3DS MAX 7 Game Opening Production Complete Guide

Author: Xiaoke Xunfeng Animation Studio
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Publish Date: 2000-01-01
Features: This book is a practical summary of the promotional video for the game "Xiaoke Tianxia II—Qingguo Qinqing." It closely aligns with the game's theme and integrates character design and production synthesis. Through a comprehensive introduction to the project, it showcases the entire production process, including creative planning, scriptwriting, character design, scene design, modeling techniques, material and texture creation, character animation, and special effects, as well as post-production compositing, voice-over, and music composition. The book is divided into 7 chapters. Chapter 1 primarily introduces the basic principles and workflows of the preliminary stages, such as creative planning, scriptwriting, character design, and scene design. Chapter 2 explains the creative process of realistic character modeling, focusing on methods like polygon modeling and surface modeling. Chapter 3 covers how to create as realistic materials and textures as possible. Chapter 4 discusses how to make your characters move according to your ideas, explaining the production processes of character action animation and facial animation. Chapter 5 explains how to organize and create a realistic environment, introducing the production process of war scenes. Chapter 6 covers the special effects in the video, such as the specific production processes for fire and smoke effects. Chapter 7 details the specific compositing process of 3D animation footage in post-production software, as well as the synthesis of sound effects and music. The accompanying CD-ROM contains example source files and multimedia demonstration files from the book.