Introducing 3ds Max 9: 3D for Beginners breaks down the complexities of 3D modeling, texturing, animating, and visual effects. You'll jump right into the pipeline - from preproduction to production to postproduction - with clear-cut explanations, tutorials, and hands-on projects to build your skills. A special color insert includes real-world examples from talented 3ds Max beginners. From immediately creating your first animation to tackling poly modeling, rendering, and particles, you'll get a solid grounding in 3ds Max 9.

• Build the knowledge you need for game, film, and TV production
• Master modeling-from simple and complex polygon mechanical models to organic character modeling
• Assign textures effects and UV texture mapping
• Create walk cycles and simple character animations with Character Studio
• Explore lighting, rendering, and raytracing concepts
• Render through mental ray and raytracing
• Discover simple rigid body dynamics and Max's particle systems

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