Indicative contents

• The 3Ds Max Interface
Screen Layout, The Menu Bar, Main Tool Bar, The Command Panel, Geometry
Modify Panel, Hierarchy Panel, Utility Panels, Control at the Bottom of the UI
View port configuration.

• Modeling with Polygons, NURBS
Modeling Concepts, Polygons, Primitives, Modifier, Edit Polygons, Editable Poly Tools
Understanding NURBS, NURBS at Sub-Object Level, NURBS Tool Palette.

• Materials and Mapping
Introduction to Materials, Materials Type, The Material Editor, Mapping Coordinates.

• Organic Poly Modeling and Biped
Setting Up the Scene, Creating the Basic Form, Adding Details, Final Touch, Biped
Physique, Character Studio, Create Biped, Customizing a Biped, Fitting a Biped to a Mesh.

• Lighting and Rendering
Basic Lighting Concepts, 3Ds Max Lights, Common Light Parameters, Ambient Light
Creating Shadows, Atmosphere and Effects, Rendering Setup, Motion Blur, Cameras,
Safe Frame, Render Element , Render Effects.

• Particle Systems, Space warps and Utility Panel
Introduction to Particle Systems, Types of Particles, Using particle Systems, Introduction to Space Warp, Types of Space warps, Using Space Warps, Dynamics and Reactors, Camera Match, Motion Capture, Level of Details, Max Script.

• Video Post
Introduction to Video Post, Using Video Post tool, Video Post Queue, Adding Scene Events.

• Creating Footstep Animation and Freeform Animation
Creating Footstep, Bipeds Motion Dynamics, Upper Body Animation, Purely Freeform Animation, Freeform and Footstep Animation Combined.

 

Module Resources

• Books

1. Autodesk 3Ds Max 8 Reference Guide Vol I, II, III. – Autodesk, 2005.
2. Michele Bousquet and Michael McCarthy, 3Ds Max Animation with Biped, New Riders, 2006.
3. Michele Bousquet, Model, Rig, Animate with 3Ds Max 7, Peachpit Press, 2005.
4. Paul Steed, Modeling a Character in 3Ds Max, 2nd Edition, Wordware Publishing, Inc. 2005.
5. Dariush Derakhshani, Randi L. Munn with Jon McFarland, Introducing 3Ds Max 9 3D for Beginners, Wiley Publishing, 2007.
    

• Laboratory

Software Tools / Hardware :  3Ds max
Lab Manual : 3Ds Max Books & Tutorials