Soaring High -- 3DS MAX Material, Lighting, Rendering, and Special Effects Plugin Practical Guide

Author: Su Xiuli
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: This is a practical book introducing the usage methods and techniques of 3dsmax material, lighting, rendering, and rendering effects plugins. The book is divided into 4 chapters:
Chapter 1 mainly introduces the following plugins:
Texture coordinate solution: Texporter
Diffuse map solution: Diffractor
Texture and model precise correspondence solution: RubberTools
Surface bump texture solution: GroundCrew
Common texture solution: DarkTree
Material drawing on models: DeepPaint3D, 4DPaint
Texture animation solution: Pen
Landscape material solution: LumeTool.
Chapter 2 mainly introduces the following plugins:
Indoor and outdoor lighting solution: 3dsmax Global Light
Realistic shape light source solution: LightMesh.
Chapter 3 mainly introduces the following plugins:
Realistic lighting rendering solution: Brazil, finalRender, Mentalray, VRay
Rendering Flash file solution: Illustrate
Cartoon effect rendering solution: CartoonReyes.
Chapter 4 mainly introduces the following plugins:
Realistic fire effect solution: Phoenix
Realistic smoke effect solution: AfterBurn
Realistic lightning solution: Lightning.
Each chapter introduces the commonly used technical methods of 3dsmax software in a specific professional field in the form of "Brief Introduction," then provides a detailed explanation of the plugin's purpose and functions, allowing readers to gain a deeper understanding of the plugins. Finally, it presents examples to help readers fully master the application of plugins in design.
Book Features: Rich content, logical structure, accurate function descriptions, and concise language. Through learning this book, readers can flexibly apply plugins to design, making their work "like a tiger with wings" and enabling them to "spread their wings" in the sky of design.
Target Audience: 3dsmax enthusiasts, indoor and outdoor architectural design personnel, environmental design personnel, and teachers and students of relevant training courses.
CD Content: All design examples, renderings, and materials in the book, some trial versions of plugins, and multimedia operation guides for some plugins.