Wednesday, 21 January 2009. Basics of animation in 3DS Max. Here is the Generic interface, most of the animation area can be found at the bottom of the interface, such as the slider, key frame information, the animation player and the time configuration box. You can also gain access to these tangents when you right click on the node.

Carrying out the tedious tasks that we cold only contemplate humans doing.

Thursday, 30 April 2009. Editing Video and Adding Sounds and Effects. Now that all of the sound clips and videos had been created and rendered it was time to begin editing the video and adding sound to them. Below is a screenshot of a video being edited and sound clips being added below the video ready to be rendered.

Wednesday, 22 April 2009. Luckily, the ones without sound are only around 30 Mg; so those can be uploaded easily enough.

The final post this semester sums up my work over both semesters, what Ive learnt, and of course showcases my final products this semester. I started in September with absolutely no 3d experience other than having seen films in 3d at the cinema. I started out by learning the basics, and built my knowledge from there. In January, we moved on to learnign how to make these scenes come to life through animation procsses.