ABSTRACT

Master professional techniques in 3ds max with expert guidance from this unique book and DVD-ROM package!

A must have guide for those with 3ds max experience who want to get more out of the base kit this versatile package provides. Save money by finding out how to get the most realistic effects from 3ds max without having to spend more on plugins. This book includes all you need to know to create realistic earth, air, fire and water effects with Discreet's powerful 3ds max animation kit.

Inspirational color images cover every page as Pete shares his professional insight, detailing the breakdown of the extensive catalog of visual reference material supplied on the DVD-ROM to ensure your effects are more realistic when working in 3ds max. This information is then used within the body of the tutorials which teach not only how to create each effect, but why we have performed that specific step so that you have a complete understanding of all the processes involved.

The free DVD-ROM also contains 5 hours and 45 minutes of free video tutorials in which Pete walks you through additional effects while still maintaining the same quality and format as the tutorials in the book.

'I congratulate Pete on this amazing accomplishment. I am certain that those of you who read this will find it incredibly useful, both as an educational tool and as a volume of reference. I encourage you all to read and absorb the information found within, and use it to help strengthen both your own skills, and to help strengthen and maintain our ever spreading 3D community.' Jason 'Buzz' Busby (www.3dbuzz.com)

part |2 pages

Fire

chapter 1|12 pages

Candle

chapter 2|14 pages

Match

chapter 3|12 pages

Gas hob

chapter 4|13 pages

Oil fire

chapter 5|12 pages

Flamethrower

chapter 6|10 pages

Tunnel explosion

chapter 7|13 pages

Fireworks

chapter 8|12 pages

Coals

part |2 pages

Water

chapter 9|10 pages

Lemonade

chapter 10|10 pages

Calm seas

chapter 11|10 pages

Stormy seas

chapter 12|9 pages

Underwater

chapter 13|11 pages

Moving surface water

chapter 14|14 pages

Rain

chapter 15|10 pages

Hailstones

chapter 16|10 pages

Snowflakes

chapter 17|12 pages

Lava lamp

part |2 pages

Earth

chapter 18|16 pages

Volcanic terrain

chapter 19|12 pages

Lava

chapter 20|10 pages

Grass and dirt

chapter 21|15 pages

Grasses

chapter 22|10 pages

Frozen wastelands

chapter 23|13 pages

Mountain

chapter 24|12 pages

Asteroid

part |2 pages

Air

chapter 25|8 pages

Cigarette smoke

chapter 26|15 pages

Tornado

chapter 27|12 pages

Eruption

chapter 28|13 pages

Pyroclastic flow