Three-dimensional graphics means you are working with three dimensions; in other words, width, depth, and height. If you look around, everything you see is three-dimensional - the desk, the building, the chair, plants, and even your self. However, the term 3D graphics representantion of a virtual three-dimensional world.
To help illustrate this, imagine that you have video camera and are filming the room around you, but when you play back the video on your DVD player, you are looking at a flat, two-dimensional image representating the 3D world you filmed a minute ago. The scene appears realistic thanks to the lighs, colors and shadows, which give the scene life and three-dimensional depth, even thought it is still 2D.
In computer graphics, objects exist only in the memory of the computer. They have no physical form; they are just mathematical formulas and little electrons running around. Because the objects don’t exist outside the computer, the only way to record them is to add more formulas to represent lights and cameras. Fortunately, for you, 3D Studio MAX takes care of the mathematical side of things, enabling you to explore the artistic side.
In many ways, using a program such as 3D Studio MAX is much like videotaping a room full of objects that you construct. MAX enables you to design the room and its contents using a variety of basic 3D objects such as cubes, spheres, cylinder, and cones that you can select and add to the scene. MAX also gives you the necessary tools needed to create more complex objects through a variety of other methods.
After all of the objects have been created and positioned in the scene, you can choose from a library of predifined materials such as plastic, stone, wood, or other materials and apply them to the objects. You can also create your own materials through 3D Studio MAX’s materials editor, where you can control the color, shininess, and transparency, or even use painted or scanned images to make the surfaces apper any way you like.
After you have added materials to the scene, you can can create cameras through which to record and view the scene. By adjusting the settings of the virtual camera, you can get wide-angle effects or zoom in on a small detail. Correct positioning of cameras in the scene always-add to the drama or realism of the scene. MAX provides camera objects with real-world controls that you can use to create the views you are looking for in your scene.
To further the realism of the scene, you can add lighting. MAX enables you to add several different kinds of light, as well as define the properties of these lights, such as the light color of brightness. By positioning the lights in the scene, you can control how the objects are illuminated.
The scene can then be brought to life by moving the objects, as well as the lights and cameras. You can make objects move mechanically, or make them appear to take on human characteristics. You can also use filmmaking techniques to tell a story with your animation, or simply create something cool and interesting.
Finally, you can render the animation to videotape, or a digital video file, enabling you to view the finished results and share it with others. Using 3D Studio MAX, you can create just about anything you can imagine, then use the result as a portfolio piece, a scene from science fiction epic, or any number of other possibilities. There is no limit to the possibilities with MAX at your side.
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