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Devlin2013 
Registered: Jan '04
7843_Anakin / Vader
Date Posted: 7/3/06 8:29pm Subject: RE: ** NOObie's... all appz all questions **

Neothehacker posted:


Are there any tutorials on creating a quite large/ hi poly landscape in 3ds Max 8? I'm not really a n00b, but I haven't found any ways of doing this. Do you create a bump/ displace map in Photoshop, or procedurally? How do you paint the diffuse colour of the ground? How big (pixels) are textures for large virtual areas? How do you light it? How do you create grass as an object, but without too long a rendering time?

Sorry I'm asking so many questions.



I start with Photoshop. Make a large image and fill it with clouds, using Render - clouds. Then use the burn and dodge options to bring out your lights and darks. Remember that the whites are going to be your high peaks and the blacks areas are going to be your ground. Configure your scene the way you want it and then save it as a Jpeg. Open 3d studio max and make a plane. I use 200 segments for length and width. Then choose your modify - displace and choose map. Pick your recently saved Jpeg and give it a strength of about 100. If it doesn't look how you want it, mess with the settings, then apply textures and lights and you're done. As far as grass, I don't know. For lighting, I use Omni, Sky lights etc depending on the scene I'm making. Use your best judgement and if you don't know what you want, play around with everything.

 
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Devlin2013 
Registered: Jan '04
7843_Anakin / Vader
Date Posted: 7/3/06 8:34pm Subject: RE: ** NOObie's... all appz all questions **

eliaskiller posted:
I have a little question

Im planing to make a space batlle scene in 3ds max7 and i do not know how to import many ships, like an x-wing chaising a tie-figther over a star destroyer or someting.
so can anyone help me


Start with opening one ship in 3d studio max and then go to file - merge, and choose your other ships. Unless your other ships are 3ds models, in which case you go file - import and choose your models.

 
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Gaby222 
Registered: Jul '06
Date Posted: 7/10/06 1:20pm Subject: RE: ** NOObie's... all appz all questions **
hello.
uhmm...u know..the tutorial for adding lightsaber effect in video..uhmm..in photoshop..how do i "play" the video...to make the lghtsbr in every frame.....

 
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Devlin2013 
Registered: Jan '04
7843_Anakin / Vader
Date Posted: 7/16/06 4:47pm Subject: RE: ** NOObie's... all appz all questions **
If you're asking how to play the tutorial video, I don't know because I haven't watched it. It's pretty simple though. Open your footage in Adobe Premier. Save the video as a film strip. Then open the file in Photoshop. Paint on your blades and save the file as a film strip again. Open the new file in Premier and save the footage as an AVI. Now you have a video with light sabers painted in. If you don't know how to make the lightsabers, I use a mask filled with white and apply an outer glow.

 
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JinxKatarn  124 posts
Registered: Jan '01
17779_Kyle Katarn
Date Posted: 7/30/06 7:35pm Subject: RE: ** NOObie's... all appz all questions **
Gaby222 posted:
hello.
uhmm...u know..the tutorial for adding lightsaber effect in video..uhmm..in photoshop..how do i "play" the video...to make the lghtsbr in every frame.....


If you're able to access it, After Effects will do a much better job for the rotoscoping of a lightsaber.

Otherwise...you just need to export the filmstrip once your done painting on the saber glow and then bring it back into Premiere.

 
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JimBobCarl  327 posts
Registered: Apr '04
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Date Posted: 8/2/06 4:47pm Subject: RE: ** NOObie's... all appz all questions ** - Date Edited: 8/2/06 4:47pm (1 edits total) Edited By: JimBobCarl
3ds MAX Question : How do I make an entire ship "transparent" OR cloaked???

 

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erus_multus2  961 posts
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Date Posted: 8/19/06 3:49pm Subject: RE: ** NOObie's... all appz all questions **
In 3Ds Max (7) for the move control thing the arrows disappeared. I can't figure out how to get them back. Please help..

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Thanks.

 

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Devlin2013 
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Date Posted: 8/19/06 10:21pm Subject: RE: ** NOObie's... all appz all questions **
Is there any way of isolating a light so that it only affects a particular object in a scene in 3d studio max? For instance, If I wanted to make a light affect a model without affecting the models in the background, is that possible?

 
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rigon  195 posts
Registered: Aug '06
24217_Obi-Wan
Date Posted: 8/19/06 10:37pm Subject: RE: ** NOObie's... all appz all questions **
Is there any way to convert a 3DS, Maya, LW etc to .Max?

How do you animate the Scifi3D character models when they got no bones? Is there another way?

 
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erus_multus2  961 posts
Registered: Nov '05
46177_Malcolm Reynolds
Date Posted: 8/19/06 10:44pm Subject: RE: ** NOObie's... all appz all questions **
rigon posted:
Is there any way to convert a 3DS, Maya, LW etc to .Max?


Well, you can easily convert a 3DS to .max if you have 3Ds Max. Just import it and save the file. I don't know about the other two, but I know that no other programs can create max files.

 

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rigon  195 posts
Registered: Aug '06
24217_Obi-Wan
Date Posted: 8/19/06 10:58pm Subject: RE: ** NOObie's... all appz all questions **
OKay, great thanks. I'm new to this with 3D. heheh. ^_^

Concerning my other question... there are Yoda models, Stoormtroopers etc...
But they don't have any bones. sad How do you animate then?

 
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erus_multus2  961 posts
Registered: Nov '05
46177_Malcolm Reynolds
Date Posted: 8/19/06 11:51pm Subject: RE: ** NOObie's... all appz all questions **
Move each piece seperately...or ask someone to rig it up...

 

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rigon  195 posts
Registered: Aug '06
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Date Posted: 8/20/06 5:43am Subject: RE: ** NOObie's... all appz all questions **
erus_multus2 posted:
Move each piece seperately...or ask someone to rig it up...

This is the noob thread so I guess I could ask this, whats rig it up? thinking

 
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erus_multus2  961 posts
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46177_Malcolm Reynolds
Date Posted: 8/20/06 12:37pm Subject: RE: ** NOObie's... all appz all questions **
Attach bones...

 

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JeneralJarJar  154 posts
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Date Posted: 8/20/06 9:16pm Subject: RE: ** NOObie's... all appz all questions ** - Date Edited: 8/20/06 9:33pm (1 edits total) Edited By: JeneralJarJar
erus_multus2 posted:
In 3Ds Max (7) for the move control thing the arrows disappeared. I can't figure out how to get them back. Please help..

Press 'X' to get it back. That's one of Max's anoying shortcuts that I didn't figure out until I noticed it in the shortcut list.

edit: Since I'm feeling friendly today I'll answer some other questions too.

Devlin2013 posted:
Is there any way of isolating a light so that it only affects a particular object in a scene in 3d studio max? For instance, If I wanted to make a light affect a model without affecting the models in the background, is that possible?

Add or remove objects from the light's Include/Exclude list.

rigon posted:
Is there any way to convert a 3DS, Maya, LW etc to .Max?

.3ds is native to Max. Export the mesh as .obj from the other applications or get a program called Deep Exploration.

rigon posted:
Concerning my other question... there are Yoda models, Stoormtroopers etc...
But they don't have any bones. How do you animate then?

This one seems self-explanatory. The model doesn't have bones so.... create them.

And finally: take the time to learn your software. Read the help files, read online tutorials, visit some CG websites. Anything you can to get a feel for your program and also the general 3d process and workflow.


 
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