By
Pete Draper, Pete Draper is the director of visual effects at Lightworx, an animation and visual effects facility in Bristol, UK. Pete worked initially
as a fine/graphic artist before moving on to CG and animation in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Description
Get the most realistic effects from 3ds Max without having to spend more on plug-ins!
Boost your effects skill-set with this 3ds Max
workshop. Tutorial lessons give you hands-on experience in creating realistic fire, earth, air and water effects. Updated to demonstrate
production techniques suitable for any version of 3ds Max, this new edition is co-published by Autodesk Media and Entertainment, and
includes new tutorials on entering the Earth's atmosphere, glaciers, lava eruptions and a Badlands landscape.
Inspirational color
images cover every page of the book as the author shares his professional techniques and workflow processes. The companion DVD contains
all of the required tutorial media as well as over 6 hours of video tutorials.
User level: Intermediate and advanced
Audience:
Intermediate - advanced users of 3ds Max that are proficient with the application toolet, seeking to gain experience with production techniques
for creating CG enviroments. 3ds Max is reported to be the most-used 3d application.
