3ds Max is a leader in 3D animation for game development, design
visualization, and visual effects and enables users to outperform the
competition when it comes to highvolume visual effects production. From
3D storyboards and digital matte paintings to realistic digital
environments, believable characters, and impressive crowds, this
allinone software is professional and fast! The powerful Biped module
in 3ds Max 8, with prelinked and realistically constrained skeletons and
its suite of motion tools, dramatically speeds up the animation process.
In this book and accompanying CD, author and awardwinning animators
Michele Bousquet and Michael McCarthy look at the Biped, Physique, Crowd,
and Motion Mixer tools and demonstrate how to animate character models
quickly. They start with the basics of Biped, and then move on to
footstep animation, freeform animation and the use of crowd behavior
simulation tools. Readers will also learn how to use all the new tools of
Motion Mixer for mixing motion files, and the Workbench for adjusting
biped function curves, and learn specific animation techniques, including
how to adjust physique for perfect deformation, fit a biped to any
character model, create realistic motions, combine motions on any
character, create crowd scenes automatically, and more!
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