March 2013
Intermediate to advanced
480 pages
8h 43m
English
Content preview from Learning Autodesk 3ds Max 2008 Foundation
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Lesson 04Animation Basics
This lesson will cover some basic animation techniques and terminology, as well as hierarchies and relationships between objects. Autodesk® 3ds Max® software provides tools for animation, but to animate well, you also need to understand and use the laws that govern animation.
In this lesson you will learn the following:
• How to change the undo level;
• How to create hierarchies;
• How to build a custom Schematic View;
• How to understand parent inheritance;
• How to control a pivot point;
• How to use the Time Slider;
• How to use the Curve Editor;
• How to select animation keyframes;
• How to change keyframe tangents. ...