Intro
to 3D MAX
· 3D MAX User Interface
· Menu Bar
· Tab Panel
· Viewports
· Keyboard Shortcuts
Units
· Setting the Units
· Construction Grid
Controlling
Objects
· Naming Objects & Objects Color
· Controlling Display
· Object Groups
Selecting
Object
· Select Tool & Select by Region
· Irregular Selections Sets
· Selecting by Name
· Lock Selections Sets
Working
with Files
· Saving Files · Merging Files
· Importing file from other Application
Configuring
Viewports
· Viewport Properties & Controls
· Viewport Configuration
Standard
Primitives
· Box
· Cylinder
· Cone
· Tube
· Teapot
· Sphere
· Torus
· Plan
· Creating Objects with Precision
Editing
Objects
· Moving Objects
· Restricting Axes
· Rotating Objects
· Uniform Scaling Objects
· Non-uniform Scaling Objects
· Transform Type-ins
· Placing Objects with Precision
· Copy Objects
· Mirror Objects
Splines
· Drawing Splines
· Vertex Controls
· Editing Splines
· Additional Spline Commands
· Extrude Splines
· Lathe Splines
Boolean
Operations
· Union
· Subtract
· Intersect
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Lofting
· Lofting with Shapes
· Lofting alone a Path
· Modifying Lofted Objects
Deformation
Lofted Objects
· Scale Deformation
· Fit Deformation
Modifiers
· Edit Mesh
· Bend
· Taper
· Twist
Lights
· Omni Lights & Default Lights
· Free Spot Lights
· Target Spot Lights
· Free Directional Lights
· Target Directional Lights
· Changing Lights Types
Illuminating
Scenes
· Turning Lights ON/OFF
· Excluding Objects
· Intensity & Color
· Hotspot & Falloff
· Turning Shadows ON/OFF
· Raytraced Shadows & Shadow Map
· Creating Optical Effects Using Raytraced materials
· Projector Map
Creating
Cameras
· Target Camera & Activate Camera View
· Adjusting Camera Parameters
· Free Camera
· Placing Camera
Materials
· Material Editor & Material Library
· Assigning a Material to an Object
· Basic Material Parameters
· Material Mapping
· Importing Bitmaps
· Creating and Rendering Mirrored Materials
· Controlling Materials with Mapping Materials
Rendering
· Render Types · Render Setting
· Placing Photographed Characters into Rendered Scenes
Animation
· Overview of Animation
· Linking Object Together
· Assigning Pivot Points
· Reducing Frames
· Slowing Animations
· Rescaling Time
· Setting the Frame Rate & Time Code
· Using Track View to Control Animation
· Animating Along a Path
· Animating Camera
· Animating Lights
· Animation Object Materials
· Walk-Through Animation
· Render Animation
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