3ds Max: Cinematography for Visualization

3ds Max features advanced tools for realistic cinematography. Learn professional techniques of camera animation and special effects using the powerful 3D camera tools.

Introduction

• Welcome
• Using the exercise files

1. Viewport Tips and Tricks

• Hiding the ViewCube
• Saving a solid background template scene
• Restoring camera framing with Undo
• Setting Field of View
• Navigating in Walkthrough mode
• Isolating surfaces with Viewport Clipping
• Analyzing a Camera frame with 2D Pan and Zoom

2. Working with Cameras

• Displaying Cameras larger in the view
• Manipulating Physical Target Distance
• Choosing Safe Frames options
• Offsetting the frame with Lens Shift
• Locking transforms in the Hierarchy panel

3. Rigging and Animation

• Recognizing camera animation issues
• Rotation in the Gimbal coordinate system
• Choosing rotation order
• Rigging a camera for animation
• Keyframing a truck or tracking shot
• Keyframing pan rotation
• Keyframing a camera dolly
• Keyframing a zoom with Field of View

4. Compound Camera Animation

• Keyframing a track-pan
• Keyframing a pedestal-tilt
• Rigging and animating a crane shot
• Rigging for a Path walkthrough
• Animating a walkthrough on a path
• Keying rotations on a path
• Animating on an arc

5. Special Effects

• Rendering isometric views
• Defining physical sensor size
• Rendering motion blur
• Rendering bokeh with Depth of Field

Conclusion

• Next steps