3D Studio Max Plug-ins Guide; Author: Reese, Stephanie; Paperback; CD-Rom (Images / Graphics)

Author: Reese, Stephanie
Paperback; CD-Rom (Images / Graphics)
552 pages
Published: June 1997
Coriolis Group
ISBN: 1576101347
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Kinetix's popular 3D Studio MAX graphics and animation environment allows 'plug-ins' that implement 'canned' rendering effects like photorealistic tornadoes and advanced tools for character animation and other special graphics effects. This book features 48 pages of glossy, full-color images generated with MAX plug-ins and gives tips and tricks for using the best and most popular. The CD has special versions of many powerful plug-ins, plus tutorial files and demonstration images.Tips, techniques, and advice about MAX plug-ins are offered in this book. The author seeks to show the most popular plug-ins to create graphics, images and animations. Readers should learn about metaball modelling, surface modelling, image processing, mesh painting, and ray tracing.