* 3D Studio MAX User Interface
* Creating and Placing Objects with Precision
* How Light, Color and Shadow in MAX Differ from Light, Color and Shadow in the Real World
* Assigning Materials to Objects and Images to Lights
* Creating Metal, Wire and Plastic Materials
* Making Materials from Images
* Creating and Rendering Mirrored Materials
* Controlling Materials with Mapping Coordinates
* Modeling with Modifiers
* Creating a Low Polygon Car
* Working with 2D Shapes
* Creating Jewel Materials
* Lofting Complex Objects
* Working with Particle Systems
* Creating 3D Trees
* NURBS Fundamentals
* Trimming NURBS Surfaces
* Simple Human Figure Modeling
* Simple Character Animation (Forward Kinematics)
* Introduction to Inverse Kinematics
* Animating Links
* Volume Light Techniques
* Introduction to Compositing in Video Post
* Placing Photographed Characters into Rendered Scenes
* Creating Optical Effects Using Raytraced materials
* Creating Diamonds, Rubies, Sapphires and Emeralds
* Creating Particle Systems with Animated Particles
* Making Humanoid Faces with NURBS and Meshes
* Lofting Terrains
* Using Proxy Objects and Xrefs to Reduce File Size
* Linking and Animating a Knight in Armor
* Simple Bones and Skinning
* Creating an Assembly Line
* Explosive Combustion and Bombs
* Making a Clock Work
* Introduction to Expression Controllers
* More Advanced Expression Controllers
* Physical Dynamics Calculator
* Using Sunlight Systems
* Special Effects with Particle Systems and Lens Effects Highlights
* Creating Candle Light with Lens Effects
* Animating Xray Views with Video Post
* Using Hand Drawn Animation in MAX Scenes
* Clouds, Fog and Projecting Darkness
* Camera Matching Survival Guide
* Making Shadows Fall in Background Images
* Creating a Simple Script for MAXScript
* Creating Custom Toolbars and User Interfaces
* Importing AutoCAD Drawings into 3D Studio MAX

This training CD delivers the standard Autodesk Learning Assistance browser and takes just minutes to install. This product contains no animation or audio components, which means it runs quickly on standard Windows workstations, and can be conveniently used as a training and comprehensive reference tool even by employees in busy office environments and and students in computer labs. No internet connection is required to use this product.

Each tutorial delivers between one and three hours of hands-on instruction. The CD delivers more than one hundred hours of training and 900 full size, full color illustrations.

The system requirements for this CD are: Win 98, NT, 2000, 32mb of RAM, 100 MB of disk space, and the 3D Studio MAX 4 software.