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mellotron
04-09-02, 12:20 AM
I made a 3D animation (one of many to come) for my comm tech, adobe premiere video editing project... What I have decided is that I am planning on trying to recreate some lifelike scenery with 3D imaging... anyways... here is a simple one i started out with...

http://members.rogers.com/evil_messiah/prettywater.jpg
btw i excessively high-lighted the water on purpose...

here is an image to give an idea of the complexity of the scene

http://members.rogers.com/evil_messiah/wire.jpg

another bigger file of the wireframe from a wider angle...
http://members.rogers.com/evil_messiah/wire2.jpg

and now the actual animation
You will need DivX codec 5.0 in order to view the movie... I didn't feel like posting the original 30MB movie :D

http://members.rogers.com/evil_messiah/low-res-water.avi
DUKE HARDKNOCK
04-09-02, 05:31 AM
Very nice, EM. Good job. :)
Flash
04-09-02, 10:58 AM
very nice, aren't we in a creative mood lately lol.
Prime
04-09-02, 01:12 PM
Wow! Very impressive EM...
Jimby
04-09-02, 01:16 PM
You da man EM!
sonik
04-09-02, 02:25 PM
Wow very cool there EM. How did you learn that?
mellotron
04-09-02, 02:36 PM
To answer flash 2000: yea i'm sort of in the creative mood lately

and to answer sonik's question: I learnt everything I know by experimentation, tutorials and thats about it... didn't need no stinkin classes!
Prime
04-09-02, 03:40 PM
Could you tell me where some good 3d studio max tutorials for a beginner are?
mellotron
04-09-02, 05:46 PM
a good place to start is www.the3dstudio.com also check out www.3dcafe.com for their free tutorials... also use the tutorials that come with the program
marianozz
04-09-02, 05:52 PM
EM, you use the rig that you described in the last specs thread? what version of 3Dsmax are you using? how does it handle with less than 256M?

thanx!
mellotron
04-09-02, 06:27 PM
yes i am using the rig as described... it runs quite well with 192mb of ram altho having alot more would reduce probs with the scratch disk.... i'm using 3D Studio MAX R4... the latest version...
marianozz
04-09-02, 06:29 PM
Thanx :)


youre making me itch to install the damn thing again, i took some classes once, but got kinda bored and quit... i liked the soft though, but didnt have too much rig for it back then....
Jack_Tripper
04-09-02, 07:55 PM
Originally posted by Prime
Could you tell me where some good 3d studio max tutorials for a beginner are?

I personally like to buy the big 80$-300$ books....you can generally find them at Barnes and Knoble or Books-A-Million, best reference material for the money, and usually comes with a project CD or two.

Jack
sonik
04-10-02, 12:07 AM
Very cool!!! That's the spirit!!
Originally posted by EvilMessiah
and to answer sonik's question: I learnt everything I know by experimentation, tutorials and thats about it... didn't need no stinkin classes!