Learning Autodesk 3ds Max 2008 Foundation

 

 

Lesson 12Maps

In this lesson, you will learn about creating and using the different types of maps available in Autodesk^® 3ds Max^® software. You will also learn about what maps are used for and how to apply them to objects.

In this lesson you will learn the following:

• What maps are and their purposes;

• The difference between textures and maps;

• About procedural maps;

• The most common map channels;

• How to display and mix maps.

Maps defined

When you look at an old wooden desk or a newly polished wooden floor, you are looking at the texture of the surface. For example, the difference between burl oak and knotty pine is the texture of the ...