3D Studio Max 8 - Animation

• Concepts and principles of animation
• Navigating 3D space
• Animation tools and set up
• Animation techniques
• Staging the animation process
• Rendering a 3D animation sequence
• Strategies and techniques for planning a 3D animation

This course is also available with earlier version of 3D Studio Max 6

• Introduction
  • Introduction
  • Concepts and Principles
  • Cartesian Coordinates
  • Basic Geometry
• Workspace
  • Introduction
  • Menus and Windows
  • Viewports, Pan, Zoom, Rotate
  • Basic Animation Tools
• Animation Set Up
  • Introduction
  • Hierarchies
  • Pivot Points
  • Skeletons
  • Modifiers
  • Mini Assignment 01
• Animation Techniques
  • Introduction
  • Animating with Keyframes
  • Editing Keys with Track Bar
  • Trajectories
  • Animation Controllers
  • Linking Objects
  • Paths
  • Dummy Objects
  • Procedurals
  • Deformations
  • Dynamatics
  • Kinematics
  • Particles
  • Mini Assignment 02
• Staging
  • Introduction
  • Lights
  • Cameras
  • Mini Assignment 03
• Animation Process
  • Introduction
  • Materials
  • Mini Assignment 04
• Rendering
  • Introduction
  • Rendering a 3D Animation Sequence
  • Mini Assignment 05