Deconstructing the Elements with 3ds Max 6 : Create Natural Fire, Earth, Air and Water Without Plug-Ins

by Draper

• ISBN13: 9780240519548
• ISBN10: 024051954X
• Edition: DVD
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-08-14
• Publisher: Elsevier Science

Summary

Master professional techniques in 3ds max with expert guidance from this unique book and DVD-ROM package! A must have guide for those with 3ds max experience who want to get more out of the base kit this versatile package provides. Save money by finding out how to get the most realistic effects from 3ds max without having to spend more on plugins. This book includes all you need to know to create realistic earth, air, fire and water effects with Discreet's powerful 3ds max animation kit. Inspirational color images cover every page as Pete shares his professional insight, detailing the breakdown of the extensive catalog of visual reference material supplied on the DVD-ROM to ensure your effects are more realistic when working in 3ds max. This information is then used within the body of the tutorials which teach not only how to create each effect, but why we have performed that specific step so that you have a complete understanding of all the processes involved. The free DVD-ROM also contains 5 hours and 45 minutes of free video tutorials in which Pete walks you through additional effects while still maintaining the same quality and format as the tutorials in the book. 'I congratulate Pete on this amazing accomplishment. I am certain that those of you who read this will find it incredibly useful, both as an educational tool and as a volume of reference. I encourage you all to read and absorb the information found within, and use it to help strengthen both your own skills, and to help strengthen and maintain our ever spreading 3D community.' Jason 'Buzz' Busby (www.3dbuzz.com)

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Acknowledgements	ix
Equipment	x
About the author	xi
Introduction	xiii
Why 3ds max?	xiii
3ds max 6	xiii
Your level of experience	xiii
You are only as good as your reference material	xiv
Format	xiv
Structure of each tutorial	xv
The DVD	xvi
The video tutorials	xvi
Tutorial support	xvi
FIRE	1	(100)
Candle	3	(12)
Match	15	(14)
Gas hob	29	(12)
Oil fire	41	(13)
Flamethrower	54	(12)
Tunnel explosion	66	(10)
Fireworks	76	(13)
Coals	89	(12)
WATER	101	(98)
Lemonade	103	(10)
Calm seas	113	(10)
Stormy seas	123	(10)
Underwater	133	(9)
Moving surface water	142	(11)
Rain	153	(14)
Hailstones	167	(10)
Snowflakes	177	(10)
Lava lamp	187	(12)
EARTH	199	(90)
Volcanic terrain	201	(16)
Lava	217	(12)
Grass and dirt	229	(10)
Grasses	239	(15)
Frozen wastelands	254	(10)
Mountain	264	(13)
Asteroid	277	(12)
AIR	289	(50)
Cigarette smoke	291	(8)
Tornado	299	(15)
Eruption	314	(12)
Pyroclastic flow	326	(13)
APPENDICES	339	(6)
The next step and further reading	341	(2)
Plug-in solutions	343	(2)
Index	345