Year: 2011
Author: Randi L. Derakhshani, Dariush Derakhshani
Genre: CG 3D GRAPHICS
Publisher: sybex
ISBN-10: 1118016750
Language: English
Format: PDF / ePUB
Pages 699/400
Get a jump-start on Autodesk 3ds Max 2012 essentials!
The new Essentials books from Sybex are beautiful, task-based, full-color Autodesk Official Training Guides that help you get up to speed on Autodesk topics quickly and easily. Autodesk 3ds Max 2012 Essentials thoroughly covers the fundamentals of this popular 3D animation effects, and visualization software, teaching you what you need to become quickly productive.
By following the book's clear explanations, practical tutorials, and step-by-step exercises, you'll cover all the bases. Topics include modeling, animation, rendering, rigging, compositing, and much more. Whether you're an aspiring 3D designer or a professional brushing up on the basics, here is the essential grounding you need in 3ds Max 2012.
Covers Autodesk 3ds Max 2012 fundamentals, so you become quickly productive with the software. Uses straightforward explanations and real-world, hands-on exercises and tutorials to teach the software's core features and functions. Helps you develop the skills you'll need throughout an animation production pipeline, whether you're a beginner or a more experienced user brushing up on the basics. Uses a task-based approach and covers topics such as polygon modeling, materials and mapping, lighting, using mental ray, HDRI images, and more.
Chapter 1: The 3ds Max Interface
The Workspace
Transforming Objects Using Gizmos
Graphite Modeling Tools Ribbon
Command Panel
Time Slider and Track Bar
File Management
The Essentials and Beyond
Chapter 2: Your First 3ds Max Project
Starting to Model a Chest of Drawers
Modeling the Top
I Can See Your Drawers
Modeling the Bottom
Creating the Knobs
The Essentials and Beyond
Chapter 3: Modeling in 3ds Max: Part I
Building the Red Rocket
Building the Red Rocket
Creating Planes and Adding Materials
The Essentials and Beyond
Chapter 4: Modeling in 3ds Max: Part II
Creating the Thruster
Making the Wheels
Getting a Handle on Things
The Essentials and Beyond
Chapter 5: Animating a Bouncing Ball
Animating the Ball
Refining the Animation
The Essentials and Beyond
Chapter 6: Animating a Thrown Knife
Anticipation and Momentum in Knife
Throwing
The Essentials and Beyond
Chapter 7: Character Poly Modeling: Part I
Setting Up the Scene
Creating the Soldier
The Essentials and Beyond
Chapter 8: Character Poly Modeling: Part II
Completing the Main Body
Creating the Accessories
Putting On the Boots
Creating the Hands
The Essentials and Beyond
Chapter 9: Character Poly Modeling: Part III
Creating the Head
Merging In and Attaching the Head’s
Accessories
The Essentials and Beyond
Chapter 10: Introduction to Materials: Red Rocket
Materials
Compact Material Editor
Mapping the Rocket
Bring on the Nose, Bring on the Funk
The Essentials and Beyond
Chapter 11: Textures and UV Workflow:
The Soldier
Mapping the Soldier
UV Unwrapping
Seaming the Rest of the Body
Applying the Color Map
Applying the Bump Map
Applying the Specular Map
The Essentials and Beyond
Chapter 12: Character Studio: Rigging
Character Studio Workflow
Associating a Biped with the Soldier
Model
The Essentials and Beyond
Chapter 13: Character Studio: Animating
Character Animation
Animating the Soldier
The Essentials and Beyond
Chapter 14: Introduction to Lighting: Red
Rocket
Three-Point Lighting
3ds Max Lights
Default Lights
Standard Lights
Lighting the Red Rocket
Selecting a Shadow Type
Atmospheres and Effects
Light Lister
The Essentials and Beyond
Chapter 15: 3ds Max Rendering
Rendering Setup
Cameras
Safe Frame
Raytraced Reflections and Refractions
Rendering the Rocket
The Essentials and Beyond
Chapter 16: mental ray and HDRI
mental ray Renderer
Final Gather with mental ray
HDRI
The Essentials and Beyond
Index
Bonus Chapter 1: Particles
Understanding Particle Systems
Setting Up a Particle System
Controlling the Particles with Deflectors
The Essentials and Beyond
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