3D Max

3D Studio MAX Animation Training Course Outline

LESSON 1 – Interface

User Interface
Viewpoints
Command Panel
Viewpoint UI Elements

LESSON 2 – Files & Objects

Scene File Manipulation
Simple Geometry Creation & Pivot Points
Object Orientation
Modifying Standard Objects
Selecting Objects
Organization of Objects in a Scene

LESSON 3 – Transforms

Transform Tools
Transform Base Point
Coordinate Systems
Cloning Objects
Other Transforms

LESSON 4 – Applying Modifiers

Concepts of the Modifier Stack
Modifiers
Noise
Collapsing the Stack

LESSON 5 – Low-Poly Modeling

Objects and Sub-Objects
Sub-Object Levels
Smoothing Groups
Using Subdivision Surfaces

LESSON 6 – Shapes

Shape Definitions
Basic Shape Creation Functions
Editing Splines
Adding Splines from a Shape
Segment Editing
Vertex Editing
Using Shape Modifiers

LESSON 7 – Compound Objects

Booleans
ProBoolean Operations
Lofts

LESSON 8 – Modeling Lab

Creating an Underwater Scene

LESSON 9 – Animation Basics

2d vs 3d Animation
Time
Keyframeing
Auto Key and Set Key
Track View
Time
Ease in / Ease out
Arcs
Secondary Action
Anticipation
Follow-through & Overlapping
Squash & Stretch
Exaggeration

LESSON 10 – Hierarchies

Mechanics of Movement
Linking Objects
Schematic View
Hierarchy

LESSON 11 – Character Anim.

Biped
Skinning the Character
Motion Panel
The Mechanics of a Walk Cycle
Animation Principles

LESSON 12 – Animation Lab

Planning the Animation
Attack of the Pawn
Animating the rook
Analysis the Rook

LESSON 13 – Materials

Introduction to Materials
The Matrial Editor
Material Types

LESSON 14 – Using Maps

Maps in Material Definitions
Map Types
Displating Maps in Viewpoint
Mixing Maps

LESSON 15 – Mapping

Mapping
Unwrap UVW
Render to Texture

LESSON 16 – Cameras

Camera Types
Framing a shot
Camera Lenses
Camera Aspect Ratio
Camera Angles
Perspective
The Moving Camera

LESSON 17 – Lighting

Light Types
Lighting Techniques
Light Lister

LESSON 18 – Rendering

Rendering
Time Output
Ouput Size
Ram Player
Batch Render