Mastering Autodesk 3ds Max 2013

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ISBN: 9781118129715

ISBN-10: 1118129717

ISBN-13: 9781118129715

Edition: 2012

Authors: Jeffrey Harper

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Get professional training in 3ds Max from this Autodesk Official Training GuideExtremely popular with video game designers as well as architects, 3ds Max offers integrated 3D modeling, animation, rendering, and compositing tools designed to streamline production. If you already have a working knowledge of 3ds Max basics, this official guide will take your skills to the next level. Detailed tutorials cover all the latest features of 3ds Max. From modeling, texturing, animation, and architectural visualization to high-level techniques for film, television, games, and more, this book provides professional-level instruction on 3ds Max.Those who are proficient in 3ds Max basics can take their 3D…

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List price: $99.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/31/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 1008
Size: 7.40" wide x 9.20" long x 1.65" tall
Weight: 4.4
Language: English



Introduction



Getting to Know Autodeskï¿½“ 3ds Maxï¿½“ 2013


Introducing the New 3ds Max 2013 Features


Getting Started with Autodesk 3ds Max


Touring the Interface


The Menu Bar


The Quick Access Toolbar


The Information Center Toolbar


The Main Toolbar


Docked and Floating Toolbars


Toolbar Flyouts


The Viewports


Tools for Working with the Viewports


Getting to Know the Command Panel


Understanding the 3ds Max Tools


Working with Objects


Selecting and Moving Objects


Rotating and Scaling Objects


Copying an Object


Selecting Multiple Objects


Naming Selection Sets


Editing Named Selection Sets


Getting the View You Want


Understanding the Perspective Viewing Tools


Using Multiple Viewports


Changing the Viewport Display and Confi guration


Working with the Custom UI And Defaults Switcher


The Bottom Line



Introducing Objects


Understanding Standard Primitives


Adjusting an Objectï¿½ï¿½ï¿½s Parameters


Accessing Parameters


Introducing the Standard Primitive Objects


Modeling Standard Primitives with Modifi ers


Adding a Modifier


Accessing Modifier Parameters


Placing Modifiers Where You Want Them


Using the Modifier Stack Tools


How 3ds Max Sees Objects


Making Clones That Share Properties


Creating an Instance Clone


Creating a Reference Clone


Scaling and Rotating Objects with Transform Tools


Making a Clone Unique


Cloning a Modifier


Introducing Extended Primitives


Modeling a Couch


Working with Groups


Grouping the Components of the Couch


Working within Groups


Disassembling Groups


The Bottom Line



Creating Shapes with Splines


Drawing with Splines


Drawing Straight-Line Segments


Constraining Lines Vertically and Horizontally


Drawing Curves


Lathing a Spline


Modifying a Shape Using Sub-object Levels


Adjusting the Lathe Axis


Flipping Surface Normals


Smoothing Spline Corners


Adjusting Tangent Handles


Creating Thickness with a Spline


Detailing the Wineglass Base


Finishing the Wineglass


Outlining and Extruding Splines


Drawing Accurate Splines


Giving Walls Thickness


Using Grids and Snaps to Align Objects Accurately


Adjusting a Wall Location


Combining and Extruding Primitive Splines


Combining Splines


Joining Closed Splines with Boolean Tools


Creating a Solid Form with Splines


Introducing the Other Spline Types


Editing Splines


Placing and Beveling Text


The Bottom Line



Editing Meshes and Creating Complex Objects


Creating Openings in a Wall with Boolean Operations


Hiding Shapes That Get in the Way


