Introducing Autodesk® 3ds Max® 2011 -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- About the Contributors -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Basic Concepts -- How to Read This Book -- What Is CGI? -- Production Workflow -- CG Workflow -- CG Specialties -- Fundamental Concepts -- Coordinate Systems -- Animation Fundamentals -- 3ds Max Fundamental Terms and Concepts -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Your First 3ds Max Project -- Getting Around in 3ds Max -- Project and File-Management Workflow -- The 3ds Max Interface -- Jumping Headlong into Production -- Summary -- Chapter 3: The 3ds Max Interface -- What Am I Looking At? -- Screen Layout -- Command Panels -- Controls at the Bottom of the UI -- The Viewports -- Managing Scene Objects -- Scene Explorer -- The Quad Menu and the Caddy Interface -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Modeling in 3ds Max: Part I -- Planning Your Model -- Modeling Concepts -- Modifiers and the Modifier Stack -- Look at the Mesh You Got Us Into! -- Editable Poly Tools -- Modeling a Chest of Drawers -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Modeling in 3ds Max: Part II -- Building the Red Rocket -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Character Poly Modeling -- Setting Up the Scene -- Creating the Soldier -- Summary -- Chapter 7: Materials and Mapping -- Materials -- The Material Editor -- Mapping a Pool Ball -- Mapping, Just a Little Bit More -- Exploring the Various Map Types -- Using Opacity Maps -- Mapping the Rocket -- Mapping the Soldier -- Summary -- Chapter 8: Introduction to Animation -- The Mobile Redux: Setting Up Hierarchies -- Ready, Set, Animate! -- Animating the Rest of the Mobile -- Using Dummy Objects -- The Bouncing Ball -- Using the Track View-Curve Editor -- Track View -- Anticipation and Momentum in Knife Throwing -- Summary -- Chapter 9: Character Studio and IK Animation -- Character Animation -- Character Studio Workflow -- Creating a Biped.

Animating a Biped -- Associating a Biped with the Soldier Model -- Using Inverse Kinematics -- Summary -- Chapter 10: 3ds Max Lighting -- Basic Lighting Concepts -- Three-Point Lighting -- 3ds Max Lights -- Common Light Parameters -- Ambient Light -- Lighting the Red Rocket -- Atmospheres and Effects -- Light Lister -- Summary -- Chapter 11: 3ds Max Rendering -- Rendering Setup -- Motion Blur -- Previewing with ActiveShade -- Cameras -- Safe Frame -- Render Elements -- Rendering Effects -- Raytraced Reflections and Refractions -- Bringing It All Together: Rendering the Rocket -- mental ray Renderer -- Final Gather with mental ray -- Summary -- Chapter 12: Particles and Dynamics -- Understanding Particle Systems -- Setting Up a Particle System -- Particle Systems and Space Warps -- Using Rigid Body Dynamics -- Using Soft Body Dynamics -- Summary -- So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish -- Index -- Color Gallery.