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Title: 3DS Max Tutorials
Post by: Windrunner on November 17, 2004, 03:33:17 am

Hey all!

Currently i am learing 3DS max here at uni and i wonder if anyone knows of a good website with tutorials for Max? Especially on how to make furniture?

Any help is appriciated
Thanks

Title: 3DS Max Tutorials
Post by: Ryx on November 17, 2004, 08:32:26 am

Don't know about furniture, but if you dig around www.cgtalk.com maybe you can find something. CGTalk has a 3dsmax forum with a tutorials thread.

Title: 3DS Max Tutorials
Post by: pyro-manic on November 19, 2004, 06:17:36 pm

Try the GMax tutorials. It should be very similar to 3DS Max. Get the zip file at: www.turbosquid.com/gmax :)

Title: 3DS Max Tutorials
Post by: Windrunner on November 19, 2004, 06:57:13 pm

thanks for your help, i found waht i was looking for.

Title: 3DS Max Tutorials
Post by: Roanoke on December 05, 2004, 04:38:46 am

www.3d-palace.com (http://www.3d-palace.com)

Title: 3DS Max Tutorials
Post by: Fineus on December 05, 2004, 05:47:34 am

Hey Windrunner, we've got something in common right here... I'm also currently learning 3DS Max for a University project.

It kinda makes sense.. but my god there's so many buttons!

Title: 3DS Max Tutorials
Post by: Windrunner on December 05, 2004, 05:59:06 am

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Originally posted by Kalfireth
Hey Windrunner, we've got something in common right here... I'm also currently learning 3DS Max for a University project.

It kinda makes sense.. but my god there's so many buttons!

lol yeah too many buttons, but once you get the hang of the basic functions it quite easy to use the program.

Title: 3DS Max Tutorials
Post by: Roanoke on December 05, 2004, 06:47:58 am

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Originally posted by Windrunner


lol yeah too many buttons, but once you get the hang of the basic functions it quite easy to use the program.

Agreed:yes:

Title: 3DS Max Tutorials
Post by: aldo_14 on December 05, 2004, 07:06:00 am

The inbuilt max tutorials are very useful, too.  (at least in v4)

Title: 3DS Max Tutorials
Post by: Grug on December 05, 2004, 07:43:38 am

Hehe.

I hope you guys post the results of your projects in here... :)

Title: 3DS Max Tutorials
Post by: DamoclesX on December 05, 2004, 12:17:54 pm

lyndra books and the 3dmax bible
between those two you can do anything, and I mean ANYTHING in max.

its all I ever studied

Title: 3DS Max Tutorials
Post by: Roanoke on December 06, 2004, 12:09:13 pm

"3ds max for dumnmies" ?? :nervous:

Title: 3DS Max Tutorials
Post by: Carl on December 06, 2004, 04:32:18 pm

in 3dsMax, you can mix and match shaders to do anything you want. in fact, you can make entire scenes without using a single texture.

Title: 3DS Max Tutorials
Post by: Grug on December 07, 2004, 12:12:59 am

Isn't that cheating though?

Title: 3DS Max Tutorials
Post by: Carl on December 07, 2004, 12:16:05 am

ummm...how? i really don't see how it's cheating. explain please.

Title: 3DS Max Tutorials
Post by: Liberator on December 07, 2004, 12:38:36 am

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Originally posted by Windrunner


lol yeah too many buttons

That's what has made it so initimidating to try and learn, I don't know what anything does and I don't know proper names for any of the tools/functions so the tutorials are just this side of useless.:sigh:

I think I can officially say that I suck and the further you guys distance yourself from me the better off you'll be.:sigh: :blah:

Title: 3DS Max Tutorials
Post by: Carl on December 07, 2004, 12:39:29 am

it's not so bad when you realize for every one thing it can do it has four or five buttons.

Title: 3DS Max Tutorials
Post by: aldo_14 on December 07, 2004, 04:13:30 am

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Originally posted by Liberator

That's what has made it so initimidating to try and learn, I don't know what anything does and I don't know proper names for any of the tools/functions so the tutorials are just this side of useless.:sigh:
 

f1 -> search

Title: 3DS Max Tutorials
Post by: Grug on December 07, 2004, 06:44:07 am

You've been very pesimistic of late Liberator. Lighten up dude, or have a drink, or both. :D

@Carl - Well that's just being too lazy to apply and position the textures (I must admit, I hate doing), but I was mostly pulling your leg.

Come to think though, I havn't seen you post anything in the way of art of late. What's holding you back?
What was your last project, that Power ranges thing if memory serves...?

Title: 3DS Max Tutorials
Post by: Deepblue on December 07, 2004, 12:37:17 pm

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Originally posted by Windrunner


lol yeah too many buttons, but once you get the hang of the basic functions it quite easy to use the program.

Learn the shortcut keys. And isn't the menu modable, so you can move stuff around?

Title: 3DS Max Tutorials
Post by: Windrunner on December 07, 2004, 01:24:15 pm

after a few weeks working with the program, i have to say im stuck. everything goes mutch smoother now, when you know the programs functions, hell maybe i'll even design a destroyer soon :)

Title: 3DS Max Tutorials
Post by: Roanoke on December 07, 2004, 03:15:21 pm

I just found out a local college does art courses using Max/Photoshop for (IIRC) £90, which buys an 11 week module (around 3 hours a time. 3 times a week). Again, IIRC.

Title: 3DS Max Tutorials
Post by: Liberator on December 07, 2004, 05:11:01 pm

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Originally posted by Grug
You've been very pesimistic of late Liberator. Lighten up dude...

I have realized that my life sucks, it's my own fault, and that I lack the will to do anything about it.  All I have left if my self-pity, and you want to take that away as well?

Title: 3DS Max Tutorials
Post by: Grug on December 08, 2004, 06:21:11 am

yes. :p

Well I use pity as my substitute for love.

...something wrong with that...