Wolfman Art - 3DS Max

Select VRay Light Select Dome Light

With the ZDepth pass in 3DS Max, use color range to select all on layer and then, mask selection with Lighting layer in Photoshop ZDepth Pass and and Lighting Pass

Vertex mode Cutting through objects with the cut tool Click at the edge of object drag and click for points on the edge loop

When we get this error message, make sure "view" is selected in the render settings window. Also, make sure it is VRay and "Bucket" for type is selected. Forum Post: https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/3ds-max-forum/you-must-have-a-valid-object-selected/td-p/6242993

Ribbon > Modeling tab > Polygon Modeling panel > Edge sub-object level > Loops panel

Unwrap using UVW modifier Open UV Editor (Select Unrwap UV and "open UV editor")* ctrl+2 (select everything) quick peel (under peel), and then, custom pack (under "arrange elements") clicking "0" to open "render to texture" window add diffuse map image should be .png format * SOURCE: https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/3ds-max-modeling/how-do-you-open-the-uv-editor/td-p/6805398

Render Setup: Nvidia Mental Ray Assign Render: Default Scanline Renderer Under "Default Scanline Renderer" select Max 2.5 Star Under "Advanced Lighting" we select "Light Tracer" Apply a "Projection Modifer" on the low poly model Make the Projection Modifer a little bigger so, that it can properly read Raytracing Select "Rendering" at top of window and select "Render to Texture" Export as either BMP or Targa Using Bitmaps from Exported normals (Exported BMP/Targa)

make sure high poly is overlapping low poly this ensure that maps are projected correctly (i.e. normals, bump maps, etc.) Exporting Export as an .FBX file Settings: Smoothing groups, Triangulate and Preserve Wedge Orientation

Phong shading smoothes the edges between faces and renders highlights realistically for shiny, regular surfaces. This shader interpolates intensities across a face based on the averaged face normals of adjacent faces. It calculates the normal for every pixel of the face. SOURCE: https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/3ds-max/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2020/ENU/3DSMax-Lighting-Shading/files/GUID-7C791BBC-B27F-4BD2-821D-D7DBEA9E7CC9-htm.html

-VRay Caustics - check box "on" -VRay - always use reflection for each material -Black - No reflection -White - Loss of reflection

Add an "edit poly" modifier to your model to adjust the parameters of the primitive so, you can go back to original primitive when need be This strategy allows you to make mistakes when editing the model Allows you to collapse all after model looks finished

selected object is ProBoolean Select intersecting object to subtract the area of object

select a vertex on you model target weld vertex to another vertex to close hole a triangular way of closing holes in model most efficient when used as a finishing touch to the process of bridging gaps in your model

Changing spline into Loft; you can adjust scale deformation to bend the size of shape; easily make certain bends smoother and sharper with line graph Creating bezier points by selecting anywhere on line Scale Deformation Adjusting the line on the line graph determines the sharpness/smoothness of curve on the shape. *most efficient feature from Loft's "Deformations" rollout

Drag out an n-gon. Create a line spline select line and under compound objects, select "Loft" Under "Creation Method Rollout" select "Get Shape" Cursor changes to "+" symbol; select n-gon tube is created with sides of n-gon

Keeping 4-shided shapes generally is good habit to get into Reason : in the center. More flexibility to target weld or switch bridging edges

So, the ffd box can fit a 3d object within a 3d space by fist, creating a primitive with the specified measurements and then using the align sub-object selection to position the control points of FFD box within that space of the primitive you specifically scaled. Image Source : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4fhjMJUyS0 use x, y, and z position in addition to target object options to fit your 3d object in specified dimensions Select reference primitive. > Select position > Select target box > Select "OK" Repeat these steps to adjust to referenced primitive *To always know the size of your object, click the hammer icon to find what the size of editable poly/mesh is

Borders are open edges used strategically for welding. Generally use Border mode only if you are interested in closing open edges example: you have an object with open holes. Border mode allows you to select open edges then, switching to either vertices or edge mode, you can fill holes using bridge or weld.

Right+click and select Backface Cull, this will allow us to not see the inside of polygons.

Select and non-uniform scale this icon selected, we can change location of edges when selecting edges of object Ex: We select both edge loops before the Select and non-uniform scale Before After Both edge loops selected and with select and non-uniform selected, we scale (r) to spread them apart equally