I'm taking up 3D Studio Max

manufan · 21-04-2002, 11:56:AM

After I've completed learning all the basics of Photoshop, of which I'm almost, I'm moving on to 3D Studio Max. My uncle is a pro in that, so he can help me. He even made a movie with me getting chased by a 3D dinosaur around the house!!!!

Any suggestions on where I could learn the basics of 3dsmax?

::shinji:: · 21-04-2002, 01:18:PM

Hmm...Iceblu would probably be a good person to direct this question to, I know he's been using that program for a while....I've only played around with it a few times myself, but I imagine practicing with some tut's would be a good place to start learning the basics, books are also a good way to learn anything, if you have the patience that is...

21-04-2002, 01:34:PM

hmmm......i did a course at a university last summer.....

believe me....ITS HARD.....

needs lot of practice.....and lot of patience and lot of imagination.

It has NO limits....no guidelines and no fixed set of rules.....

its just fun to mix and match and try different things...

i love the bones and stuff.......i made a shark animation once

the very first thing i made was an Apple

manufan · 21-04-2002, 01:43:PM

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Originally posted by ::shinji::
Hmm...Iceblu would probably be a good person to direct this question to, I know he's been using that program for a while....I've only played around with it a few times myself, but I imagine practicing with some tut's would be a good place to start learning the basics, books are also a good way to learn anything, if you have the patience that is...

Yes, I am going to take a course and I bought about 6 books

manufan · 21-04-2002, 01:44:PM

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Originally posted by IceBlu
hmmm......i did a course at a university last summer.....

believe me....ITS HARD.....

needs lot of practice.....and lot of patience and lot of imagination.

It has NO limits....no guidelines and no fixed set of rules.....

its just fun to mix and match and try different things...

i love the bones and stuff.......i made a shark animation once

the very first thing i made was an Apple

Well I'm not going into animations just yet. I'm sticking to still images for now.

manufan · 21-04-2002, 01:50:PM

btw IceBlu, could you make something simple and post it here, and tell me how long it took you to make it?

Larry · 21-04-2002, 05:58:PM

That program sounds good, and from what ive seen, everything looks good too.

21-04-2002, 07:42:PM

sure

this is a dolphin i made in 3DsMax.....only to find that they had already given a dolphin in their free samples

anyways...i did this a while back...took me like 1/2 an hour

of course i edited the background with PS for posting it here...i used it for an undwater animation ...where a shark attacks it and rips it

Paul · 21-04-2002, 08:11:PM

I've seen studio max and its totally cool! there certainly is not limints.

I am waiting on my copy from a friend

assathin · 22-04-2002, 01:08:AM

I think MAX is a good thing to get into, it's not too intimidating to new users but it's still got an endless feature list. If you're looking for good MAX tutorials, I suggest http://www.3dluvr.com . I did this lava ball from one of the tutorials on one of the 'Users' areas:

22-04-2002, 02:41:AM

I am gonna *ahem get that program soon

I can't wait... if everything goes right, I will have it by the end of May

I can imagine how hard it is tho

How much space does it take up? Hopefully not more than MOHAA

assathin · 22-04-2002, 03:39:AM

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Originally posted by KADER
I am gonna *ahem get that program soon I can't wait... if everything goes right, I will have it by the end of May
I can imagine how hard it is tho How much space does it take up? Hopefully not more than MOHAA

It's not too hard if you spend a lot of time on it, though I'd say that lighting and texturing are the two hardest aspects.
My current MAX installation is about 440Mb, but that's with sample scenes and stuff installed.

manufan · 22-04-2002, 06:08:AM

Thanks all of you, for your help.!!!!!!

I'm just finishing up a course on Photoshop and I will start a course on 3dsmax soon.

manufan · 22-04-2002, 06:34:AM

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Originally posted by IceBlu
sure

this is a dolphin i made in 3DsMax.....only to find that they had already given a dolphin in their free samples

anyways...i did this a while back...took me like 1/2 an hour
of course i edited the background with PS for posting it here...i used it for an undwater animation ...where a shark attacks it and rips it

That's cool!!!!!!

::shinji:: · 22-04-2002, 08:10:PM

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Originally posted by IceBlu
sure

this is a dolphin i made in 3DsMax.....only to find that they had already given a dolphin in their free samples

anyways...i did this a while back...took me like 1/2 an hour

of course i edited the background with PS for posting it here...i used it for an undwater animation ...where a shark attacks it and rips it

man, that is so good! It's nice to see someone who actually makes "something" with 3d Max, unlike that over done abstract stuff a lot of people seem to make these days with that program...