In this movie, you adjust the UV clusters to minimize distortion and then you pack them into the UV area.

Using Normal Maps - Part 5

In this movie, you unwrap the texture coordinates on the low-poly column, in preparation to extracting normal maps.

Using Normal Maps - Part 4

In this movie, you extract low-poly models from their respective high-poly counterparts.

Using Normal Maps - Part 3

In this movie, you explore the high poly components that make the various parts of the column. You also learn about Floater objects, which are meant to provide a very efficient technique to projecting normal maps.

Using Normal Maps - Part 2

In this tutorial, you learn to use normal maps to provide detail without adding geometry. It's a technique used mostly for gaming but can also be applied to architectural visualization or in any situation where interactive playback is required.

Using Normal Maps - Part 1

In this tutorial, you learn to wire TextPlus entities to objects and scene parameters to read and update values such as time, transforms and animation controllers.

Using TextPlus

In this tutorial, you learn to animate TextPlus entities globally but also by separating paragraphs, lines, words and even individual characters. You do so by applying various animation presets to test the concept.

In this tutorial, you experiment with TextPlus, which replaces the old text tool in 3ds Max. you learn some basic functionality and about the ease of use that enables you to create quick and easy text elements.

In this tutorial, you learn about Animation Offset Controls and Animation Presets, which are tools that make it easy to induce an offset so that the same animation does not occur simultaneously on multiple objects.

Using Animation Offset Controls and Presets

In this tutorial, you learn to use the Voxel Solver, which gives you a much better start-up skin solution where most of the skinning is already properly established. From that point, you only need to add the finishing touches.

Using the Voxel Solver with the Skin Modifier

The official learning channel for Autodesk® 3ds Max® software, a comprehensive 3D modeling, animation, rendering, and compositing solution for games, film, and motion graphics artists. The Autodesk® 3ds Max® Learning Channel provides tutorials of all levels to help you learn Autodesk® 3ds Max®.

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In this movie, we explore different ways of getting a Revit design across to 3ds Max. In the process, we'll discuss some basic principles as they relate to both products, and some important setup procedures that work better than others.

Revit Interoperability - Part 02

In this movie, you experiment with a Nighttime lighting scenario based on a Revit scene exported that way. You test out the default parameters and then learn to improve on them.

Revit Interoperability - Part 10

In this movie, you take a look at optimizing railings, by removing unnecessary elements or simplifying profiles to reduce polygon count. In doing so, you'll learn about modifying family type properties in Revit.

Revit Interoperability - Part 06

In this tutorial, you learn to link a Revit model to 3ds Max. You learn about the link presets that you can use to sort the imported models one way or another. You also learn how to update the 3ds Max scene once the model in Revit has been modified.

Linking a Revit File

In this tutorial, you explore the Design Ribbon that is part of the Design Standard Workspace. The Design Ribbon combines tools that are useful for Design Visualization. This is easier than hunting for them in various areas of the 3ds Max interface.

Using the Design Ribbon

In this movie, you learn to model a detailed baseball, right down to the seams and stitches, by using two Max Creation Graphs you have learned about in other tutorials on this channel.

MCG - Modeling a Baseball

In this movie, you learn to add your own tools that appear as new objects in the Geometry command panel. The tool that you learn to put together is one you would use to replace children objects in a hierarchy by another scene object that you define.

MCG - Object Creation

In this movie, you continue developing your Clone modifier by adding Rotation and Scale flexibility to the Position data you introduced in Part 1.

MCG - Creating a Clone Modifier - Part 2

This movie shows you how to import and export Custom Startup Template in order to share them with others.

Importing and Exporting Start Up Templates

This tutorial shows you how to control wheel spin as a car travels on a path. It also shows how to turn the wheels and roll the car body in reaction to Steering Wheel animation. In this Part 1 movie, you familiarize yourself with the scene and its setup.

Animating a Car on a Path - Part 01

In this movie, You add the final touch to your museum scene by placing and animating pedestrians using the Populate tool.

Revit Interoperability - Part 18

In this movie, you add cars and buses with the intention of animating them. Prior to that however, you learn to randomize the body colors of the various cars for more variety.

Revit Interoperability - Part 15

This tutorial series shows you how to use Autodesk Revit and Autodesk 3ds Max Design in tandem. You learn to take a Revit design into 3ds Max in order to produce superior renderings and animations.

Revit Interoperability - Part 01

In this movie, you use a free script to animate the "growth" of a building, and watch it get created from the grounds up.

Creating City Blocks - Part 29

In this movie, you work on the roads that make up your first city block. You learn how to subdivide the roads to ensure you are using different road markings that include lane dividers and pedestrian crossings.

Creating City Blocks - Part 03

This tutorial series shows you how to build tileable city blocks that include road works, street elements and low-poly buildings to create cityscapes. The tutorial is divided in three sections: Roads, Urban Design Components and Low-Poly Buildings.

Creating City Blocks - Part 01

This tutorial shows how the trailer that precedes every movie on this channel was done. In this first movie, you set the basis for the bouncing arrow. Later, you fine-tune the animation and the look by adding ripples, materials and proper scene lighting.

Making-of the Channel Trailer - Part 1

In this tutorial, you learn to integrate 3D objects into real-world imagery. You learn to match the perspective of your 3D camera to that of the background picture used as an environment map.

Matching the Environment - Part 1 - Perspective Matching

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