CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PREFACE -- 1 ESSENTIALS OF 3ds max 6 FOR ANIMATION AND VISUAL EFFECTS -- 2 COMPUTER ANIMATED FILMMAKING -- 3 MODELING ENVIRONMENTS, BUILDINGS, AND ALIENS -- 4 FINISHING THE ALIEN VAMPIRE CHARACTER -- 5 CONSTRUCTING THE GENERIC MAN CHARACTER -- 6 FINISHING THE DR. QUIN/ GENERIC MAN PATCH MODEL -- 7 CHARACTER SETUP WITH BONES -- 8 PREPARING FOR CHARACTER ANIMATION -- 9 CHARACTER ANIMATION -- 10 SCENE ANIMATION -- 11 VISUAL EFFECTS -- 12 ADVANCED ANIMATION -- 13 MATERIALS AND TEXTURES -- 14 LIGHTING AND RENDERING -- 15 character studio 4 -- 16 combustion 3, COMPOSITING AND 2D VISUAL EFFECTS -- 17 PLUG- INS -- A ABOUT THE CD- ROM -- B REFERENCES -- INDEX.