ANIMATIONS, REDUX

reviewing the “automatic” method 1: click AutoKey to start recording 2: move the time slider 3: adjust camera (or anything else) 4: repeat 1, 2, and 3 5: click AutoKey to stop recording 6: grab viewport 7: test and final render

Chapter 1 Tools in the lower portion of the 3ds Max Design 2010 Interface

Chapter 1 Time Controls

Chapter 1 Other Options for Previewing your Motion The Time Controls Time configuration button

Chapter 1 Creating a Preview Animation through Tools>Grab Viewport…

test render different parts draft settings for everything calculate approx: # frames x time to render each up settings if possible

Chapter 1 Increasing the Number of Frames in an Animation Segment Change Frame Count, and then click Re-scale time

rendering an animation

if you try another export… remember to save as a different file name, or the old one will get over- written copy movie file into another folder if you want to save it

viewing the camera trajectory select camera click Movement tab Click Trajectories convert to a Spline if you like

meet the Dope Sheet right-click on the Camera to choose different types of movements (move, rotate, changing parameters) show as key frames frames can be moved, deleted

viewport controls: view>viewport configuration

using an image make a new material use Bitmap for diffuse color might not work on SketchUp surfaces or with SketchUp based materials

change scale as needed

creating objects

modify using scale and move a plane works as well as a box

select objects in many ways

adding a movie file it’s just a material make a new one use Bitmap for diffuse color, but choose an AVI file

inserting other external files: collect up SketchUp stuff first, for easy control

inserting external models Compendium of sites

animating objects, lights turn on AutoKey move time slider move objects change light parameters turn off AutoKey