3ds Max Modeling for Games

Index

A

Abandoned warehouse tutorial, 265–287

basic structure, 271–275

camera, 277

character, 279

floor, 280–281

initial textures, 266–271

roof, 273, 275–283

shell, texturing, 272

suggestions, 279

walls, 267–275

windows, 279

Accuracy, 280

Add Targets feature, 252

Add Texture Elements dialog box, 63

Alpha channels, 221

Alpha maps, 44–51

creating, 44–46

creating from photo, 45–46

defined, 44

file formats, 46

for foliage, 44–45

reference images for, 45

in 3ds Max, 46–48

tiling, 48–51

uses, 44–45

Ambient occlusion (AO) maps, 215–217

applying, 217

baking, 257

benefits, 218

defined, 215

layer, 226

opening, 226

output path, 216

overlapping areas and, 218

in Photoshop, 257

rendering, 215–217

shadow texture, 257

uses, 215

Anatomy, knowledge of, 162–