working With Precision/To Scale

1. Working To Scale/Viewport Setup
2. Using Snaps/Snaps Toolbar Pt.1
3. Using Snaps/Snaps Toolbar Pt.2
4. Quick Align
5. Keyboard Entry/Align
6. Clone & Align
7. Normal Align

Surface Modeling

1. Introduction to Surface Modeling
2. Editable Mesh (Flashlight) Pt.1
3. Editable Mesh (Flashlight) Pt.2
4. NURBS Pt.1
5. NURBS Pt.2
6. Editable Patch
7. Editable Poly Pt.1
8. Editable Poly Pt.2
9. Paint Deformation Pt.1
10. Paint Deformation Pt.2
11. Edit Poly Modifier
12. Paint Soft Selection

Materials & Maps

1. Intro to Materials/Maps & Shaders
2. Ambient/Diffuse/Specular/Opacity
3. Using Bitmap Maps
4. Save Scene Materials in Library
5. Save from Material Editor to Library
6. Put Material to Library
7. Tiling & Offset
8. Procedural Maps Intro
9. Checker
10. Blur/Blur Offset
11. Put Material to Scene
12. Reflection & Refraction
13. Bump (Noise)
14. Specular Map (Falloff/Gradient)
15. Opacity (Falloff)
16. Opacity (Gradient/Noise)
17. Diffuse Map (Mix/Splat/Cellular)
18. Multi/Sub-Object Materials/Material IDs
19. Changing Material IDs of Sub-Objects
20. Using Shapes to Set Material IDs
21. Attaching Objects Creates MSO Materials
22. The Ink'N'Paint Material
23. The Unwrap UVW Modifier Pt.1
24. The Unwrap UVW Modifier Pt.2
25. Mask (Falloff/Waves)
26. mental ray Materials (DGS) Pt.1
27. mental ray Materials (DGS) Pt.2

Animation - Introduction

1. Animation/Scene Setup
2. Animation: Auto Key
3. Animation: Set Key
4. Deleting & Editing Keys
5. Key Filters

Basic Cameras & Lights

1. Standard Cameras (Target/Free)
2. Controls (Dolly/Perspective)
3. Controls (Roll/Orbit/Pan/Truck/FOV)
4. Parameters (Show Cone/Clipping Planes)
5. Standard Free Light
6. Standard Target Light
7. Hotspot/Falloff
8. Aligning Cameras & Lights
9. Decay
10. Near & Far Attenuation
11. Omni (Exclude)
12. Projector Maps
13. Daylight Pt.1
14. Daylight Pt.2
15. Daylight Pt.3

Atmospheric Effects

1. Fire Effect Pt.1
2. Fire Effect Pt.2
3. Fire Effect Pt.3
4. Volume Fog
5. Fog Pt.1
6. Fog Pt.2
7. Fog Pt.3
8. Volume Light

Rigging Intro

1. Skin & Bones Pt.1
2. Skin & Bones Pt.2
3. Control Objects
4. Custom Attributes Pt.1
5. Custom Attributes Pt.2
6. MAXScript: degToRad
7. Attribute Holder Modifier
8. Parameter Collector Pt.1
9. Parameter Collector Pt.2
10. Parameter Collector Pt.3

Bones - Skinning - Rigging

1. Creating the Dolphin Bones Pt.1
2. Creating the Dolphin Bones Pt.2
3. Creating the Dolphin Bones Pt.3
4. Naming the Bones
5. Bones Linking - Forward Kinematics (FK)
6. Creating a Center of Mass
7. Creating Control Objects Pt.1
8. Creating Control Objects Pt.2
9. Creating Control Objects Pt.3
10. Creating Control Objects Pt.4
11. Creating Control Objects Pt.5
12. Making Bones Non-Renderable
13. Skinning Pt.1
14. Skinning Pt.2
15. Skinning Pt.3
16. Locking Down Bones
17. Locking Down Control Objects Pt.1
18. Locking Down Control Objects Pt.2
19. Custom Attributes Pt.1
20. Custom Attributes Pt.2
21. Correcting the Hierarchy
22. Using the Rig Pt.1
23. Using the Rig Pt.2
24. Inverse Kinematics Pt.1
25. Inverse Kinematics Pt.2
26. Inverse Kinematics Pt.3
27. Combining FK & IK Pt.1
28. Combining FK & IK Pt.2
29. Limiting IK - Creating Bones
30. Limiting IK - Skinning
31. Limiting IK - IK Limits

Reaction Manager

1. Intro to Reaction Manager
2. Adding/Moving/Scaling & Deleting States
3. Create Mode
4. Edit Mode
5. Editing States Numerically
6. List Controller with Reaction Mgr.Pt.1
7. List Controller with Reaction Mgr.Pt.2
8. Create State
9. Using Reaction Mgr.& IK - Expose TM Pt.1
10. Using Reaction Mgr.& IK - Expose TM Pt.2

Animation - Motion Controllers

1. Motion Controllers - Introduction
2. List Controllers
3. Animation Menu - Controllers
4. Trajectories Pt.1
5. Trajectories Pt.2
6. Track View - Curve Editor Pt.1
7. Track View - Curve Editor Pt.2
8. Track View - Dope Sheet Pt.1
9. Track View - Dope Sheet Pt.2

Particles - Space Warps - Morphs - VP

1. Particle Systems - Basics & Presets
2. SuperSpray Particle System Pt.1
3. SuperSpray Particle System Pt.2
4. Materials for Particles
5. Space Warps - Overview & Creating
6. Dynamics - Bouncing a Sphere
7. PDeflector - Bouncing Particles
8. Particle Flow Pt.1
9. Particle Flow Pt.2
10. Morph Compound Object
11. Morpher Modifier
12. Video Post Pt.1
13. Video Post Pt.2

reactor

1. Intro
2. Rigid Bodies Pt.1
3. Rigid Bodies Pt.2
4. Rigid Bodies Pt.3
5. Creating Initial Velocity
6. Soft Bodies Pt.1
7. Soft Bodies Pt.2
8. Soft Bodies Pt.3
9. Cloth

Low Poly Modeling - Animation - Maps

1. TurboSmooth
2. Skin Wrap Modifier Pt.1
3. Skin Wrap Modifier Pt.2
4. Skin Wrap Modifier Pt.3
5. Skin Wrap - Face Limit
6. Skin Wrap Local Parameters Pt.1
7. Skin Wrap Local Parameters Pt.2
8. Skin Wrap Local Parameters Pt.3
9. Skin Wrap Local Parameters Pt.4
10. Skin Wrap Patch Modifier
11. Normal Maps Pt.1
12. Normal Maps Pt.2

Credits

1. About the Author

About The Training Provider: The Virtual Training Company

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