M


Macro Recorder, 1147-1149

Macro scripts, 1153

Macro Recorder menu, 1144

Magic Wand tool, 1105

main interface elements, 20

Main Parameters rollout, 497

Main toolbar

buttons, 25-27

shortcuts, 1198

Make Material Copy menu command, 514

Make Preview dialog box, 711-713

Make Preview menu command, 515

Manage Scene States menu command, 1078

manager, 1093-1094

manager program, 1080

manipulator helpers, 734-735

Manipulators technique, 969

Manual Secondary Lens Effect, 1044-1045

Manual Update toggle, 328

Map Animation dialog box, 828-829

Map Channel Info dialog box, 614

Map Channel Info editor, 614

Map Parameters rollout, 607

Map Path utility, 591

Map Scaler modifier, 596

Map Track to Track rollout, 829

Mapping Coordinates section, 616

mapping modifiers. See also Unwrap UVW modifier

Camera Map modifier, 597

Map Scaler modifier, 596

overview, 593

Pelt mapping, 607-611

UVM Map modifier, 593-596

UVW mapping Add and Clear modifiers, 596

UVW XForm modifier, 596

maps. See also bitmaps

Material Editor, 515, 517-518

normal, 619-622

particle system, 853-854

projector, 667-669

raytrace, 1062

Maps rollout, 534, 585-590

Marble map, 574-575

Marble Parameters rollout, 574

Marker Style drop-down list, 491

Mask map, 580

Master Point controller, 266, 774-775

Material drop-down list, 510

Material Editor

assigning materials to objects, 514

controls, 507-510

Fix Ambient utility, 518

naming materials, 513

new materials, 514

overview, 507

picking materials from scenes, 514

previewing materials and rendering maps, 515

removing materials and maps, 517-518

resetting materials, 517

sample slots, 511-513

selecting objects by material, 514

setting options, 515-517

Material Effects Channel IDs, 510

material maps, 853-854

Material modifier, 554

Material Parameters rollout, 486

material XRefs, 93-94

MaterialByElement modifier, 557

Material/Map Browser, 94, 514, 562-585, 1065

materials. See also Material Editor

animating, 704-706, 781-784

applying multiple, 554-556

Architectural, 553-554

compound, 541-548

DirectX Shader, 554

external tools, 536-539

Ink ‘n’ Paint material, 550-552

Lightscape, 684

Material/Map Browser, 519-522

Material/Map Navigator, 522-523

matte/shadow, 548-550

mental ray, 1065-1068

and modeling tasks, 538-539

modifiers, 556-559

other parameters, 531-535

overview, 12-13, 525, 541

properties of, 505-507

shaders, 525-531

standard, 525

Materials/Maps, 266

Max 2.5 Star method, 533

Max Default Scanline A-Buffer rollout, 1112

.max extension, 67

Max File Finder, 83

MaxPlugins.de, 1181

Max Quadtree Depth, 658

Max scene file, 84

Maximum Linear Velocity, 895

MAXScript

laying out rollouts, 1171-1175

overview, 1139-1140

script types, 1152-1153

setting preferences, 1152

tools, 1140-1151

Visual MAXScript Editor interface, 1169-1171

writing MAXScripts, 1153-1168

Melt modifier, 728

members, 1155

mental ray maps, 1066

mental ray materials, 1066

mental ray panel, 184

mental ray rendering engine, 1063-1075

connection rollout, 534

control of indirect illumination, 1073-1074

lights and shadows, 1068-1073

materials and shaders, 1065-1068

overview, 1063, 1183-1184

preferences, 1064

rendering control, 1074-1075

menus

adding new, 115

commands, Edit UVWs interface, 600-603

Create menu, 139

customizing, 114-115

Edit, 172-175

Graph Editors, 253-254

interface, 22-23

Material Editor, 507-510

MAXScript, 1140-1141

shortcuts, 1197

Track View, 786-792

Visual MAXScript Editor, 1170

Merge menu command, 70

Merge operation, 479

Merge option, 455-456

Mesh Editing modifiers, 280, 397, 398, 404

mesh modifiers, 391-408

Mesh objects, 277

Mesh Select modifier, 279, 399, 461, 544, 545

