3ds max 6 essentials : a real-world approach by Kalwick, David J instant download

3ds max 6 essentials : a real-world approach by Kalwick, David J instant download

1 online resource (xvii, 408 pages) :, This Graphic Series title teaches the tools and techniques needed to create professional-quality projects. It is intended to bring 3ds max beginners from an introductory knowledge base to a level of real proficiency with the most commonly used tools in 3ds max 6. The CD-ROM includes all the tutorial files in beginning and finished states, and free plug-ins, demo programs, and sample models, Print version record, PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 THE 3DS MAX PRODUCTION PIPELINE -- 3 STARTING SIMPLE: CREATING SHAPES AND PRIMITIVES -- 4 MANAGING AND MANIPULATING 3D SPACE -- 5 BUILDING WITH SUB- OBJECTS -- 6 BUILDING THE WATER TOWER -- 7 BUILDING THE ELASTIC-POWERED ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORTER -- 8 COMPLEX MODELING: CREATING A SKULL -- 9 BUILDING A CHARACTER -- 10 BASIC HIERARCHIES AND PARAMETRIC ANIMATION -- 11 RIGGING AND ANIMATING -- 12 MATERIAL BASICS -- 13 MATERIALS UNWRAPPED -- 14 LIGHTING AND ATMOSPHERICS -- 15 RENDERING -- GETTING TO PIXELS, 16 PARTICLE FLOW FOR MODELING AND EFFECTS -- A 3DS MAX FILE FORMATS -- B ABOUT THE CD- ROM -- INDEX