3ds Max Modeling for Games: Volume II: Insider’s Guide to Stylized Modeling: 2 - Brossura

Gahan, Andrew

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ISBN 10: 0240816064 ISBN 13: 9780240816067

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2011

Riassunto

Learn how to model comic-style à la Pixar™ with the expert techniques found in 3ds Max Modeling for Games Volume 2: Insider’s Guide to Stylized Modeling. This new volume will show you the ins-and-outs of stylized modeling, including characters, vehicles, environments, and much more. Follow the story of cover characters Robert and Robot as their adventure takes you through the world of modeling, vegetation, alpha-maps, and much more! This book is also packed with highly detailed tutorials feared toward enhancing your modeling skills and expanding your portfolio.

The companion website (www.3d-for-games.com) is unique - an online forum where readers can post and answer questions about their work. In terms of developing a portfolio, online peer critiques are invaluable, and current readers have made use of this feature, in fact some have happily become the forum responders (along with Andy) to coach and develop new artists at work.  Also included: step-by-step project files for each chapter; all the relevant texture files and source photos; panoramic skies, small scene objects, bonus texture maps & models so that artists can create whole scenes very quickly without starting from scratch each time; countless examples of what's hot and what's not in 3D modeling and also enough support images and photos to keep the budding artist busy for months.  Unrivalled support in over 10,000 current posts - backing up the book with a lively forum and community of readers from all over the world, ready to help your work. 

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Andrew Gahan is a leading industry expert in next generation consoles and digital gaming. His roles have included Senior Artist, Lead Artist, Art Manager, Art Director, Art Outsource Manager, and Producer. Andrew is an expert in all gaming tools for commercial game development, including: 3ds Max, Maya, Photoshop, XSI, Gen Head, Z Brush, Mud Box, and Poly-boost (as well as other 3ds max plug-ins). During this time Andrew has worked on 14 standalone published games as well as sequential spin-off products; as well as developing a number of military training systems for the Warrior - Armoured Fighting Vehicle, Harrier and Tornado aircraft. In the last decade Andrew has been involved in recruitment and development of artists, including theoretical and practical training. Andrew has been a freelance consultant helping companies to develop and improve tools and applications that are used by artists in the digital gaming industry. Andrew is currently a visiting speaker and advisor at Liverpool John Moore University for the MA digital games course; and is an external advisor at the University of Bolton, supporting the development of their forthcoming 3D related courses. Andrew has judged the Independent Games Festival for the past 2 years. He has been a visiting speaker at Liverpool John Moore University since 2005, and will also be a speaker at the University of Bolton for the forthcoming 3D Games Modeling course. Andrew Gahan has given numerous media interviews, of which a recent selection is given below: 15 December 2007. Interview with Gamasutra magazine Media consumption: MotorStorm's Andy Gahan. Television interview for 1-up.com with Pete Smith (Executive External Producer, SCEE (Sony)) in San Francisco, during GDC (Game Developer Conference) in the Sony Store for the launch of MotorStorm. Television interview for GamerTV with Pete Smith (Executive External Producer, SCEE (Sony)) in San Francisco, during GDC (Game Developer Conference)

Contenuti:

3ds Max Modeling for Games - VOLUME II

Insider's Guide to Stylized Game Character, Vehicle, and Environment Modeling

**ALL TECHNIQUES, TUTORIALS BELOW WILL FEATURE STYLIZED (COMIC-STYLE) ART.  THIS IS THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN VOLUME I (WHICH OFFER REALISTIC STYLE ART).

Chapter 1 - Introduction to 3dsmax (20-30 pages)

• User Interface
• Primitives
• Viewports
• Projects
• Load & Save

Chapter 2 - Basics of Modeling and Texturing (20-30 pages)

• Creating a box asset
• Creating simple texture maps
• Creating texture maps from photographs
• Cleaning up images in Photoshop
• Mapping
• UV Unwrap
• Editing UV's
• Render settings and quick renders
• Saving and organizing your work 

Chapter 3 - Low Poly Modeling Techniques continued (20-30 pages)

• Modeling a simple object
• Extrude, Bevel, etc
• Graphite modeling tools

Chapter 4 - Low Poly Vehicle (80 pages)

• Using blueprints and concept art work
• Modeling techniques
• Materials and mapping
• Rendering

Chapter 5 - Low Poly Character (80 pages)

• Using blueprints and concept art work
• Modeling techniques
• Materials and mapping
• Rendering

Gallery (20 pages)

Chapter 6 - Creating Trees and Foliage (30 pages)

• Different approaches for different uses
• Modelling
• Texture creation

Chapter 7 - Low poly Environment (80 pages)

• Planning the scene
• Blocking out in 3D
• To detail or not to detail
• Unwrapping
• Creating texture maps
• Lighting
• Rendering

Chapter 8 - Normal Map creation in detail (20-30 pages)

• Creating normal maps from high poly assets
• Baking maps
• Types of normal map
• Tangents based normal maps in detail

Chapter 9 - Ambient Occlusion in detail (10-20 pages)

Chapter 10 - Portfolio creation and Interview (10 pages)

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0240816064
• ISBN 13: 9780240816067
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 384