3DS STUDIO MAX produced by Autodesk company. Widely used in advertising, film and television, industrial design, architectural design, multimedia production, games, auxiliary teaching and engineering visualization. It can be said that 3DMAX is the most popular 3D animation software at present, and it is believed that it will be the mainstream of domestic animation production in the next two or three years.
If you are a new friend of 3D animation, then 3D MAX may be a wrong choice. After all, MAYA or Softimage | XSI has more powerful functions and scientific creativity. But if you have invested enough energy in MAX, it is not easy to transfer both of the above software. After all, their creative process and thinking concept are very different, and you need a long time to adapt painfully.
If you insist on learning from MAX, I don't think you will be disappointed. Easy to use is its biggest feature. You need to study deeply. Many advanced functions can meet your creative needs in most cases. What's more, MAX's plug-in is like a flood, which is unmatched by any other 3D software.
If you have a good English foundation, this is not a problem. First of all, it is not recommended to use various Chinese patches of MAX, which makes MAX itself more unstable (because of various hardware configurations and so-called decryption, it is not stable enough). When you study this book, you may not find the place mentioned in it. It is also not recommended to use full-screen translation tools such as Orient Express, which will also increase the instability of the software. Word-to-word translation software that refers to instant translation will be better. In addition, according to some netizens, installing some plug-ins after installing the Chinese patch of MAX will lead to paralysis of MAX. Please also pay attention to this.
Many people begin to learn MAX by referring to and copying examples (called example learning method). The advantage of this method is that it can quickly introduce feelings (attention is just a feeling), and the disadvantages are obvious, which is not conducive to understanding and mastering the overall structure of MAX. This is why many friends can't even do the examples in the book after closing the book. At present, many MAX books are all about examples, and some are simply about examples, which shows that this learning method has been recognized by many people. In fact, the production software like MAX has a huge amount of knowledge, which is impossible for any book to explain clearly. Imagine that a friend who studies 3D has only one book. The key is to refer to all kinds of books and find the best learning method for you. The books themselves are just for reference (although some books are really worthless).
Case-based learning first requires you to have enough patience. You have to scrutinize any exercise repeatedly, with only one purpose, that is, to understand all the knowledge points involved in the example, and only in this way can you count as gaining something. The typical method is to practice repeatedly and try to complete the exercise in different ways, so as to further explore the knowledge points involved in order to understand more functions, parameters, options and methods; Second, we should have a clear mind and a clear learning direction. When you have mastered enough exercises, you should summarize the knowledge you have learned in time, find the rules, and further refine the overall structure and knowledge system of the software, so as to really improve.
Contradictions between professional interests. Many students who study 3D are art-related majors, and many people know little about art when they study. Obviously, the former has certain advantages in learning, and the friends behind him should not be discouraged. The debate about the specialty and technology of learning 3D animation on the Internet has never stopped, and no one seems to have an absolute advantage so far.