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cybereaper
July 2nd, 2005, 03:21 AM
I just got 3dsmax, I had played around b4, but never did too much. Now I need to become more proficient with it. Anyone know of any good sources for learning more.. like book titles that are pretty in depth and advanced? thanks.
Vexir
July 2nd, 2005, 03:59 AM
I was just gonna ask this :P

Except I dont want to buy a book, I was wondering about online sources :)
psykovsky
July 2nd, 2005, 04:05 AM
http://www.cgtalk.com there is all you need to know... Goto resources section ;)
iLikePie
July 2nd, 2005, 05:36 AM
^ that's the one...

also 3dbuzz.com is meant to be helpful.
Vexir
July 2nd, 2005, 11:10 AM
http://www.cgtalk.com there is all you need to know... Goto resources section ;)

What resources section I think you mean Articles -> Tutorials


EDIT: Nevermind, there are only six 'tutorials'. :m:
Machuse
July 2nd, 2005, 07:18 PM
www.3d-palace.com best tutorials PERIOD
www.cgtalk.com great community and information site
www.3dtotal.com huge "quality" tutorial resource
www.3dluvr.com some good stuff here
www.insidecg.com used to frequent this site alot, kinda feel off in recent years

lots of personal sites have the most information look for paschal blanche for inspiration and this other guy i cant remember his name. If you need help send me a pm
cybereaper
July 3rd, 2005, 12:40 PM
Awesome sources, I already knew about a few, but I will check into the others. One issue I am having trouble with specifically as well is the creation of 'glass'. I can use the rendering material option in 3dS7 for transluscent material and set my opacity down but all I get is a dull grey. I have tried to turn up the refraction and gloss and specularity, but no luck. I found only one tutorial so far, but it is a 3DS5 and following the commands in 3dS7 is really confusing. Any sources for that one?
Thanks again to all for the cool online sources!!!! Excellent help!
DDD
July 3rd, 2005, 01:09 PM
you need to know the refraction index to get good glass wich I think is like 2.1 (google refraction index). Plus alot of people forget to put something to reflect in the scene. Also you have to be sure to model the "air" polygons.
cybereaper
July 3rd, 2005, 02:03 PM
Thankyou for the refraction info... I tried this and it has made a big difference. Not sure what is meant by air polygons, but I'm going to look into it now. Appreciate the help!!!
DDD
July 3rd, 2005, 02:12 PM
the help files