Demonstrating how to animate a character with perfect anatomy, this guide for advanced animators covers the newest release of the 3ds max animation software. Described are techniques for modeling and texturing, applying the new features of Character Studio 4, and using the Stitch plug-in and a plug-in for styling hair. Advanced biped posing and freeform walk cycles and animation are covered, and tips on skinning with Standard Skin and Physique are also provided. With the methods detailed for using the MoCap files, animators will be able to create believable characters, and an overview of the Reactor Cloth, ClothReyes, SimCloth, and Kelseus Cloth plug-ins explains the advanced features of the software. The CS capabilities for nonlinear animation are explained through the use of Motion Mixer, and additional capabilities such as Biped and 3ds max Bones, Crowd, and Motion Flow are presented.
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Boris Kulagin is a computer game developer and the author of 3ds max 4.0 and Advanced 3ds max 5 Modeling and Animating. Dmitry Morozov is a senior artist at Ariorh Studio. Both also work as 3D-training consultants in the RealTime School, whose custom training classes are designed to improve 3D modeling and animation skills.
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For the right person extremely useful, but ...,
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This review is from: 3ds max 6 Animation with Character Studio 4 and Plug-Ins (Paperback)
The word "esoteric" comes to mind while composing this review. This is not a book for a beginner and it also won't add much to someone with considerable experience with rigging and animating in Max. For the right person, however, the book will be a nice tool. The authors are from Ariorh studio and their work with Panzar studio is, without doubt, among the best Max work currently being done by a small shop. The CD included with the book has a few short movie clips of their work and I've never seen better use of reactor and ClothFx (Stitch) in Max. Back to my main point: If you are using biped rather than bones to animate your characters, and if you are relatively new at the process (but not an absolute tyro) this book will be useful to you. It's a thin book that hits highlights without extensive discussion but it does have 3D character files to work with on the included CD.
The authors make the point that they almost always animate their own characters with bones and NOT biped, but this book is limited to biped-based animations. Hopefully, at some point they will produce a deeper treatment of character animation based on the extraordinary work they have been doing on their Chaos project. I give this book 4 stars for the user who meets the criteria stated above. If you're a rank novice or an advanced user I would turn to other resources. However, if you're just beginning to rig your own characters with biped skeletons I think you'll find this to be a nice companion that will point you in the right direction in several areas.
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Great book,
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This review is from: 3ds max 6 Animation with Character Studio 4 and Plug-Ins (Paperback)
Wonderful book, tis fast pased and gets deep into chacter animation. its worth it.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Character studio,
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This review is from: 3ds max 6 Animation with Character Studio 4 and Plug-Ins (Paperback)
This book is rather short, and quite expensive considering the length. Still, it contains alot of information. It spends the most time covering character studio, which was what i was looking for. Also, it goes over a few plugins, so if you want to use that part of the book, make sure you have the plugins.
Overall, it was a pretty good book.
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