* Navigating within the interface * Creating and editing 2D and 3D objects * Controlling animation with function curves * Integrating walls, doors and windows * Simulating water surfaces and fluttering flags * Adjusting color and brightness of lighting * Rendering scenes with Quick Render
Valuable tools on CD-ROM! * 3ds Max 8 evaluation version * Project files from the book
System Requirements: Please see the "About the CD-ROM" Appendix for details and complete system requirements. * "Master It" sidebars answer questions and present shortcuts * High-resolution screen shots demonstrate each task * Succinct explanations walk you through step by step * Two-page lessons break big topics into bite-sized modules
About the Author
Jon McFarland is a certified 3ds Max instructor who manages the design department for a national owner and developer of retail, office and residential properties, where he spends much of the day creating mock-ups of potential facilities. A 3ds Max user, as well as an alpha and beta tester for over ten years, he uses 3ds max and AutoCAD (Architectural Desktop) professionally to create fly-throughs of proposed facility construction and expansions (and their related visualization and advertising requirements) He also teaches 3ds max at the Virginia Marti College of Art and Design, a small, accredited art school in Lakewood, Ohio. He wrote 3ds max 4 In Depth for Coriolis Publishing and was a contributing author for Inside 3ds max 7 for Peachpit. He has been a technical editor for several books published by Coriolis, New Riders, Thomson and Peachpit.
New to Edition
Covers the latest release: 3ds Max 8!
Over 600 pages of intermediate to advanced step-by-step tasks.
3ds max is used to create high-profile animations, including effects in The Day After Tomorrow, X2: X Men United, The Last Samurai, the Oscars television show, numerous commercials, and many other film and television productions, as well as architectural, product, scientific, medical, and industrial design visualization projects.
Consistent placement of information makes learning fast and efficient.
Includes CD-ROM with project software from the book.
The only intermediate to advanced 3ds Max book designed for visual learners.
