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| Introduction | |
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| Whys and Hows | |
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| Where Did This Book Come From? | |
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| A New Way to Learn | |
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| How to Use This Book | |
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| For Beginners | |
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| For Those Who Already Know One Program | |
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| Good Luck! | |
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| Where Did I Put That? | |
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| The Maya Screen | |
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| The Workspace | |
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| The Toolbox and Quick Layout Buttons | |
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| Main Menu | |
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| Status Line | |
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| Shelves | |
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| Sidebar | |
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| Animation Tools | |
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| Command and Message Boxes | |
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| Having a Ball | |
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| Menus | |
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| Menu Layout | |
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| Common Main Menu Options | |
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| The Animation Menu Options | |
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| The Polygon Menu Options | |
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| The Surfaces Menu Options | |
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| The Dynamics Menu Options | |
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| The Rendering Menu Options | |
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| The Cloth Menu Options | |
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| Summary | |
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| Where Did I Put That? | |
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| The Max Screen | |
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| The Workspace | |
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| The Toolbar | |
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| Main Menu | |
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| Status Bar | |
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| Shelves | |
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| Max Script Mini Listener | |
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| Command Panel | |
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| Animation Tools | |
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| Prompt Line | |
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| Having a Ball | |
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| Menus | |
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| Menu Layout | |
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| The Max Menus | |
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| Summary | |
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| Building Simple 3D Models | |
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| Polygon Modeling Tools | |
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| Creating Polygon Primitives | |
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| Menus | |
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| Sidebar Tools and Editors | |
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| Summary | |
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| Building Simple 3D Models | |
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| Polygon Modeling Tools | |
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| Creating Polygon Primitives | |
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| Menus | |
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| Sidebar Tools and Editors | |
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| Summary | |
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| Polygons Anyone? | |
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| Polygon Modeling | |
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| Building the Wagon Bed | |
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| Creating the Wagon Wheels | |
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| Connecting the Wheels to the Bed | |
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| Building the Tongue | |
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| Summary | |
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| Polygons Anyone? | |
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| Polygon Modeling | |
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| Building the Wagon Bed | |
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| Creating the Wagon Wheels | |
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| Connecting the Wheels to the Bed | |
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| Building the Tongue | |
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| Summary | |
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| Nervous About NURBS | |
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| NURBS Modeling | |
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| NURBS Primitives | |
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| Using NURBS Primitives | |
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| Using Curves | |
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| Lofting Surfaces | |
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| Subdivision Surfaces Modeling | |
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| Polygon Proxy Mode | |
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| Standard Mode Modeling | |
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| Summary | |
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| Nervous About NURBS | |
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| NURBS Modeling | |
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| Basic 3D Studio Max NURBS Concepts | |
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| Using NURBS to Model a Cartoon Race Car | |
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| Using Curves | |
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| Lofting Surfaces | |
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| Subdivision Surfaces Modeling | |
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| Polygon Proxy Mode | |
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| More Subdivision Modeling | |
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| Summary | |
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| Made in the Shader | |
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| Maya Shaders | |
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| Material Attributes | |
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| Putting It Together | |
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| Cartoon Shaders | |
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| 3D Paint | |
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| Summary | |
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| Made in the Shader | |
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| Max Shaders | |
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| Material Attributes | |
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| Putting It Together | |
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| Cartoon Shaders | |
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| 3D Paint | |
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| Summary | |
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| Gaining Character | |
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| It All Starts with a Drawing | |
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| Setting Up the Template | |
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| Building the Character | |
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| Polygon Modeling | |
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| Lofting the Head and Torso | |
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| Building the Arms and Legs | |
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| Creating the Hands and the Feet | |
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| Attaching and Smoothing | |
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| Mirroring the Model | |
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| Adding Unique Geometry | |
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| Summary | |
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| Gaining Character | |
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| It All Starts with a Drawing | |
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| Setting Up the Template | |
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| Building the Character | |
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| Polygon Modeling | |
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| Lofting the Head and Torso | |
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| Building the Arms and Legs | |
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| Creating the Hands and the Feet | |
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| Attaching and Smoothing | |
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| Mirroring the Model | |
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| Adding Unique Geometry | |
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| Summary | |
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| Color and Movement | |
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| Adding Color | |
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| Removing Overlapping UVs | |
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| Mapping the Hands and Feet | |
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| Mapping the Uniform | |
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| Separating UV Sets Using the UV Texture Editor | |
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| Mapping the Separate Objects | |
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| Texture Painting | |
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| Character Rigging | |
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| Creating a Skeleton | |
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| Applying Skin Weights | |
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| Inverse Kinematics | |
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| Summary | |
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| Color and Movement | |
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| Adding Color | |
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| Removing Overlapping UVs | |
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| Mapping the Hands and Feet | |
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| Mapping the Uniform | |
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| Separating UV Sets Using the UV Editor | |
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| Mapping the Separate Objects | |
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| Texture Painting | |
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| Character Rigging | |
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| Creating a Skeleton | |
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| Applying Skin Weights | |
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| Inverse Kinematics | |
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| Summary | |
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| Motion Control | |
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| Maya's Animation Controls | |
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| Moving Objects | |
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| Path Animation | |
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| Rigging Hierarchy | |
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| Simple Character Animation | |
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| Summary | |
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| Motion Control | |
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| Max's Animation Controls | |
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| Moving Objects | |
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| Path Animation | |
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| Rigging Hierarchy | |
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| Simple Character Animation | |
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| Summary | |
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| Index | |