Creating the Shape of the Opening


Subtracting the Opening from the Wall


Creating Multiple Openings in a Single Wall


Making Changes to the Opening


Tracing a Sketch


Using a Bitmap Image


Scaling the Image Plane to the Modelï¿½ï¿½ï¿½s Size


Tracing the Image


Building Objects from Traced Lines


Editing Meshes


Creating a Tapered Wall


Converting the Spline to a Mesh


Moving a Single Mesh Vertex


Tapering the Top of the Wall


Using Instanced Clones to Create Symmetrical Forms


Adding a User Grid to Aid Tracing


Building the Tower Walls


Adding the Vaulted Ceiling


Creating the Smaller Towers


Drawing the Remaining Walls


Attaching Objects to a Mesh


Smoothing Meshes


Smoothing within a Mesh


The Smooth Modifi er


Creating and Modifying Objects Using Box Modeling


Preparing a Box for Box Modeling


Using the Transform Toolbox


Creating Clones with Array and Snapshot


Creating a Pew Grid with Array


Creating a Multitransform Polar Array


Creating Multiple Clones Using Snapshot


The Bottom Line



Working with External Design Data


Creating Topography with Splines


Updating Changes from an AutoCAD File


Exploring Terrain Options


Setting Up an AutoCAD Plan for 3ds Max


Importing AutoCAD Plans into 3ds Max


Extruding the Walls


Extruding Exterior Wall Headers


Extruding the Mullions


Creating Interior Wall Headers


Adding Glass


Creating a Floor with Openings


Exploring the Manage Links Dialog Box


Editing Linked AutoCAD Files


Understanding the Block Node Hierarchy


Understanding the Manage Links Options


Understanding File Link Settings


Importing Adobe Illustrator Files into 3ds Max


Importing Autodesk Inventor Files into 3ds Max


Using the Substitute Modifier with Linked Geometry


Importing a Truss


Linking Revit Files into 3ds Max


Linking the Revit File in 3ds Max


Using the Scene Explorer


Importing FBX Files into 3ds Max


The Bottom Line



Organizing and Editing Objects


(Re)Naming Objects


Renaming the Ceiling Fixtures


Organizing Objects by Layers


Setting Up Layers


Assigning Objects to Layers


Assigning Color to Layers


Understanding the Icons in the Layer Dialog Box


Lofting an Object


Setting Up the Shapes to Form the Pedestal


Lofting a Shape along a Path


Using Different Shapes along the Loft Path


Fine-Tuning a Loft Object


Using the Instance Clones to Edit the Loft


Using the Noise Modifier


Modeling with Soft Selection


Extruding with the Sweep Modifier


Aligning Objects


The Bottom Line



Light and Shadow


Lighting Your Model


Understanding the Types of Lights


Adding a Spotlight to Simulate the Sun


Moving a Light


Editing a Spotlight


Changing the Light Type


Rendering a View


Ambient Light


Faking Radiosity


Adding a Highlight with an Omni Light


Looking at Omni Light Options


Adding Shadow Effects


Softening Shadow Edges


Understanding Shadow Maps


Using Ray-Traced Shadows


Using Advanced Ray Traced and Area Shadows


Playing in the Shadows


Using Two Suns


Adding a Second Sun


Using Unseen Objects to Cast Shadows


Using a Clone to Cast Shadows


Using the Light Lister


Using Scene States


The Bottom Line



Enhancing Models with Materials


Understanding Bitmap Texture Maps


Diffuse Color Maps


Surface Properties


The Architectural Materialï¿½ï¿½ï¿½s Physical Qualities Rollout


The Special Effects Rollout


Ink ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½n Paint Material


DirectX Shader


Adding Materials to Objects


Adding a Map Path to Help 3ds Max Find Bitmaps


Understanding Material Libraries


Editing Materials


Using Bump Maps


Creating a New Material


Adding Material Mapping Coordinates


Understanding Mapping Coordinates


What Happens When You Add the Mapping Coordinates?


