3DS Max 8 Tutorial Video

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This 3D Studio Max tutorial video offers the user a quick and cost effective way to getting started with this amazingly powerful application. 3D Studio Max is used for a variety of purposes, Game Creation, Film and TV Effects, Education , Design Visualization to name but a few, but one thing is clear very few 3D programs can match it when it comes to the creation of complex 3D animations may be this is one of the reasons why it's used by more creative and media professionals that any other 3D package. By using these video tutorials you will simplify the learning process, and even if you are an absolute beginner following the step by step lessons will have you creating your own 3D images in next to no time. If you require an early version these can be found at All 3D Studio Max tutorials .

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Topics Covered on this Training Video Include:
3D Studio Max Introduction and Setting Up
3D Studio MAX Script--Basics
3D Studio MAX Script--Creating Objects
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3D Studio MAX Script--Reserved-Names-Strings
  • Reserved Words
  • Names and Naming Rules
  • Strings
3D Studio MAX Script--Transforming Objects
  • Move
  • 3D Vectors
  • Scale
  • Rotate Tutorials Pt.1
  • Rotate Pt.2
  • Coordsys
3D Studio MAX Script--Running Scripts
  • Enter-Shift Enter
  • Drag and Drop to Toolbar
  • Save-Run Script-Hair and Fur
  • Evaluate All-Hair and Fur
  • Startup Directory
  • Include
3D Studio MAX Script--Conditionals-Loops
  • If-Else
  • For-In
  • For-In Loop Using a Range
  • Do While
  • Case
3D Studio MAX Script--Source Code Layout
  • Expressions-Basics
  • Multi-Line Statements
  • Comments
  • Indentation/Tabs
3D Studio MAX Script--Collections
  • Built-in Sets Tutorials Pt.1
  • Built-in Sets Pt.2
  • Arrays
  • Wild-Card Pathname Selection
  • Mapping-NoMap
3D Studio MAX Script--UI Scripting
  • Creating a Rollout/Dialog Pt.1
  • Creating a Rollout/Dialog Pt.2
  • Rollout UI Control Types
  • ResetMaxFile
  • Creating a Rollout Floater Tutorials Pt.1
  • Creating a Rollout Floater Pt.2
  • The Visual MAXScript Editor
3D Studio MAX Script--Architecture
  • Undefined
  • Expressions-Order of Evaluation
  • Code Blocks
  • Functions
  • Interfaces
  • Scope Introduction
  • Nested Scopes
  • Local and Global Variables
3D Studio MAX Script--Scripting Animation
  • Animate On and At Time
  • Specifying Time Tutorials Pt.1
  • Specifying Time Pt.2
  • Scope and Nesting for Time Contexts
  • Controllers and Keys Pt.1
  • Controllers and Keys Pt.2
  • Creating and Manipulating Modifiers
  • Scripted Custom Attributes
3DS Character Studio--Biped
  • Creating and Editing a Biped
  • Figure Mode and Figure Files Tutorials Pt.1
  • Figure Mode and Figure Files Pt.1
  • Footstep Mode and BIP Files Pt.1
  • Footstep Mode and BIP Files Pt.2
  • Track View-List Controllers
  • Editing Footsteps in Track View
  • Extracting Footsteps from BIP Files
  • Intro to MAXScript for the Biped
  • Freeform Animation
  • Biped Layers
  • Biped Dynamics and Spline Dynamics
  • Motion Flow Mode
  • Mixer Mode and Motion Mixer
  • Pelvis as Ball Joint
  • Bone Twist Controls Tutorials Pt.1
  • Bone Twist Controls Pt.2
  • Bone Twist Controls Pt.3
  • Twist Poses Pt.1
  • Twist Poses Pt.2
  • Twist Poses Pt.3
  • Using Filmbox .fbx Files
3D Studio Max Character Studio - Skin and Physique
  • Skin and Physique-Introduction
  • 3D Studio Max - Create Skin
  • Physique Tutorials Pt.1
  • Physique Pt.2
  • Adjusting Biped to Mesh Pt.1
  • Adjusting Biped to Mesh Pt.2
  • Physique and Skin MAXScript Support
  • Adding Nullhelper to Biped
  • Skin MAXScript Example
  • Weight Tool
Character Studio--Biped Animation
  • Animation Workbench- 3 DOF Rotations
  • Workbench-Track View Synchronization
  • IK Blend and Join to Prev IK Key Tutorials Pt.1
  • IK Blend and Join to Prev IK Key Pt.2
  • Presets Pt.1
  • Presets Pt.2
  • 3D Studio Pivots Tutorials Pt.1
  • Pivots Pt.2
  • Planting to a Moving Object
  • Biped Trajectories
  • Rubber Band Mode
  • Squash and Stretch w/ List Controllers Tutorials Pt.1
  • Squash and Stretch w/ List Controllers Pt.2
  • Bend Links-Smooth Twist
  • Layer Retargeting
Character Studio--Motion Flow
  • Creating keyframes From Motion Flow
  • Saving and Loading Motion Flow animation
  • Shared Motion Flow
  • Positioning and Reorienting-Move All
  • Retargeting - XAF File
Character Studio--Motion Mixer
  • Creating a Mixdown
  • Saving and Loading a .mix File
  • Creating a Loopable Clip and Tiling
  • Stretching and Trimming Clips
  • Combining Clips and Filtering
  • Mute and Solo Trackgroup
  • Moving Transition Brackets
  • Weighting
  • Timewarp
Garment Maker and Cloth
  • Introduction to Garment Maker and Cloth
  • Loading and Scaling Reference Art
  • Making Panels Tutorials Pt.1
  • Making Panels Pt.2
  • Garment Maker-Arranging Panels
  • Garment Maker-Creating Seams
  • Cloth Modifier-Simulate Local Tutorials Pt.1
  • Cloth Modifier-Simulate Local Pt.2
  • Cloth-Animate and Simulate
  • Skin the Biped-Preliminaries
  • Cloth-Skin the Biped Tutorials Pt.1
  • Cloth-Skin the Biped Pt.2
  • Cloth-Simulate Local
  • Cloth-Group-Surface Constraint
  • Cloth-Fixup and Re-simulate
  • Local Resimulate with Constraints
  • MAXScript-Local Cloth Resimulation
  • Cape-Garment Maker
  • Cape-cloth-Create Keys
  • Cape-Simulate-Weld Mesh
  • Cloth-group-Surface Constrain hood
  • Cloth-Node Constraint-Script Controller Tutorials Pt.1
  • Cloth-Node Constraint-Script Controller Pt.2
  • Cloth-Final Cape Implementation Tutorials Pt.1
  • Cloth-Final Cape Implementation Pt.2
  • Cloth-More MAXScript Tutorials Pt.1
  • Cloth-More MAXScript Pt.2
  • Cloth-More MAXScript Pt.3
3D Studio Max Hair and Fur Creation
  • Hair and Fur-Basics
  • Hair-Cut Length and Scale
  • Hair-Lighting
  • Hair-Styling-Holding a Style Tutorials Pt.1
  • Hair-Styling-Holding a Style Pt.2
  • Hair-Styling
3D Studio Max Mapping Tutorials
  • Pelt Mapping-Intro
  • Pelt Mapping-Create Irregular Object
  • Pelt Mapping-Check Material IDs
  • Pelt Mapping-Quick Start
  • Pelt Mapping-Create Seams
  • Pelt Mapping-Render UV Template
  • Pelt Mapping-Edit UVWs
  • Pelt Mapping-Further Study
  • Real World Mapping
Tutorials Summing Up
  • Wrap Up
Credits
  • About the Author
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