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Create An Audio Driven Animated Equalizer Effect In 3D Studio Max Using Audio Float Controllers And Sound Forge

Create An Audio Driven Animated Equalizer Effect In 3D Studio Max Using Audio Float Controllers And Sound Forge

Madhan_2005 on Feb 22nd 2012 with 1 comment

In today’s tutorial you’ll learn how to integrate sound into 3D Studio Max and use it to drive an animated equalizer effect. You’ll start by learning some advanced techniques for processing and isolating sound frequencies using Sound Forge, and how these can be independently used to control animation data inside 3ds Max using Audio Float controllers.

This is an extremely powerful technique that can be used to create all kinds of truly unique effects. To demonstrate this, Madhan will also show you how audio can be used to drive FumeFx simulations that are in sync with your audio tracks. Awesome stuff indeed!

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Create A Snake Animation Using Spring Magic In 3D Studio Max

Create A Snake Animation Using Spring Magic In 3D Studio Max

Chandan Kumar on Feb 17th 2012 with 5 comments

In this tutorial Chandan Kumar will introduce you to Spring Magic, a very useful free script for animating bones or splines in 3D Studio Max. This script is extremely easy to use and will save you the time consuming task of hand animating bone chains. As a practical example, Chandan will show you how this tool can be used to animate a snake model in only a few minutes!

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Achieving Realistic Results With 3ds Max & V-Ray, An Interior Lighting And Rendering Overview

Achieving Realistic Results With 3ds Max & V-Ray, An Interior Lighting And Rendering Overview

Pratik Gulati on Feb 9th 2012 with 16 comments

In this tutorial, Pratik Gulati will give you an insightful overview of interior lighting and rendering in 3d Studio Max using V-Ray. Pratik will discuss his work-flow and the techniques he uses to achieve realistic results. You’ll learn how to setup interior lighting, create V-Ray shaders and the settings needed to render a modern bathroom scene realistically!

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Quick Tip: How To Render Frames And Video In 3D Studio Max

Quick Tip: How To Render Frames And Video In 3D Studio Max

Chandan Kumar on Feb 7th 2012 with 6 comments

You requested it and Chandan Kumar has delivered. In this beginner level quick tip, Chandan will explain how to render your animations out of 3ds Max, as both image sequences with alpha channel information included (ideal for post work.) Or in a direct movie format such as .mov or .avi with some helpful tips on codecs and compression.

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How To Generate And Render Caustics In 3D Studio Max
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How To Generate And Render Caustics In 3D Studio Max

Chandan Kumar on Feb 2nd 2012 with 2 comments

In this beginner level tutorial, author Chandan Kumar will explain how to generate and render caustics in 3D Studio Max. Caustics are an essential element in adding a level of believability to your renders, and simulate the effect of light bending while passing through a transparent or semi-transparent medium such as glass or liquid.

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Quick Tip: Object & Sub-Object Selection Sets In 3D Studio Max
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Quick Tip: Object & Sub-Object Selection Sets In 3D Studio Max

Ben Tate on Jan 28th 2012 with 1 comment

In this quick tip we’ll look at an often overlooked feature of 3D Studio Max. Selection sets are a great way to keep large scenes in order by allowing you to save specific object selections, or sub-object selections. Not only will this keep you sane when working on massive scenes with hundreds or thousands of objects, but save you an enormous amount of time by essentially giving you the ability to return to a previously saved selection any time with a single click.

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Achieving Realistic Depth Of Field In 3D Studio Max & After Effects

Achieving Realistic Depth Of Field In 3D Studio Max & After Effects

Chandan Kumar on Jan 19th 2012 with 10 comments

Depth Of Field is essential to add believability and realism to any 3d render. In this tutorial Chandan Kumar will explain how to achieve in camera DOF in 3d studio max, and how to improve quality and control focus using the camera’s target distance.

This effect can work nicely, but if you want greater control. The use of a Z-Depth pass and post production software such as After Effects, gives you the ability to change an image’s focus without the need to re-render. In the second half of the tutorial we’ll move into After Effects where you’ll learn how Z-Depth can be used to control Depth of Field using AE’s Lens Blur Options and the benefits of doing this in post production.

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Quick Tip: ‘Grid Cubes’ In 3D Studio Max With Thinking Particles

Quick Tip: ‘Grid Cubes’ In 3D Studio Max With Thinking Particles

Cristian Pop on Jan 10th 2012 with 7 comments

In this quick tip, you’ll learn how to create a “Grid Cubes” effect using 3d Studio Max and the power of Thinking Particles, inspired by the Cube World Effect video from the Cebas website.

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Create Audio Driven Animated Text In 3D Studio Max Using Controllers

Create Audio Driven Animated Text In 3D Studio Max Using Controllers

Chandan Kumar on Dec 28th 2011 with 10 comments

Chandan Kumar is back once again with another awesome tutorial showing you how to create an audio driven text animation in 3D Studio Max using controllers. While complex in appearance, this effect can be achieved quite easily using Max’s built-in toolset, with no need for additional software or expensive plugins!

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Animating Wall-E Style LED Eyes In 3D Studio Max & After Effects

Animating Wall-E Style LED Eyes In 3D Studio Max & After Effects

Mile Eror on Dec 26th 2011 with 9 comments

In this tutorial you will learn how to create, animate and render LED style eyes for characters like robots or even some products while creating presentations. In most of the cases character animation and especially facial animation is easier since there is actual geometry representing parts of the face, but how do you work with characters that have a different design or no mesh to manipulate for animation?

Well in this tutorial you will discover that process in no time. We will go through the theoretical part and explain why and where you could use this technique and what are the benefits of the process. We start by setting up the 3d scene, jumping in to After Effects, setting up the project there and then head back to 3ds Max for the final animation and rendering.

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