Adjusting the UVW Map Gizmo


Using the Standard Material


Map Scalar Modifi ers


Spline Mapping


Adding Entourage


Hiding Unwanted Surfaces with Opacity Maps


Adjusting an Object to a Bitmap Shape


Assigning Materials to Parts of an Object


Creating a Multi/Sub-object Material


Applying a Sub-material to an Objectï¿½ï¿½ï¿½s Surface


Exploring the Autodesk Materials


Adjusting the Autodesk Material Parameters


Using the Material Explorer


The Material Utilities


Modeling with Displacement Maps


Using the Displace Modifi er


Using the Material Editor to Create Displaced Geometry


Converting a Displacement Map into an Editable Mesh


Creating an Editable Mesh from a Displacement Map


Additional Mapping and Material Features


The Bottom Line



Using the Camera


Understanding the 3ds Max Camera


Adding a Camera


3ds Max Viewport Improvements


Editing the Camera Location with the Viewport Tools


Setting Up an Interior View


Creating an Environment


Making Adjustments to the Background


Using Immersive Environments for Animation


Creating a Believable Background


Using a Texture Map and Hemisphere for the Sky


Using Render Types


Using Render Elements for Compositing


Matching Your Scene to a Background Image


Setting Up the Model and the Image


Adding the Background Image


Adding the Camera Match Points


Aligning the Camera Match Points to the Background Image


Fine-Tuning a Camera-Matched View


Matching the Design Image Quality to the Background


Standard Cinematic Terminology


The Bottom Line



Organizing Objects and Scene Management


Gaining Access to Materials and Objects from Other Files


Arranging Furniture with XRefs and the Asset Browser


Replacing Objects with Objects from an External File


Substituting Objects for Faster Viewport Performance


Importing Files with the Asset Browser


Arranging Furniture with XRef Scenes


Using the Rendered Frame Window


Copying the Rendered Image


Printing Images


Opening Multiple RFWs for Comparisons


Zooming, Panning, and Controlling Channels in the RFW


Obtaining Colors from External Bitmap Files


Tracking and Locating a Sceneï¿½ï¿½ï¿½s Assets


Creating Panoramas


Publishing a DWF File


The Bottom Line



Understanding Animation


Understanding the World of Video Time


Creating a Quick-Study Animation


Adding Camera Motion


Adjusting the Camera Path


Viewing the Camera Trajectory


Controlling the Camera Trajectory Visibility


Creating a Preview Animation


Understanding Keyframes


Increasing the Number of Frames in an Animation Segment


Accelerating and Decelerating the Camera Motion Smoothly


Editing Keyframes


Adding More Frames for Additional Camera Motion


Adding Frames to the End of a Segment


Adjusting the Camera Motion through a Keyframe


Compressing and Expanding Time


Adjusting the Camera Trajectory Using the Track View


Increasing the Number of Frames between Selected Keys


Speeding Up the Preview Rendering Time


Adding Frames to the Beginning of a Segment


Other Options for Previewing Your Motion


Moving the Camera Target over Time


Controlling Lights over Time


The Bottom Line



Creating Animations, Particles, and Dynamics


Rendering the Animation


Creating a Study Animation


Creating a Quick Overall Study Animation


Adding a Moving Car


Automating the Output of Multiple Still Images


Setting Up a Camera for Elevations


Setting Up the Four Elevations


Rendering a Shadow Study


Adjusting for True North


Changing from an IES Sun to a Standard Light


Creating a Walkthrough


Fine-Tuning the Cameraï¿½ï¿½ï¿½s Orientation


Adjusting the Cameraï¿½ï¿½ï¿½s Timing


Adjusting the Path


The Animation File Output Options


True Color vs 256 Colors


File Naming in Animations


Choosing an Image Size


The AVI Codecs


Using MassFX to Animate Objects


Assigning Properties to Simulation Objects


Setting Up and Running the Simulation


Refining the Settings


Using MassFX mCloth


Using Particle Systems


Creating the Initial Flow


Adding and Editing the Operators


Adding Materials and Space Warps


Adding Deflectors


The Bottom Line



Rigging for Animation


Creating Parentï¿½ï¿½ï¿½Child Hierarchies


Using the Morpher Modifier


Animating the Morpher Modifier


Assembling an Articulated Luminaire


Transforming Pivot Points


Aligning the Light Source with the Fixture


Using Schematic View


Understanding Bones


Understanding Biped


The Bottom Line



Advanced Rendering Using mental ray


Understanding mental ray


Setting Up mental ray


The Material Editor and mental ray


Using Photon Maps


Testing the Photon Map Effects


Final Gathering


Reviewing the Basic mental ray Workflow


Contour Renderings


Using the mr Multi/Sub-Map Material


Skylight Global Illumination


Image-Based Lighting and Skylight


Using High Dynamic Range Images


Using mr Proxy Objects


Using IES Files


The Bottom Line



Finishing It Off: Atmosphere, Effects, and Compositing


Adding Atmospheric Effects


Creating a Volume Light


Adjusting the Volume Light Parameters


Adding Fog


Adding a Fire Effect


Using Hair And Fur


Adjusting the Hair And Fur Parameters


Refi ning the Hair And Fur Parameters


Using Glare


Assigning the Glare Output Shader


Using Depth of Field


Creating Stereoscopic Renders in 3ds Max


Using Autodesk Composite 2013


Composite the Stereo Pair into an Anaglyph Image


The Bottom Line



The Bottom Line



Getting to Know Autodeskï¿½“ 3ds Maxï¿½“ 2013



Introducing Objects



Creating Shapes with Splines



Editing Meshes and Creating Complex Objects



Working with External Design Data



Organizing and Editing Objects



Light and Shadow



Enhancing Models with Materials



Using the Camera



Organizing Objects and Scene Management



Understanding Animation



Creating Animations, Particles, and Dynamics



Rigging for Animation



Advanced Rendering Using mental ray



Finishing It Off: Atmosphere, Effects, and Compositing


Appendix B


Index