(Semi)-Obscure Max Tutorials

noyb · 16-06-2006, 03:45 AM

I felt like wasting time, so I made a couple tutorials. I'm sure similar ones are available on the net, but I tried to find some obscure topics to cover.

Here's one for doing real-time motion capture with standard input devices like mice or joysticks. I've never found any real use for it, but you never know...

noyb · 16-06-2006, 03:52 AM

Lighting with meshes...
I know advanced lighting override and a few others are able to do the same thing, but I still use max 4.2. Here's an alternative (I used VRay, but I have done the same with MentalRay as well - I'm sure it works with most GI renderers).

Ilkejav mk5 · 16-06-2006, 07:02 AM

wow! useful!

noyb · 16-06-2006, 08:41 AM

Here's another.
This idea doesn't have to be used with max, you could actually do it with a real camera too (with cool results). Alright, I guess that makes this more of a photoshop tutorial than a max tutorial... hope you like it anyway.

For those of you with those old-fashioned red/cyan 3d glasses, this is how you make a 3d image (what geeks would call anaglyph stereoscopy) without plugins.

I used photoshop, but just about any photo program like the gimp or Corel Photo-Paint should do this too.

shikav4 · 16-06-2006, 06:29 PM

Your topics are quite good. Its hard to find such small but useful tips/tutorials on the net. And the second one really helped me. Thanks

Mr. Bluesummers-3DT · 16-06-2006, 09:23 PM

Quick Reply
This is exceedingly hot stuff. Keep them coming; maybe we can put them in the tutorial gallery and/or make a front page plug.

noyb · 17-06-2006, 03:21 AM

Some quick depth-of-field with an alternative to z-depth.
With all of my outdated software, I don't have anything that can support the image formats with z-depth (I don't have combustion/after effects/etc. either).

So, this is another way of doing the same thing. Less than 1 minute for the final render

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vand · 17-06-2006, 08:26 AM

kool tuts
keep posting such cool stuff

Husk · 02-07-2006, 05:21 PM

awsome tutorials.very helpfull! keep em coming

DfntPntbll · 13-07-2006, 12:32 AM

wow,.. very useful

noyb · 18-07-2006, 11:34 PM

I'm glad some people are finding these helpful.

This one is a continuation of the last tutorial. It's pretty basic, but I feel as if I left the last one unfinished. This shows how to create a focal point in the middle of objects rather than just the foreground.

ibrahim_gabr · 22-07-2006, 12:34 PM

Very helpfull Tutorials and rarely mention on other resources over the net your tutorials are really of great value added

16-06-2006, 03:45 AM	#1
noyb User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: California Posts: 804 Thanks: 6 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 1	(Semi)-Obscure Max Tutorials I felt like wasting time, so I made a couple tutorials. I'm sure similar ones are available on the net, but I tried to find some obscure topics to cover. Here's one for doing real-time motion capture with standard input devices like mice or joysticks. I've never found any real use for it, but you never know... __________________

16-06-2006, 03:52 AM	#2
noyb User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: California Posts: 804 Thanks: 6 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 1	Lighting with meshes... I know advanced lighting override and a few others are able to do the same thing, but I still use max 4.2. Here's an alternative (I used VRay, but I have done the same with MentalRay as well - I'm sure it works with most GI renderers). __________________

16-06-2006, 08:41 AM	#4
noyb User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: California Posts: 804 Thanks: 6 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 1	Here's another. This idea doesn't have to be used with max, you could actually do it with a real camera too (with cool results). Alright, I guess that makes this more of a photoshop tutorial than a max tutorial... hope you like it anyway. For those of you with those old-fashioned red/cyan 3d glasses, this is how you make a 3d image (what geeks would call anaglyph stereoscopy) without plugins. I used photoshop, but just about any photo program like the gimp or Corel Photo-Paint should do this too. __________________

16-06-2006, 06:29 PM	#5
shikav4 14 and still growing Join Date: May 2005 Location: India Posts: 1,227 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 2	Your topics are quite good. Its hard to find such small but useful tips/tutorials on the net. And the second one really helped me. Thanks __________________ The first ninety percent of the task takes ninety percent of the time, and the last ten percent take the other ninety percent. Fume FX Tests - Animation Afterburn Explosion Tests - Animation

16-06-2006, 09:23 PM	#6
Mr. Bluesummers-3DT Supplies Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: United States Posts: 3,343 Thanks: 0 Thanked 11 Times in 8 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 8	Quick Reply This is exceedingly hot stuff. Keep them coming; maybe we can put them in the tutorial gallery and/or make a front page plug. __________________ Be sure to check out my blog because there's tons of useful resources there: Free 3dsMax Video Tutorials 3dsMax Tutorials and Articles 3dsMax Downloads and Scripts

16-06-2006, 07:02 AM	#3
Ilkejav mk5 Marquis of Montréal. Join Date: May 2005 Location: Montréal baby! best gaming city in the 'verse. Posts: 1,867 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	wow! useful!

17-06-2006, 03:21 AM	#7
noyb User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: California Posts: 804 Thanks: 6 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 1	Some quick depth-of-field with an alternative to z-depth. With all of my outdated software, I don't have anything that can support the image formats with z-depth (I don't have combustion/after effects/etc. either). So, this is another way of doing the same thing. Less than 1 minute for the final render . __________________

17-06-2006, 08:26 AM	#8
vand Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 8 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	kool tuts keep posting such cool stuff

02-07-2006, 05:21 PM	#9
Husk Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 129 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	awsome tutorials.very helpfull! keep em coming

13-07-2006, 12:32 AM	#10
DfntPntbll Resident Super Noob Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: St. Augustine, Florida, USA Posts: 628 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	wow,.. very useful __________________ Nitrous is like a hot woman with and STD. You wanna hit it, but you are afraid of the consequences.

18-07-2006, 11:34 PM	#11
noyb User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: California Posts: 804 Thanks: 6 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 1	I'm glad some people are finding these helpful. This one is a continuation of the last tutorial. It's pretty basic, but I feel as if I left the last one unfinished. This shows how to create a focal point in the middle of objects rather than just the foreground. __________________

22-07-2006, 12:34 PM	#12
ibrahim_gabr Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: Earth Posts: 746 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 1	Very helpfull Tutorials and rarely mention on other resources over the net your tutorials are really of great value added __________________ Sector 16 Iron Man (Stane's Iron man) Imperial sentinal WIP Second Charachter(Zbrush) Free Style soccer (First Animation)

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