tutorial – Animium 3D Models

Animate with Reaction Manager in 3ds max

admin — Sat, 05 Jul 2014 09:00:00 +0000

Reaction Manager is an interesting tool that simplifies certain complex process of animating in 3ds max. In this tutorial lets get the basic idea of what Reaction Manager is. This is what we are going to do. We will animate a few set of bones to simulate the fingers in our hand. This tutorial will...

Translucent Shader in 3ds max

admin — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 07:35:31 +0000

Lighting and Rendering is a complex task in 3D animation as it involves proper understanding of the behaviour of light and its interaction with objects in the environment. Some of the complex lighting involves Raytracing, Reflection, Global Illumination, Ambient Occlusion, Translucency etc. The Translucent shader in 3ds Max helps in the simulation of objects like...

Flag animation in 3ds Max

admin — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 07:37:22 +0000

Flex Modifier - Part2 Flex Modifier as discussed in the tutorial Flex Modifier in 3ds max - Part1 can be combined with Space warps and Deflectors in 3ds Max to simulate realistic animations and collisions. In this tutorial we will animate a flag using Wind Space warp with Flex Modifier. To get a basic idea...

Flex Modifier in 3ds Max – Part1

admin — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 16:36:13 +0000

Creation of 3D characters and animating them in a realistic way requires a lot of skill. One of the principles of traditional animation is the use of secondary motion to achieve realism. secondary motion is a technique where the illusion of weight and realistic movement is greatly improved by having the extremities of a moving...

Shell Modifier in 3dsmax

admin — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 19:16:00 +0000

Many of us would have faced the problem of polygon flipping while importing .3ds or .obj files. In this tutorial I am going to simulate the polygon flipping scenario and a way to rectify it. The Shell modifier in max is useful in achieving this. Polygon flipping is basically the direction of normals facing the...

Add Details to your 3d models with Normal Maps

admin — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 13:40:00 +0000

Modeling an Object in 3D requires a lot of skill and patience, that too a detailed model requires lot of time in every aspect such as modeling, texturing and rendering. But nowadays most of the 3D games present us with ultimate realism and performance in realtime. How is this possible for the game engine to...

Animate car wheels through Wire Parameter

admin — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 14:05:00 +0000

Wire Parameters in 3dsmax is a powerful feature that makes animating objects simple. In this step by strep 3d tutorial lets see how to use this feature to animate a simple teapot car. The teapot car is made out of a teapot and four cylinders for tyres as shown below. Now, when the car moves...