* Controlling Illumination,
* Understanding How Lights Affect Materials,
* Animating Lights,
* Creating a Street Light,
* Creating Recessed Lights with Lightscape Lights,
* Using the Material/Map Browser to Drag and Drop Materials and Maps,
* Creating Wireframe, Transparent and Filter Mapped Materials,
* Incorporating Images into Materials,
* Applying, Scaling and Rotating Materials,
* Creating Custom Wall, Door and Window Materials,
* Creating and Rendering Mirrored Materials,
* Creating Foliage and Working with Foliage Materials,
* Modeling with Modifiers,
* Using AutoCAD Commands to Create Objects in 3D Studio VIZ ,
* Creating a 3D Model from a 2D Floor Plan,
* Attaching and Modifying 3D AutoCAD Drawings with VIZ,
* Creating Stairs and Rails,
* Placing Parametric Plants in Designs,
* Creating Digital Terrains and Sections,
* Creating a Low-Polygon Car,
* Lofting a Freeway,
* Introduction to Simple Character Animation,
* Using Inverse Kinematics to Make a Character Ride a Bike,
* Boolean Operations and Inverse Kinematics,
* Creating Digital Terrains and Controlling Visibility,
* Creating Walkthrough Animations,
* Using Externally Referenced Designs and Objects,
* Using Reference Geometry and Proxy Objects,
* Modeling Roofs and Skylights,
* Working with Human Figures,
* Creating a Refractive Lens,
* Working with Alpha Channel Images,
* Working with Layers and Shapes,
* Lofting a Chandelier with Frosted Glass Shades,
* Creating a Working Escalator,
* Constructing a Radial Tent with NURBS,
* Creating, Sectioning and Exporting NURBS Models,
* Applying Materials to Architectural Desktop 2.0 Models,
* Using ACI Colors to Assign Materials to AutoCAD Models,
* Using AutoCAD Commands to Create Objects in VIZ,
* Reflective Surfaces and Reflected Light,
* Camera Matching Survival Guide,
* Making Shadows Fall in Background Images,
* Creaing Candle Light with Lens Effects,
* Using the Track View Editor to Control Animation,
* Creating Titles and Timers in VIZ Animations,
* Placing Photographed Characters in Rendered Scenes,
* Theatrical Staging with 3D Studio VIZ,
* Rendering Architectural Models with Artistic Special Effects,
* Rendering Virtual Environments with Smooth Move Panorama,
* Creating Scripts and Utilities for MAXscript,
* Creating Custom Toolbars and User Interfaces,
* Inserting Autodesk 3D Symbols into VIZ Designs
This training product uses the standard Autodesk Learning Assistance browser and takes just minutes to install. This product contains no animation or audio components, which means it runs quickly on standard Windows workstations, and can be conveniently used as a training and comprehensive reference tool even by employees in busy office environments and and students in computer labs.
Each tutorial delivers between one and three hours of hands-on instruction. The CD delivers more than 130 hours of training and 1300+ full size, full color illustrations.
If you are looking for comprehensive, hands-on, step-by-step instruction in 3D Studio VIZ, then this is the product for you. It delivers more than 130 hours of training targeting beginning, intermediate and advanced skills. Its projects can be undertaken in any order.
Tutorials can be printed for offline use, or bookmarked for easy return. All projects are compatible with 3D Studio VIZ 3/3i.
