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Bokeh in 3dsmax with particle flow and maxscript

Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2010-01-02 00:20
24 votes

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.

Setting up Ultra Edit as your Maxscript Editor

Submitted by Chris Johnson on Thu, 2007-01-25 01:46
23 votes

This document is meant to get a person RAPIDLY set up to use Ultra Edit as a maxscript editor. This is made possible by a bridge created by Simon Feltman at Rezn8 studios. This bridge enables any third party editor to call internal Max functions. In our case, we will set up our text editor to call 3 internal Max functions, Evaluate, Open, and Encrypt.

3dsMax Monday Movie #66: MaxScript Rollouts

Submitted by Admin on Thu, 2010-01-28 00:37
22 votes

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!"

Maxscript for beginners #1

Submitted by allanmckay on Tue, 2009-10-13 09:35
20 votes

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.

How to build and destroy a procedural Wall

Submitted by Augusto Lombardi on Tue, 2009-03-03 12:26
19 votes

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

CGWiki - MAXScript Info Page

Submitted by Admin on Wed, 2007-04-11 15:56
18 votes

A detailed wiki entry on MAXScript. Includes development history, language overview, possible applications, etc. A good read even for those of us who have been around MAXScript for a while!

How to use MySQL Connector in 3ds Max using .NET

Submitted by Ofer Zelichover on Sat, 2008-03-08 12:16
18 votes

How to create a self-updating Max Script or Macro Script

Submitted by Rod Green on Thu, 2007-01-25 01:40
17 votes
How to create a self-updating Max Script or Macro Script

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Creating MAXScript Installers

Submitted by Jeff Hanna on Thu, 2007-01-25 01:26
14 votes
What’s Wrong With .MZP Files?

Having managed tool rollouts at both small (four artists) and large (50+ artists) companies I’ve become increasingly frustrated with MAXScript installation options. MZP files do ake the process less painful, but they have some inherent problems and limitations:

Python links

Submitted by Admin on Fri, 2008-07-18 11:22
14 votes

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

CGTalk - Python + MXS - http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=98&t=509631

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