Mesher object type, 450

meshes and radiosity, 679-680

Meshes model type, 306

MeshSmooth modifier, 397, 406

MeshSmooth object, 406

Metaballs, 843

Metal Bump 9 DirectX shader, 534

Metal shader, 530

Metalness material property, 587

Metalness property, 507

Microsoft Video (AVI) file, 706

Microsoft Windows, 1212

MIDI Time Slider Controls, 702

Midpoint snap point, 217

minus sign (-), 793

Mirror button, 932

Mirror command, 227

mirroring objects

joints, 937

Mirror command, 227

skin weights, 963-964

miscellaneous modifiers, 404-406

Mitchell-Netravali filter, 1008

Mix Curve graph, 574

Mix files, 827

Mix map, 580-581

mixed animation. See Motion Mixer

Mixing Curve, 543, 580

Mode Specific Parameters section, 574

model types

converting to editable objects, 307

parametric objects versus editable objects, 305-307

modeless boxes, 34

modeling

Editable Poly objects, 363

Poly object editing, 364-389

Poly objects, defined, 361-362

modeling duels, 71

modeling helpers

measuring coordinate distances, 316-318

using dummy and point objects, 315-316

Modifier List drop-down list, 272

modifier merging, 94

modifier stack

applying modifiers, 272

Base Objects, 271-272

Collapse utility, 277-278

collapsing, 277

gizmo subobjects, 278

holding and fetching scene, 277

modifying subobjects, 279

other entities, 272

reordering, 275

topology dependency, 279-280

using, 272-275

Modifier-based Space Warps, 886-887

modifiers. See also Unwrap UVW modifier

animation, 721-732

Camera Correction, 638

Cap Holes, 398

Delete Mesh, 398

Edit Mesh, 397

Edit Poly, 397-398

Extrude, 398-399

Face Extrude, 399

Flex modifier, 723-728

Free Form Deformer, 299-301

HSDS, 408

mapping, 593-612

material, 556-559

MeshSmooth, 406

miscellaneous, 404-406

Morph, 451

MultiRes, 401-402

Object-Space versus World-Space, 281

Optimize, 401

Parametric Deformer, 283-299

primitive maintenance, 397-398

Projection, 619-620

Selection, 281-283

Smooth, 402

STL Check, 406

Symmetry, 402

Tessellate, 404

TurboSmooth, 407

Vertex Paint, 622-625

Vertex Weld, 404

Modifiers menu items, 280

Modify panel, 94, 597, 975-977

ModularToolbarsUI interface, 118

Monitor program, 1081

Monitor utility, 1096-1098

Moonlight, 645

Morph Angle Deformer, 965

Morph keys, 450-451

Morph modifier, 451

Morph Modifier technique, 969

Morph objects, 449, 451

Morpher Basic Parameters rollout, 546

Morpher material, 545-546

morphing, 450-451

motion, animating, 16-17

Motion Blur effect, 184, 641-643, 1008, 1049

Motion Blur Parameters rollout, 642, 1049

Motion Capture controller, 759-760

Motion Capture rollout, 988-989

Motion Clip Slave controller, 758

Motion Flow Graph interface, 990

Motion Flow Mode, 989-990

Motion Mapping Parameters rollout, 829

Motion Mixer

loading animation sequences, 828-830

overview, 821

saving animation files, 821-823

use of, 823-827

Motion panel, 697-700, 753

Motion Timing section, 874

Motor objects, 903-904

Motor Space Warp, 869-870

mouse tools, 1153

MOV (QuickTime) file, 706

Move Children command, 260

Move Keys button, 796-797, 800

Move/Rotate Transforms section, 200

Multi-Layer shader, 529

multi-pass camera effects, 638-639

Multi-Pass Effect section, 639

multiple object selection, 175

multiplier curves, 806-807

MultiRes modifier, 239, 401-402

Multiresolution Adaptive Antialiaser, 1055

Multi-Strand parameters, 489

Multi/Sub-Object Basic Parameters rollout, 544

Multi/Sub-Object material, 424, 544-545, 556, 557

Mutant percentage, 488

.mxp extension, 70




3ds Max 9 Bible
3ds Max 9 Bible
ISBN: 0470100893
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2007
Pages: 383

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