Inside 3d Studio MAX 2, Volume III: Animation

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Reviews
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Written for experienced 3D Studio Max 2 users, this guide provides extensive help on creating sophisticated animations and on compositing and editing your final output. You start off by learning animation techniques such as using advanced transformation animations and animating with controllers, expressions, and multiple modifiers. Next, you explore character animation, setting up characters for movement, animating various walks (including four- and six-legged walks), animating with Biped and Physique, using mesh deformation, and creating facial animation. In the third part, you learn to enhance the environment by manipulating cameras, lights, and atmospheres and by working with particles, dynamic simulations, and space warps. In part 4, you use the Video Post module to composite scenes, edit animations, splice them together, and apply special effects. As with other books in the Inside series, there's an excellent combination of technique guidance, usage tips, and step-by-step help. The included CD-ROM has practice files for working along with projects in the book, as well as sample animations and working demos of a variety of plug-ins, including Bones Pro and Real Lens Flare. --Kathleen Caster

Book Description
Inside 3D Studio MAX 2 Volume III: Animation is a real-world tutorial for the serious professional or student. This book takes users beyond the basic techniques of animating to provide detailed information that cannot be found anywhere else. The reader will master the high-end techniques by practicing the detailed tutorials, all of which are supplemented by models and textures on the book's CD-ROM.

Kinetix 3D software owns two-thirds of the market for professional animation on the PC
Bud Lite, Tonka, America Online, Time Warner, Evian and Cadillac are among the list of Kinetix entertainment credits that use 3D Studio Max
Completely restructured for Windows NT, this book teaches how to make professional animation special effects through hot techniques, tips, and hints from the industry's top artists and animators
Practice with REAL-WORLD exercises throughout the book and the exercise files on the CD-ROM

Synopsis
This volume is a real-world tutorial for the serious professional or student. The book takes users beyond the basic techniques of animating to provide detailed information. The reader will master the high-end techniques by practicing the detailed tutorials, all of which are supplemented by models and textures on the book's CD-ROM. .

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