3ds Max 2018 Essential Training
Release date:2017, April 12
Duration:10 h 10 m
Author:Aaron F. Ross
Skill level:Beginner
Language:English
Exercise files:Yes
3ds Max is best known for its modeling and rendering tools. These strengths come into play in architecture, manufacturing, game development, industrial design, and motion graphics. There are dozens of features and techniques to master, from sculpting and texturing to lighting and rendering. This course covers 3ds Max from the ground up, providing an overview of the entire package as well as essential skills that 3D artists need to create professional models and animations.
Learn how to get around the 3ds Max interface and customize it to suit your production pipeline. Discover how to model different objects using splines, NURBS, polygons, subdivision surfaces, and tools such as Paint Deform. Then, find out how to construct hierarchies, add cameras and lights to a scene, and animate with keyframes. Author Aaron F. Ross also takes an in-depth look at materials and texture mapping as well as the rendering options, including an introduction to Arnold, the new production renderer.
Topics include:
Customizing and configuring the interface
Selecting, duplicating, and editing objects
Working with sub-objects in the modifier stack
Performing polygonal and subdivision surface modeling
Freeform modeling and sculpting
Modeling with splines and NURBS
Linking objects in hierarchies
Framing shots with cameras
Creating and editing keyframes
Controlling lights and shadows
Building materials
Mapping textures
Rendering sequences
00. Introduction
001 – Welcome
002 – How to use the exercise files
01. Getting Started
003 – Choosing a workspace
004 – Customize user Interface and defaults
005 – Setting preferences
006 – Using project folders
02. 3ds Max Interface
007 – Getting familiar with the interface
008 – Using the Create and Modify panels
009 – Navigating in viewports
010 – Transforming objects with Move and Rotate
011 – Using hotkeys
012 – Specifying display units
013 – Specifying system units
014 – Defining the Home Grid
015 – Choosing shading modes
016 – Configuring viewports
017 – Customizing colors
018 – Customizing hotkeys
03. Manipulating Objects
019 – Choosing a coordinate system
020 – Choosing a transform center
021 – Duplicating objects with Array
022 – Duplicating objects with Clone
023 – Using Isolate Selection and Lock Selection
024 – Working with the Scene Explorer
025 – Selecting with Window_Crossing
026 – Collecting objects in Groups
04. Using the Modifier Stack
027 – Understanding level of detail
028 – Moving a pivot point
029 – Selecting sub-objects
030 – Building a modifier stack
031 – Understanding topology dependence
032 – Using a Volume Select modifier
033 – Clearing a selection in the stack
034 – Collapsing the modifier stack
05. Spline Modeling
035 – Creating a line
036 – Editing vertex types
037 – Revolving a surface with a Lathe modifier
038 – Editing Splines
039 – Adjusting level of detail with Interpolation
040 – Understanding NURBS
041 – Importing Illustrator paths to 3ds Max
042 – Rendering splines
043 – Adding a Bevel modifier
044 – Creating a TextPlus primitive
045 – Lofting with the Sweep modifier
06. Polygon Modeling
046 – Creating an image plane
047 – Tracing an image plane
048 – Creating solid geometry with Extrude modifier
049 – Adding edges with Cut
050 – Correcting topology with QuickSlice
051 – Preparing Boolean operands
052 – Cutting with Booleans
053 – Creating doors and windows
07. Sub-Object Polygon Editing
054 – Constraining sub-object transforms
055 – Detailing with Chamfer
056 – Branching with Extrude
057 – Simplifying geometry with Remove
058 – Welding vertices
08. Subdivision Surface Modeling
059 – Understanding subdivision surfaces
060 – Preparing for subdivision surfaces
061 – Adding the OpenSubDiv modifier
062 – Shaping with Editable Poly Ribbon tools
063 – Baking subdivisions
09. Freeform Modeling
064 – Sculpting with Paint Deform
065 – Using Paint Deform brushes
066 – Setting paint options
067 – Controlling brush options
068 – Conforming one object to another
069 – Sculpting with Conform Transform
10. Hierarchies
070 – Understanding hierarchies
071 – Transforming pivot points
072 – Rotating in Gimbal coordinate space
073 – Setting rotation Axis Order
074 – Linking objects
075 – Locking transforms
076 – Avoiding problems with scaling linked objects
11. Layout and Modeling
077 – Merging scenes
078 – Referencing scenes with Xref Objects
079 – Managing display layers
080 – Creating a target camera
081 – Creating a free camera
082 – Enabling safe frames
083 – Choosing aspect ratio in Render Setup
12. Keyframe Animation
084 – Setting up Time Configuration
085 – Creating keyframes in Auto Key mode
086 – Creating keyframes in Set Key mode
087 – Editing animation in the Timeline
088 – Editing animation in the Dope Sheet
089 – Interpolating keys in the function Curve Editor
090 – Moving position keys with Motion Paths
13. Lighting
091 – Creating photometric lights
092 – Controlling viewport quality
093 – Adjusting light Intensity and color
094 – Adjusting exposure control
095 – Using the ART renderer
096 – Adjusting light shape
097 – Adjusting light distribution
098 – Creating a sun and sky
099 – Previewing renders with ActiveShade
100 – Using the Light Explorer
14. Materials
101 – Using the Compact Material Editor
102 – Using the Slate Material Editor
103 – Managing scene materials and sample slots
104 – Adjusting standard material parameters
105 – Adjusting physical material parameters
106 – Assigning multi_sub-object materials
15. Mapping Textures
107 – Placing 3D procedural maps
108 – Mapping bitmap image files
109 – Tracking scene assets
110 – Projecting UVs with UVW Map
111 – Using Real-World Map Size
112 – Painting on objects with Viewport Canvas
16. Rendering
113 – Choosing a renderer
114 – Choosing render output file options
115 – Rendering a preview animation
116 – Playing image sequences in the RAM Player
117 – Setting Arnold render options
118 – Rendering an image sequence
17. Conclusion
119 – Next steps
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