3ds max speed modeling for 3D artists : flex your speed modeling muscles using 3ds max /: flex your speed modeling muscles using 3ds max. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Thomas Mooney.
• Other Names: Mooney, Thomas
• Contents: 3ds Max Speed Modeling for 3D Artists; 3ds Max Speed Modeling for 3D Artists; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more; Why Subscribe?; Free Access for Packt account holders; Preface; What this book covers; What you need for this book; Who this book is for; Conventions; Reader feedback; Customer support; Downloading the example code; Errata; Piracy; Questions; 1. First Launch: Getting to Know 3ds Max; Quick start: Jump into making models; Getting to know the User Interface; Default and custom UI schemes. Switching UI presetsMaking changes to hotkeys; Customizing the Quad menu; Making changes to the view layout; Deciding on the best view navigation; Pan, Orbit, and Zoom; Navigation with the ViewCube; Making adjustments to the ViewCube display; Navigation with the Steering Wheel; Using the Steering Wheel; Displaying your model for modeling; Model display; Setting scene units; Searching for content in the scene; Creating your own selection sets with Named Selections; Common changes to 3ds Max default preferences; Determining the hardware shading settings to use; Summary. 2. Model Shakedown: Make 3ds Max Work for youSetting filters in the Display panel; Display panel filters; Hiding and freezing objects; Display Properties; Object Properties -- Show Frozen in Gray; Freezing objects via Object Properties; Object Properties -- Animation trajectories; Toggle trajectory; Object Properties -- Render properties; Disabling shadow casting; Moving and rotating objects using pivot controls; Pivots; Local, Screen, and Pick spaces; Changing the axis direction of the gizmo; Cloning objects: Instances, References, and Snapshots; Adjusting Instances; Capturing a Snapshot. Adjusting modifiers in the viewportAssigning a single Turbosmooth to all your models; Selecting objects that have a certain modifier; Setting different modifier attributes for views and rendering; Organizing a scene using Groups; Group functionality; Importing models; Using a template scene including lighting, turntable camera, and render settings; NVIDIA iray ActiveShade rendering; Summary; 3. The Base Model -- A Solid Foundation in Polygon Modeling; Introducing the project; Adding image reference; Viewport image planes; Forming the base model; The Quad menu's editable poly tools. Setting values with the Autodesk style caddyFitting the model to the artwork; Generating round forms from quad-based geometry; Detaching and attaching parts of a model; A preview of a sculpting workflow; Summary; 4. Mod My Ride: Extending upon a Base Model; Marking Poly Loops; Soft modeling; Soft modeling with Soft Selection; Soft modeling with the Shift brush; Soft modeling with Free-Form Deformations; Relaxation techniques; Using Poly Select to apply modifiers to Sub-Object selections; Generating shapes from edge selections; The Lathe modifier process; Shape construction and interpolation.
• Publisher Details: Birmingham : Packt Publishing Ltd
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 006.696; COMPUTERS -- Digital Media -- General; Three-dimensional display systems; Computer animation; Computer graphics; Computer animation -- Computer programs; COMPUTERS -- Digital Media -- Video & Animation; Computer animation; Computer graphics; Three-dimensional display systems; COMPUTERS -- Programming -- Games; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781849692373; 1849692378; 9781849692366
• Related ISBNs: 184969236X; 1283739119; 9781283739115
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