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3ds Max: Cinematography for Visualization

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Overview

3ds Max features advanced tools for realistic cinematography. Learn professional techniques of camera animation and special effects using the powerful 3D camera tools.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
  • Using the exercise files
1. Viewport Tips and Tricks
  • Hiding the ViewCube
  • Saving a solid background template scene
  • Restoring camera framing with Undo
  • Setting Field of View
  • Navigating in Walkthrough mode
  • Isolating surfaces with Viewport Clipping
  • Analyzing a Camera frame with 2D Pan and Zoom
2. Working with Cameras
  • Displaying Cameras larger in the view
  • Manipulating Physical Target Distance
  • Choosing Safe Frames options
  • Offsetting the frame with Lens Shift
  • Locking transforms in the Hierarchy panel
3. Rigging and Animation
  • Recognizing camera animation issues
  • Rotation in the Gimbal coordinate system
  • Choosing rotation order
  • Rigging a camera for animation
  • Keyframing a truck or tracking shot
  • Keyframing pan rotation
  • Keyframing a camera dolly
  • Keyframing a zoom with Field of View
4. Compound Camera Animation
  • Keyframing a track-pan
  • Keyframing a pedestal-tilt
  • Rigging and animating a crane shot
  • Rigging for a Path walkthrough
  • Animating a walkthrough on a path
  • Keying rotations on a path
  • Animating on an arc
5. Special Effects
  • Rendering isometric views
  • Defining physical sensor size
  • Rendering motion blur
  • Rendering bokeh with Depth of Field
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Aaron F. Ross

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