3DS max – Tips, Tricks & Techniques (Updated 26.11.2020)

Release date:2020, November 26

Author:Aaron F. Ross

Skill level:Beginner

Language:English

Exercise files:Yes

000 – Welcome 000 – What to know 001 – Modeling a floor plan from a 2D drafting document 002 – Modeling terrain with Displace space warp 003 – Projecting UVs with the Camera Map world-space modifier 004 – Capturing shadows with Arnold Shadow Matte map 005 – Rendering compositing passes with Arnold AOVs 006 – Mechanical rigging with IK and the LookAt controller 007 – Modulating animation with Multiply and Ease Curves 008 – Working with audio and the AudioFloat controller 009 – Automating with Expression controllers 010 – Real-time animation with the Motion Capture utility 011 – Stylized rendering with Scanline Ink n Paint 012 – Getting started with the Max Creation Graph 013 – Modifying a Max Creation Graph tool 014 – Sculpting a terrain with Texture Object Mask 015 – Building a road with Conform space warp 016 – Shading a landscape with Arnold Curvature 017 – Creating custom attributes with the Parameter Editor 018 – Driving animation curves with the Reaction controller 019 – Rigging a camera-facing matte painting 020 – Aligning a camera to a background with Perspective Match 021 – Projecting a photo to proxy geometry with Camera Map 022 – Automation with wire parameters and manipulators 023 – Converting scenes for different renderers 024 – Rendering light groups with Arnold AOVs 025 – Graphing scene conditions with State Sets Compositor 026 – Introduction to 3ds Max Fluids 027 – Modeling with the Motion Field Space Warp 028 – Non-destructive model adjustment with Linked Xform 029 – Animating sub-objects with Linked Xform 030 – Customize and cycle Path Constraint animation 031 – Generate complex motion with Waveform Controllers 032 – Illuminate a scene with an Arnold Mesh Light 033 – Shading with Maya maps in 3ds Max 034 – Varying shader properties by object with Arnold Color Jitter 035 – Render a mesh object with Arnold Standard Volume 036 – Render a Point Cloud object 037 – Setting track value boundaries with a limit controller 038 – Drawing curves with Freehand Spline 039 – Correcting intersections with Spline Overlap 040 – Reducing curve detail with Optimize Spline 041 – Resampling curves with Normalize Spline 042 – Soft-selecting curves with Spline Influence 043 – Blending curves with Spline Morph 044 – Combining splines with shape Booleans 045 – Approximating global illumination in Arnold 046 – Rendering proxies with Arnold procedurals 047 – Introduction to the Open Shading Language map 048 – Basic syntax of Open Shading Language 049 – Declaring OSL input and output parameters 050 – Generating a fractal noise pattern in OSL 051 – Iterating a for loop in OSL 052 – Using the if… else conditional statement in OSL 053 – Managing OSL file assets and paths 054 – Accelerate Arnold rendering with adaptive sampling 055 – Texturing with the Advanced Wood procedural map 056 – Art directing the Advanced Wood texture map 057 – Setting a fluid initial state 058 – In-camera compositing with Camera Map modifier 059 – Creating animation layers 060 – Collaborate online with shared views 061 – Rendering iridescence with Arnold Thin Film 062 – Loading and saving fluid presets 063 – Introduction to 3ds Max Interactive 064 – Building a motion graphics rig with Data Channel 065 – Creating custom project folder structures 066 – Open Shading Language code editor tips and tricks 067 – Spawning particles from a 3D map 068 – Rendering a starfield 069 – Faking GI with an Arnold ambient occlusion filter 070 – Modeling with the animation Snapshot tool 071 – Rendering particles with Arnold Standard Volume 072 – Render Arnold volume with physical values 073 – Volume indirect global illumination in Arnold 074 – Removing polygon detail with Freeform Optimize 075 – Transform and retime a cache with Fluid Loader 076 – Rendering motion blur in Arnold 077 – Drawing splines on an editable poly 078 – Sketching freeform topology over a polygon mesh 079 – Animating effects with Data Channel Decay 080 – Animating controllers in the Material Editor 081 – Painting a vertex color mask with VertexPaint 082 – Drawing polygon freeform strips 083 – Extruding polygon freeform branches 084 – Interactive ActiveShade in a viewport 