3ds Max at a Glance -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Contents at a Glance -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Introduction to 3ds Max -- Understanding the 3ds Max Interface -- Selecting Objects -- Transforming Objects -- Managing Objects -- Scene Explorer -- Chapter 2: Modeling -- Understanding Geometry Types -- Creating Geometry -- Using Modifiers -- Using Splines -- Polygonal Modeling -- Using Subdivision Surfaces -- Creating Compound Objects -- Polygonal Modeling an Alien Character -- Spline Modeling a Spaceship -- Chapter 3: Creating Textures -- Working with Materials -- Creating and Editing Materials -- Using Maps -- Types of Maps -- Polygonal Modeling an Alien Character -- Chapter 4: Lighting -- Lighting Makes the Image -- Creating Lights -- Creating Shadows -- Creating Lighting Effects -- Setting Light Exclusion -- Lighting a Scene -- Chapter 5: Rendering -- Renderers -- Object Properties -- Cameras -- Scanline Renderer -- Environment And Effects Panel -- mental ray Renderer -- Render Elements -- Backburner -- Rendering Caustics by Using mental ray -- Rendering Global Illumination by Using mental ray -- Chapter 6: Character Deformations and Rigging -- Bones -- Inverse Kinematics -- Constraints -- Skinning -- Morphing -- Wiring Parameters -- Creating a Skeleton -- Skinning a Character -- Chapter 7: Animation -- Creating Animation -- Using Controllers -- Creating Keys -- Using the Motion Panel -- Using Track View -- Parameter Collector -- Animation Layers -- Creating a Walk Cycle -- Chapter 8: Character Studio -- Biped -- Modifying a Biped -- Manipulating a Biped -- Footstep Animation -- Motion Mixer -- Physique -- Animating a Biped -- Chapter 9: Special Effects -- Particle Systems -- Particle Flow -- Reactor -- Simulating Collisions -- Chapter 10: Hair and Cloth -- Hair and Fur -- Cloth -- Creating Hair.

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