3DS Max 8 (Program Details)

Soft Skills

3D Studio Max Introduction and Setting Up

About Max 8 and This Course
New in 3D Studio Max 8 Tutorials Pt.1
New in 3DS Max 8 Pt.2

3D Studio MAX Script-Basics

What is MAXScript?
The MAXScript Menu
The MAXScript Listener and Mini-Listener
MAXScript Help
Syntax Rules in Help Files
Characters with Special Meanings
Introduction to Variables
the MAXScript Debugger Tutorials Pt.1
the MAXScript Debugger Pt.2

3D Studio MAX Script-Creating Objects

Constructors-Classes-Parameters
Creating Geometry
Sphere-WireColor-Pos-Name-Radius
Creating Shapes-Circle
Creating Shapes-Line-Matrix3
Creating Modifiers
Creating Controllers
Creating Materials
Creating Lights
Copy Cloning
Positional and Keyword Parameters

3D Studio MAX Script-Reserved-Names-Strings

Reserved Words
Names and Naming Rules
Strings

3D Studio MAX Script-Transforming Objects

Move
3D Vectors
Scale
Rotate Tutorials Pt.1
Rotate Pt.2
Coordsys

3D Studio MAX Script-Running Scripts

Enter-Shift Enter
Drag and Drop to Toolbar
Save-Run Script-Hair and Fur
Evaluate All-Hair and Fur
Startup Directory
Include

3D Studio MAX Script-Conditionals-Loops

If-Else
For-In
For-In Loop Using a Range
Do While
Case

3D Studio MAX Script-Source Code Layout

Expressions-Basics
Multi-Line Statements
Comments
Indentation/Tabs

3D Studio MAX Script-Collections

Built-in Sets Tutorials Pt.1
Built-in Sets Pt.2
Arrays
Wild-Card Pathname Selection
Mapping-NoMap

3D Studio MAX Script-UI Scripting

Creating a Rollout/Dialog Pt.1
Creating a Rollout/Dialog Pt.2
Rollout UI Control Types
ResetMaxFile
Creating a Rollout Floater Tutorials Pt.1
Creating a Rollout Floater Pt.2
The Visual MAXScript Editor

3D Studio MAX Script-Architecture

Undefined
Expressions-Order of Evaluation
Code Blocks
Functions
Interfaces
Scope Introduction
Nested Scopes
Local and Global Variables

3D Studio MAX Script-Scripting Animation

Animate On and At Time
Specifying Time Tutorials Pt.1
Specifying Time Pt.2
Scope and Nesting for Time Contexts
Controllers and Keys Pt.1
Controllers and Keys Pt.2
Creating and Manipulating Modifiers
Scripted Custom Attributes

3DS Character Studio-Biped

Creating and Editing a Biped
Figure Mode and Figure Files Tutorials Pt.1
Figure Mode and Figure Files Pt.1
Footstep Mode and BIP Files Pt.1
Footstep Mode and BIP Files Pt.2
Track View-List Controllers
Editing Footsteps in Track View
Extracting Footsteps from BIP Files
Intro to MAXScript for the Biped
Freeform Animation
Biped Layers
Biped Dynamics and Spline Dynamics
Motion Flow Mode
Mixer Mode and Motion Mixer
Pelvis as Ball Joint
Bone Twist Controls Tutorials Pt.1
Bone Twist Controls Pt.2
Bone Twist Controls Pt.3
Twist Poses Pt.1
Twist Poses Pt.2
Twist Poses Pt.3
Using Filmbox .fbx Files

3D Studio Max Character Studio - Skin and Physique

Skin and Physique-Introduction
3D Studio Max - Create Skin
Physique Tutorials Pt.1
Physique Pt.2
Adjusting Biped to Mesh Pt.1
Adjusting Biped to Mesh Pt.2
Physique and Skin MAXScript Support
Adding Nullhelper to Biped
Skin MAXScript Example
Weight Tool

Character Studio-Biped Animation

Animation Workbench- 3 DOF Rotations
Workbench-Track View Synchronization
IK Blend and Join to Prev IK Key Tutorials Pt.1
IK Blend and Join to Prev IK Key Pt.2
Presets Pt.1
Presets Pt.2
3D Studio Pivots Tutorials Pt.1
Pivots Pt.2
Planting to a Moving Object
Biped Trajectories
Rubber Band Mode
Squash and Stretch w/ List Controllers Tutorials Pt.1
Squash and Stretch w/ List Controllers Pt.2
Bend Links-Smooth Twist
Layer Retargeting

Character Studio-Motion Flow

Creating keyframes From Motion Flow
Saving and Loading Motion Flow animation
Shared Motion Flow
Positioning and Reorienting-Move All
Retargeting - XAF File

Character Studio-Motion Mixer

Creating a Mixdown
Saving and Loading a .mix File
Creating a Loopable Clip and Tiling
Stretching and Trimming Clips
Combining Clips and Filtering
Mute and Solo Trackgroup
Moving Transition Brackets
Weighting
Timewarp

Garment Maker and Cloth

Introduction to Garment Maker and Cloth
Loading and Scaling Reference Art
Making Panels Tutorials Pt.1
Making Panels Pt.2
Garment Maker-Arranging Panels
Garment Maker-Creating Seams
Cloth Modifier-Simulate Local Tutorials Pt.1
Cloth Modifier-Simulate Local Pt.2
Cloth-Animate and Simulate
Skin the Biped-Preliminaries
Cloth-Skin the Biped Tutorials Pt.1
Cloth-Skin the Biped Pt.2
Cloth-Simulate Local
Cloth-Group-Surface Constraint
Cloth-Fixup and Re-simulate
Local Resimulate with Constraints
MAXScript-Local Cloth Resimulation
Cape-Garment Maker
Cape-cloth-Create Keys
Cape-Simulate-Weld Mesh
Cloth-group-Surface Constrain hood
Cloth-Node Constraint-Script Controller Tutorials Pt.1
Cloth-Node Constraint-Script Controller Pt.2
Cloth-Final Cape Implementation Tutorials Pt.1
Cloth-Final Cape Implementation Pt.2
Cloth-More MAXScript Tutorials Pt.1
Cloth-More MAXScript Pt.2
Cloth-More MAXScript Pt.3

3D Studio Max Hair and Fur Creation

Hair and Fur-Basics
Hair-Cut Length and Scale
Hair-Lighting
Hair-Styling-Holding a Style Tutorials Pt.1
Hair-Styling-Holding a Style Pt.2
Hair-Styling

3D Studio Max Mapping Tutorials

Pelt Mapping-Intro
Pelt Mapping-Create Irregular Object
Pelt Mapping-Check Material IDs
Pelt Mapping-Quick Start
Pelt Mapping-Create Seams
Pelt Mapping-Render UV Template
Pelt Mapping-Edit UVWs
Pelt Mapping-Further Study
Real World Mapping

Tutorials Summing Up

Wrap Up

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