Covers high-end animation techniques, including dynamic facial animation and lip synching; how to animate with a sound track; animating with controllers, expressions and multiple modifiers; and animating the environment with cameras, lights, atmospheres, and space warps. Plug-ins such as Character Studio, HyperMatter, Morphmagic and MAXTrax are discussed. In addition, chapters detail how to market animations, and video post alternatives. The CD-ROM contains plug-in demos, sample animations, tutorial files, and bonus appendices. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Inside 3d Studio Max

Computers & Technology

Hubbell, Jeremy

Elliott, Steven D.

Miller, Philip L.

Jordan, John N.

King, Doug

Minton, Larry

Ruda, Gene

Vernon, Andrew

Programming

New Riders Pub

Building on the information presented in volume I, this book/CD-ROM guide covers the most challenging elements of 3D Studio MAX, with some 50 step-by-step tutorials, real-world examples, and advice from experienced users. Contains sections on advanced modeling, character modeling, material and texture mapping, production animation techniques, and video post. The CD-ROM contains exercise and example files, still and animated texture maps, a shareware graphics browser, and many demos. Assumes previous experience with the software. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Maestri, George

Peterson, Michael Todd

Andersen, Joshua R.

Frantz, Ralph

Gray, Jason

Greene, Jason

Greenleir, Eric

Harbison, William

Kakert, Paul

Kennedy, Sanford

Kreitzman, Randy

Lamb, Bob

Miguel, Jesse K.

Neil, Michael J.

Peterson, Eric C.

Robertson, Ken Allen

Ruffo, Jarod

Sawyer, Jonathan

Silverthorne, Adam

Steel, Lee

Espinosa-Aguilar, Dave

This excellent book covers the basics of 3D Studio Max 2, making it a handy guide for newcomers to the 3-D-modeling and animation program, and even for those who are new to 3-D graphics. The book first introduces the fundamentals of 3-D graphics and workspaces, explaining coordinates, axes, lines, polylines, polygons, lights, cameras, animation, and rendering. There's also a thorough tour of the package's interface that brings viewports, commands, and selections to light. In the next part of the book, you learn the fundamentals of modeling, including spline-based, mesh (polygonal), parametric, patch, and NURBS modeling, and get advice on choosing a method. Next you do some actual modeling, working with splines; 3-D primitives; compound objects; object parameters; align, array, and mirror functions; and Modifiers and the Modifier Stack.
 In the third part of the book, you learn the fundamentals of scene composition. In part 4, you learn about animation, starting with a discussion on animation concepts. The guide then assists you in creating basic animations. The book is an outstanding combination of discussion and projects. It includes plenty of screen shots, a glossary of 3-D computer graphics terms, and a CD-ROM that contains files to work on along with the book's projects. --Kathleen Caster

3D Studio Max 2 Fundamentals

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