Course Title: discreet 3ds max 6



VTC presents: Discreet 3ds max 6 software - the latest version of Discreet's award-winning modeling, animation, and rendering solution used by the world's top 3D professional artists and designers to create eye-catching visual effects, cutting-edge games, and unique design visualizations. VTC Author Michael Hurwicz guides you through visualization, construction and animation of your own 3D projects and characters. His expertise and easy to follow teaching style will have you creating worlds of your own in no time. To get started simply click on the links below.


Course Author/Expert: Michael Hurwicz

Language: english

Full Online Training Available: Yes

Number of Course Movies: 121

Course Duration: 9.5 hours



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Course Outline:



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Introduction


About this Tutorial

Overview

What's New in 3ds max 6


Getting Started


System Requirements

Setting Screen Depth

Setting up your Workspace

Playing Safe


Working With Objects


Viewing and Hiding Pt.1

Viewing and Hiding Pt.2

Viewing and Hiding Pt.3

Viewing and Hiding Pt.4


Selecting Objects


Selecting Objects Pt.1

Selecting Objects Pt.2

Named Selections: Renaming

Selecting Objects: Conclusion


Modifying Objects


Modifying Geometry/Modifiers Pt.1

Modifying Geometry/Modifiers Pt.2

Modifying Geometry/Modifiers Pt.3

Modifiers and Parameters Pt.1

Modifiers and Parameters Pt.2

Modifiers and Parameters Pt.3

Transforms: Move/Rotate

Transforms: Screen Handle

Transforms: Scale/Squash

Numeric Transforms: Move

Numeric Transforms: Rotation

Numeric Transforms: Scale

Transforms vs. Modifiers

Cloning Pt.1

Cloning Pt.2


Rendering


Rendering Basics

Rendering Options

The Mental Ray Renderer Pt.1

The Mental Ray Renderer Pt.2

The Mental Ray Renderer Pt.3

The Mental Ray Renderer Pt.4


Groups and Layers


Grouping Objects Pt.1

Grouping Objects Pt.2

Organizing Objects in Layers Pt.1

Organizing Objects in Layers Pt.2


Using 2D Shapes To Make 3D Objects


2D Shapes Pt.1

2D Shapes Pt.2

2D Shapes Pt.3

Shapes/Rendering & Interpolation

NURBS Curves Pt.1

NURBS Curves Pt.2

Lofted Objects: Creating

Lofted Objects: Modifying

Using Deformation Curves


Working With Precision


Units and Grids

Using Snaps

Using Keyboard Entry

Using Assistance Objects

Using the Align Tool

Normals


Surface Modeling


Introduction to Mesh and Poly

Introduction to Patch and Nurbs

Editable Mesh Pt.1

Editable Mesh Pt.2

Editable Poly

Editable Patch Pt.1

Editable Patch Pt.2

Editable Patch Pt.3

NURBS Surface/Converting to NURBS

NURBS: Curve-Based


Materials And Maps


Introduction to Materials and Maps

Materials/Tiling

Opacity/Materials on Sub-Objects

Introduction to the Maps Rollout

Multi/Sub-Object Materials

Material Libraries

Creating Mapped Materials

Maps on Sub-Objects

The Coordinates Rollout

The Ink'N'Paint Material

The Unwrap UVW Modifier Pt.1

The Unwrap UVW Modifier Pt.2


Animation - Introduction


Animation: Auto Key

Animation: Set Key


Basic Cameras And Lights


Standard Cameras

Camera Controls

Standard Target and Free Lights

Target and Free Light Controls

Omni and Skylight

Aligning Cameras and Lights

Advanced Lighting Pt.1

Advanced Lighting Pt.2


Atmospheric Effects


Fire Effect

Volume Fog

Fog

Volume Light


Animation


Linking and Hierarchies

Pivot Points

Schematic View

Viewing an Animation

Previewing Animation

Inverse Kinematics Pt.1

Inverse Kinematics Pt.2

Bones and Skin: Creating

Bones and Skin: Adjusting


Animation - Motion Controllers


Motion Controllers: Introduction

Trajectories

Track View: Curve Editor Pt.1

Track View: Curve Editor Pt.2

Track View: Dope Sheet


Special Effects


Particle Systems: Basics/Presets

SuperSpray Particle System Pt.1

SuperSpray Particle System Pt.2

SuperSpray Particle System Pt.3

Space Warps: Overview and Creating

Dynamics: Bouncing a Sphere

PDeflector: Bouncing Particles

Particle Flow Pt.1

Particle Flow Pt.2

Reactor Pt.1

Reactor Pt.2

Reactor Pt.3

Morphing Pt.1

Morphing Pt.2

Morphing Pt.3

Video Post


Plug-Ins And Complementary Software


Discreet Certified Plug-Ins

Other 3rd Party Plug-Ins

Poser and BodyStudio


Credits


About this Author









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