1. ANIMATIONS, REDUX

2. 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

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

4. Chapter 1 Time Controls

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

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

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

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

9. rendering an animation

12. 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

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

14. 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

16. viewport controls: view>viewport configuration

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

19. change scale as needed

20. creating objects

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

22. select objects in many ways

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

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

25. inserting external models http://artist-3d.com/ http://www.max-realms.com/ http://www.3dxtras.com/ http://www.3dm3.com/modelsbank/ http://archive3d.net/ Compendium of sites

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