085 – Fluid data channels 086 – Displaying fluid data channels 087 – Assigning UVW coordinates in an OSL network 088 – Using named coordinate spaces in Open Shading Language (OSL) 089 – Shadow group exclusion with Arnold properties 090 – Erasing materials with MAXScript or UVW Remove 091 – Understanding Fluid Churn and Vorticity channels 092 – Rendering Fluid channels with Arnold User Data 093 – Keyframe quantization and sub-frame editing with Snap Keys 094 – Importing a CAD solid model as a Body Object 095 – Solid model subtraction and intersection with Body Cutter 096 – Solid model union with Join Bodies 097 – Denoising an Arnold rendering 098 – Interactive Update in the animation Curve Editor 099 – Curve Editor view menu – Tips and tricks 100 – Editing animation curves with the Region Keys tool 101 – Combining data channels of Fluids 102 – Shading per object with OSL Random by Index 103 – Layering materials of Fluids 104 – Render particles as Arnold primitives 105 – Render PFlow particles with Arnold Shape 106 – Remapping colors with Arnold Ramp RGB 107 – Rendering contours with Arnold Toon 108 – Mapping Arnold Toon base color 109 – Controlling preview quality 110 – Adding information overlays to a preview with MAXScript 111 – Modeling with the updated Chamfer modifier 112 – Applying a chamfer using edge weight and depth 113 – Baking a map to a mesh with Assign Vertex Color 114 – Generating cavity and occlusion maps with Render Surface Map 115 – Baking multiple vertex color channels with VertexPaint 116 – Compositing vertex color in a shading network 117 – Optimizing geometry with the MultiRes modifier 118 – Improving viewport performance with the Substitute modifier 119 – Constructing a lighting assembly 120 – Wiring parameters in a lighting assembly 121 – Measuring with tape helper, the Measure Distance tool, and the Measure utility 122 – Display panel tips and tricks 123 – Quickly adjusting transforms and pivot point with the Transform Toolbox 124 – Stacking objects with Select and Place 125 – Managing objects and sub-objects with selection sets 126 – Referencing scenes with containers 127 – Changing inherited container content with Edit in Place 128 – Locking and unlocking container parameters 129 – Editing unlocked container parameters 130 – Projecting splines onto surfaces with ShapeMerge 131 – Analyzing and correcting mesh geometry with xView 132 – Keyframing sub-objects with the Master Point controller 133 – Managing scene materials with Material Explorer 134 – Defining a temporary transform center with working pivot 135 – Customizing keyboard shortcuts with Hotkey editor 136 – Stylized rendering with OSL Halftone Dots map 137 – Incorporating scene lighting in a shading network 138 – Incorporating render resolution in a shading network 139 – Situating geometry within an OSL HDRI environment 140 – Studio lighting with HDRI lights map 141 – White balance and exposure with an Arnold camera filtermap 142 – Rasterizing maps with bake to texture 143 – Advanced baking with bake to texture 144 – Baking to physically based renderer (PBR) materials for export 145 – Production rendering with Quicksilver hardware 146 – Varying textures with OSL Randomized Bitmaps 147 – Deforming a particle system with the Mesher compound object 148 – Set up Arnold render passes with AOV Manager 149 – Animating multiple tracks with Parameter Collector 150 – Improving edge smoothing with Weighted Normals modifier 151 – Rendering a cutaway with the Arnold Clip Geo material 152 – Advanced procedural noise with Uber Noise map 153 – Rendering polygon edges with OSL Wireframe map 154 – Art directing the OSL Wireframe map 155 – Introduction to MassFX Rigid Body dynamics 156 – Setting up a MassFX Rigid Body simulation 157 – Controlling a MassFX Rigid Body simulation 158 – Fine-tuning a MassFX Rigid Body simulation 159 – Automating secondary animation with the Flex modifier 160 – Keyframing modeling commands with the Edit Poly Animate mode 161 – Generating UVs with OSL projection maps 162 – Retiming all keyframes in a scene with the world track 163 – Snapping surfaces dynamically with MCG Ray Constraint 164 – Complex sub-object selections with the Selection ribbon 165 – Adding polygon edges with Paint Connect Exercise_files

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