Overview of Animation in 3D Studio Max

Lectures:

LECTURE 1.	NAVIGATING THE MAX INTERFACE
Page 1 -	The Menu bar
Page 2 -	The Command Panel
Page 3 -	Understanding 3D
Page 4 -	Views
Page 5 -	Viewport Controllers
Page 6 -	Animation Controls

LECTURE 2.	MODELLING PRIMITIVES
Page 1 -	Creating Primitives
Page 2 -	File Management

LECTURE 3.	TRANSFORMING OBJECTS
Page 1 -	Selecting Objects
Page 2 -	Transform Tools
Page 3 -	The Transform Gizmo
Page 4 -	Co-ordinate Systems
Page 5 -	Using Co-ordinate Systems

LECTURE 4.	ADVANCED MODELLING TECHNIQUES
Page 1 -	Cloning
Page 2 -	Boolean Operations
Page 3 -	The Modifier Stack
Page 4-	Modelling with Splines
Page 5 -	Creating and Modifying Splines
Page 6 -	Lathing a Spline
Page 7 -	Surface Normals
Page 8-	Adding Materials and Rendering
Page 9 -	Recap

LECTURE 5	Materials, Cameras and Lighting

LECTURE 6	BASIC ANIMATION
Page 1 -	What is animation
Page 2 -	Overview of Animation in 3DS Max
Page 3 -	The Animate Button - Creating Key Frames
Page 4 -	Editing Key frames
Page 5 -	Editing Key frames

LECTURE 7	MODIFYING ANIMATION
Page 1 -	Using Track View
Page 2 -	Position XYZ Controller
Page 3 -	The Bouncing Ball
Page 4 -	The Bouncing Ball Cont.

LECTURE 8	ADDING SQUASH AND STRETCH
Page 1 -	Adding Scale Keyframes
Page 2 -	Correcting Tangents
Page 3 -	Looping Your Animation
Page 4 -	Rendering Animation
Page 5 -	Adding Shadows and Radiosity

LECTURE 9	ANIMATING ALONG A PATH
Page 1 -	Using the Path Controller
Page 2 -	Adding a Camera to the Path
Page 3 -	Controlling Percentage Value in Track View

LECTURE 10	CREATING AND ANIMATING A HIERARCHY
Page 1 -	Creating a simple hierarchy
Page 2 -	Link Locks
Page 3 -	Motion Inheritance
Page 4 -	Creating a Hierarchical Human Figure.
Download -	Creating a Walk Cycle
Page 5 -	Walking along a Path