How to cheat in 3ds Max 2010 : get spectacular results fast

Bousquet, Michele 1962- (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 1136137491
ISBN: 9781136137495
ISBN: 008088623X
ISBN: 9780080886237
Physical Description: 1 online resource (243 pages)
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Publisher: Burlington, MA : Focal Press, 2009.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

The book will be updated for the newest rev of the software: 3ds Max XXXX (under NDA). **WE ARE BRINGING THE LEVEL UP FROM BEG/INTERMED to INTERMED with higher-end cheats and coverage. Some additional animation and rendering cheats. Also the CD will include Camtasia movies of each chapter. -- UPDATES FOR THIS EDITION: High-end techniques: More cheats geared toward realism and games. -- Game-centered cheats -- Normal maps -- Realistic bumps -- Subsurface scattering -- Realistic skin and marble -- HDRI -- Use of images in conjunction with lighting to make realistic lighting in scenes. This technique is tricky, but the results are astounding. -- More on mental ray -- Sky, Sun, portals -- MAXScript basics and cheats -- Hair/fur -- both for hair/fur and grass/vegetation NEW DVD Content: Camtasia MOVIES where Michele will show some of the trickier techniques. All the techniques above -- 5 or 6 movies Skinning -- 2 movies Character animation -- 3 movies Controllers -- 2 movies -- Introduction 1 Modeling 2 Materials and mapping 3 Lighting 4 Shadows 5 Reflections 6 Glass 7 Animation 8 Character animation 9 Rendering 10 Logo treatments 11 Parameter wiring 12 Appendices: Challenges, CD files

Source of Description Note:

Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on, 2012).