3ds Max Zero to Hero: The Complete Guide To 3D Modeling

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Getting started with 3ds Max

Lecture 1: Downloading 3ds Max

Lecture 2: Interface overview

Lecture 3: Navigating the viewport

Lecture 4: Creating objects

Lecture 5: Select, move, rotate, scale

Lecture 6: Rendering your scene

Lecture 7: Let's make a wallpaper

Lecture 8: Adding an ink and paint material

Lecture 9: Adding lights

Lecture 10: Cameras

Lecture 11: Keyboard shortcuts review

Lecture 12: Tip: The autogrid feature

Lecture 13: Tip: How to save your files

Chapter 2: Common problems and solutions

Lecture 1: Intro

Lecture 2: Can't select objects

Lecture 3: Every menu disappeared

Lecture 4: Yellow borders in viewport

Lecture 5: No rectangular selection

Lecture 6: Can't select with drag

Lecture 7: Object showing as lines

Lecture 8: Zoomed out too far

Chapter 3: Types of objects

Lecture 1: Standard v.s. Extended Primitives

Lecture 2: Text object

Lecture 3: Splines

Lecture 4: Textplus object

Lecture 5: Compound objects

Lecture 6: Doors

Chapter 4: Making an office chair

Lecture 1: Creating the leg

Lecture 2: Cloning the legs using the Array tool

Lecture 3: Finishing the chair

Lecture 4: Coloring your chair

Chapter 5: Manipulating objects

Lecture 1: Intro

Lecture 2: Viewport Preview & Shading

Lecture 3: Grouping objects

Lecture 4: Isolating selection

Lecture 5: Cloning and mirroring

Lecture 6: Pivot points

Lecture 7: Layers

Lecture 8: Aligning objects

Lecture 9: Modifiers

Lecture 10: Snaps toggle

Lecture 11: BONUS: Cloth simulation

Lecture 12: Changing the viewport background

Chapter 6: Polygon modeling

Lecture 1: What is polygon modeling

Lecture 2: How to work with Edges

Lecture 3: How to work with Polygons

Lecture 4: How to work with Vertex

Lecture 5: How to smooth your object

Lecture 6: Chesterfield mattress pattern

Lecture 7: Modeling a coffee cup

Lecture 8: Quick tip – Selecting polygons

Lecture 9: Modeling couches

Chapter 7: Materials & textures

Lecture 1: Texture mapping terms

Lecture 2: Where to get textures

Lecture 3: Intro to the material editor

Lecture 4: Using the material editor

Lecture 5: Adding a bump map

Lecture 6: Using Arnold materials for realism

Lecture 7: Creating a glass material

Lecture 8: Creating a metallic material

Lecture 9: Displacement

Lecture 10: Multi/sub-object

Lecture 11: UVW Unwrap

Chapter 8: Animation

Lecture 1: Intro animation

Lecture 2: Following a motion path

Lecture 3: Lookat constraint

Lecture 4: Attachment constraint

Lecture 5: Curve editor

Chapter 9: Bones and biped for characters

Lecture 1: Intro to bones and the biped system

Lecture 2: Setting up the biped

Lecture 3: Aligning the bones

Lecture 4: Applying the biped to the model

Lecture 5: Easy way to fix envelope problems

Chapter 10: Manually skinning a character & walk cycle

Lecture 1: About this section

Lecture 2: Editing envelopes

Lecture 3: Fixing the head

Lecture 4: Fixing the glutes

Lecture 5: BONUS: Walk cycle

Chapter 11: Rigging

Lecture 1: Creating solvers

Lecture 2: Adding the rigs

Lecture 3: Reapplying the mesh

Chapter 12: BONUS project: Realistic architectural exterior

Lecture 1: Intro to the project

Lecture 2: Setting up the camera

Lecture 3: Setting up the lights

Lecture 4: Glass panels

Lecture 5: Using HDRi Maps to make the sky

Lecture 6: Adding the grass material

Lecture 7: Simulating the pebbles