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

by Draper

• ISBN13: 9780240520193
• ISBN10: 024052019X
• Edition: DVD
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-04-18
• Publisher: Elsevier Science

Summary

Get the most realistic effects from 3ds Max without having to spend more on plug-ins! Boost your effects skill-set with this 3ds Max workshop. Tutorial lessons give you hands-on experience in creating realistic fire, earth, air and water effects. Updated to demonstrate production techniques suitable for any version of 3ds Max, this new edition is co-published by Autodesk Media and Entertainment, and includes new tutorials on entering the Earth's atmosphere, glaciers, lava eruptions and a Badlands landscape. Inspirational color images cover every page of the book as the author shares his professional techniques and workflow processes. The companion DVD contains all of the required tutorial media as well as over 6 hours of video tutorials. User level: Intermediate and advanced · Realistic effects without plug-ins! · Tutorial lessons demonstrate professional techniques and workflow processes. · Companion DVD contains all of the required tutorial media plus additional video tutorials. · Co-published by Autodesk Media and Entertainment.

Author Biography

Pete Draper is a UK based CG artist with well over a decade's industry experience

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Acknowledgements	ix
Equipment	x
About the author	xi
Introduction	xiii
Why 3ds Max?	xiii
3ds Max Versions	xiii
Your level of experience	xiv
You are only as good as your reference material	xiv
Format	xv
Structure of each tutorial	xv
The DVD	xvi
The video tutorials	xvi
Tutorial support	xvii
THE ELEMENTS
FIRE	1	(118)
Candle	3	(13)
Match	16	(14)
Gas hob	30	(12)
Oil fire	42	(13)
Flamethrower	55	(12)
Tunnel explosion	67	(10)
Fireworks	77	(13)
Coals	90	(12)
Solar flare	102	(17)
WATER	119	(112)
Lemonade	121	(10)
Calm seas	131	(10)
Stormy seas	141	(10)
Underwater	151	(9)
Moving surface water	160	(11)
Rain	171	(14)
Hailstones	185	(10)
Snowflakes	195	(10)
Lava lamp	205	(11)
Glacier	216	(15)
EARTH	231	(90)
Volcanic terrain	233	(16)
Lava	249	(12)
Grass and dirt	261	(10)
Grasses	271	(15)
Frozen wastelands	286	(10)
Mountain	296	(13)
Asteroid	309	(12)
AIR	321	(50)
Cigarette smoke	323	(8)
Tornado	331	(15)
Eruption	346	(12)
Pyroclastic flow	358	(13)
APPENDICES	371	(6)
The next step and further reading	373	(2)
Plug-in solutions	375	(2)
Index	377