3D Studio MAX 3 Fundamentals (INSIDE)

Whether you're new to 3D Studio MAX, upgrading from a previous release, or moving from 2D to 3D design, 3D Studio MAX 3 Fundamentals has everything you need to get up to speed quickly and easily. Using fully illustrated examples, easy-to follow exercises, time-saving tips, and helpful notes, you'll learn how to build fundamental objects, create realistic textures, light a scene, place cameras, render animation, and more. This hands-on guide also explains complex 3D design concepts in a simple, easy-to-understand language to give you a solid foundation. With 3D Studio MAX 3 Fundamentals, you'll lay the foundation for an expanding future as a MAX professional! * Designed to be the perfect starting point for those with little or no experience using MAX. * Step-by-step exercises get you using MAX 3 in a practical, professional way: From simple geometry creation to applying textures and materials to rendering and animation. * Designed to take ever unfamiliar with the MAX interface over the learning threshold and have them modeling, texturing and rendering within days. * Imagine having a video tape of the key procedures shown in the book so that you can SEE how they're done while you're reading and learning: That's what you get with the CD-ROM's Lotus ScreenCam movies of each exercise! * Learn from hands-on practice with the major modeling and animation tools of MAX 3, including NURBS, NURMS, patches, IK, and bones.