Introduction to 3D Animation
Throughout this course you will learn how to produce 3D animation with 3D Studio Max. You will learn valuable resources & interesting plug-ins and have a lot of fun.
Create things like spinning planets, flying text, speeding cars, laser beams, exploding robots and anything else you can imagine!
Materials:
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Maps: Importing, Editing, Opacity, Bump, Tile, Cropping
- Materials: Shaders, Smoke, Gradient, Noise, Multi/Sub-Object,Ray Trace.
3D Modeling:
- Geometry: Editing Tools, Standard & Extended Primitives,
Compound Objects, Importing 3DS Mesh. - Shapes: Editing Spline, Text.
- Modifiers, Modifier Stack, Sub-Object Selection Level, Lathe, Extrude, Mesh Smooth.
- Particle Systems , P-Cloud and Super Spray,
Rendering:
- Cameras: Free Target & Tracking, Tracking.
- Special Effects: Video Post, Explosions, Motion Blur, Space Warps.
- Lighting & Shadows : Omni, Spot & Target Lights, Attenuation, Projection, Map/ Ray Traced Shadows.
- Environment: Background, Atmosphere.
Animation:
- Key Framing & Interpolation: Motion Panel, Track View, Links & Schematic View.
- Sound: Importing, Editing & Syncing.
- Path Controllers
- Dynamics Simulation
- Storyboarding
- Character Animation, Lip Sync, Character Studio.
Prerequisite: Computer Basics
Software - Discreet 3DS Max
