Kelly L. Murdock's Autodesk 3ds Max 2019 Complete Reference Guide

Part 1: Getting Started with Autodesk 3ds Max 2019

1. Exploring the Interface

2. Controlling and Configuring the Viewports

3. Working with Files, Importing and Exporting

4. Setting Preferences

Part 2: Manipulating Objects

5. Creating and Editing Primitive Objects

6. Selecting Objects and Using Layers

7. Transforming Objects, Pivoting, Aligning, and Snapping

8. Cloning Objects and Creating Object Arrays

9. Grouping, Linking and Parenting Objects

10. Organizing Scenes with Containers, XRefs and the Schematic View

Part 3: Modeling 3D Assets

11. Accessing Subobjects and Modifiers and Using the Modifier Stack

12. Drawing and Editing 2D Splines and Shapes

13. Modeling with Polygons

14. Using the Graphite Modeling Tools and Painting with Objects

15. Working with Compound Objects

16. Deforming Surfaces and Using the Mesh Modifiers

Part 4: Applying Materials and Textures

17. Creating and Applying Standard Materials with the Slate Material Editor

18. Adding Material Details with Maps

19. Using Specialized Material Types

20. Creating Compound Materials and Using Material Modifiers

21. Creating Shaders in the ShaderFX Editor

22. Unwrapping UVs and Mapping Textures

23. Painting in the Viewport Canvas and Rendering Surface Maps

24. Creating Baked Textures and Normal Maps

Part 5: Working with Cameras and Lighting

25. Configuring and Aiming Cameras

26. Using Lights and Basic Lighting Techniques

27. Positioning the Sun and Setting the Lighting Environment

28. Working with Advanced Lighting, Light Tracing, and Radiosity

Part 6: Rendering a Scene

29. Rendering a Scene and Enabling Quicksilver

30. Managing Render States

31. Batch and Network Rendering

32. Rendering with ART, mental ray and iray

33. Compositing with Render Elements and the Video Post Interface

Part 7: Animating Objects and Scenes

34. Understanding Animation and Keyframes

35. Animating with Constraints and Simple Controllers

36. Exploring the Complex Controllers

37. Using Animation Layers and Animation Modifiers

38. Wiring Parameters

39. Editing Animation Curves in the Track View

Part 8: Working with Characters

40. Understanding Rigging, Kinematics and Working with Bones

41. Skinning Characters

42. Animating Characters with CAT

43. Creating Crowds and using Populate

Part 9: Adding Special Effects

44. Creating Particles and Particle Flow

45. Using Space Warps

46. Using Atmospheric and Render Effects

47. Creating Volume Light Effects

48. Adding Lens Effects

Part 10: Using Dynamic Animation Systems

49. Simulating Physics-Based Motion with MassFX

50. Working with Hair and Cloth

Part 11: Extending 3ds Max

51. Customizing the Interface

52. Creating Procedural Content with Max Creation Graphs

53. Automating with MAXScript

54. Expanding Max with Third-Party Plug-Ins