3ds Max | Tutorials

Clear out the dead wood from the layer manager

LoneRobot — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:49:30 +0000

Clear out the dead wood from the layer manager

Occasionally, you end up with a load of layers in your scene that are no use to anybody, serve no function to society, and end up taking valuable space like an unwanted uncle at a wedding.

Get your lost dialogs back

LoneRobot — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:33:43 +0000

Floating Dialog Amnesty

How to create a realtime feather system with ParticleFlow

augusto — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:04:50 +0000

this is a very optimized solution to drive the behavior of particles by the deformation of a surface without to use script or complex rigs, this system can be useful not only to animate but just to model objects that have a large number of elements like tiles on a roof or to drive fractured objects to follow a deforming surface and so on, if you like this please let me know so I will produce more tutorials about the various implementations of this system

Lets Play With Array

Anubis — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:03:30 +0000

A simple MaxScript tutorial that I wrote to help on question posted into the ScriptSpot forum. Of course, I written it in PDF file and also to facilitate the readers, in manner what allow to read it without bound the context to the forum topic. I was try as well to make it simple for the novice coders. I hope you learn something from it.

Best Regards,

Anubis

A few notes about code optimization

Anubis — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:28:20 +0000

The base idea of this topic is to say to all coders - always to research, because this is the only way to get rid of any myths. Each myth may hinder your future development and may leave a wrong impression in us for the MaxScript language at all.

3dsMax Monday Movie #66: MaxScript Rollouts

Admin — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 07:37:30 +0000

Text copied from author (Bluesummers) website - http://www.mrbluesummers.com ... Click the tutorial link below for more details and video transcription.

"This week I’ve got a great episode that goes into how you can create floating dialog windows for your MaxScripts. I’ll even go into how you can create a “Random Selection” utility in MaxScript. Hope you enjoy it!"

3dsMax Monday Movie #65: MaxScript Basics

Admin — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 07:33:38 +0000

Text copied from author (Bluesummers) website - http://www.mrbluesummers.com ... Click the tutorial link below for more details and video transcription.

Bokeh in 3dsmax with particle flow and maxscript

Admin — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 07:20:12 +0000

Note from admin - I just ran across this great tutorial showing how to use maxscript and pflow to render fast, simulate dof based on camera focus.

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This script will define particle’s scale and transparency depends on camera’s focus. Now you can animate the geometry or the camera and render the particles with scanline. Don’t forget to cache all the particles for viewport/render using the Cache operator.

This setup renders pretty fast as opposed to mental ray’s or vray’s honest dof. And we have fast bokeh effect with the ability to inceract with scene geometry.

Copy Protecting Maxscripts

Admin — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:44:26 +0000

Series of 3 tutorials from Stig Atle Steffensen about Copy Protecting Maxscripts - including "Getting hardware lock info", "Making the license file" and "Using the license file".

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Snippet from site:
"If you are an individual, or a company that makes maxscripts, and do not want to distribute the source, and make a copyprotection, then this article is for you.

"This article assumes you have the basic knowledge of writing maxscripts, but a fully working sourcode is supplied, which you can dissect and use as you please.

Maxscript for beginners #1

allanmckay — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:35:29 +0000

Quick tutorial covering some basics of maxscript, generating and controlling objects etc. Might be useful for people wanting to get their feet wet with scripting.

Automating Photoshop with a DotNet Class Library and COM interop

LoneRobot — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:32:16 +0000

Automating Photoshop with a DotNet Class Library and COM interop

pflow scripting - getting particles to transform from one object to anoter

allanmckay — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:48:38 +0000

pflow script turorial on how to get particles to transform from one object to another via scripting

Calling Maxscript Functions from DotNet

LoneRobot — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:33:21 +0000

Calling Maxscript Functions from DotNet

I thought I’d draw attention to a few enhancements that Autodesk has made
with the new release in the hope that it will help you with your
scripts. The private/public methods in struct declaration in MXS was a
welcome addition, but I was hoping for a few extras in the dotnet area
too. The main one to note is -

My Blog Huh?

mertens3d — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:48:11 +0000

Actually I have already started a blog here: (can i put a link here?)

mertens3d - Blog

Seeking Work

colinsenner — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:18:08 +0000

I'm currently seeking work in the Game-development / Arch-Vis world! Currently based in Kansas City, available to relocate. Please view my website which has my portfolio/resume/script contributions as well!

-Colin

Be gamma correct!

Martin Breidt — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:54:16 +0000

Gamma correction is one of those buzz words that are really easy in
terms of theory and math but confusing in how they are applied in
practice. As a consequence, it is largely ignored by many graphics
practicioners. This illustrated 10 page article is my attempt at
clarifying gamma correction in the context of 3D CGI by answering most
of the typical questions: "What is gamma? Why do we have it? When should I perform gamma correction? And what happens if I just ignore it?"

How to build and destroy a procedural Wall

augusto — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:26:50 +0000

in this tutorial we will create and destroy a procedural wall in 3dsMAX using Standard Geometries, SpaceWarps and ParticleFlow without scripting tecniques. We will also use the plug-in ParicleActionsPlus wich gives a good control on particles positioning. Lastly we will use collisions to make fly the bricks of the wall. This tutorial will take more or less 45 minutes for an intermediate level of difficulty

Commercial Training Options

Admin — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 08:12:02 +0000

If you would like to learn more about MAXScript, there are currently several affordable training options available to suit nearly any budget.

dotNet links

Admin — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:16:38 +0000

A collection of links to dotNet + MAXScript information available. If you find a useful post, add it in the comments and this post will be updated to include it.

Script Installation in 3ds max

Admin — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 05:44:10 +0000

Additional help (external link): Macro installation (MAXScript) on Tech-Artists.org

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