I need lots of help :ahh:
 

heres the problem

if you looked at our animation last year you would see it was hoorible.that is only because,well our school has no teachers trained in the field of 3d animation so i me and our other animator who was taught with what i know about the program (not much since i only learned by playing around in a lighter version called Gmax).

no to lay down the basics with the problems we aree having this year are:

modeling and rigging a character (no clue in this)
using water space warp
placing like visual maps (grass and stuff)
making glass


ive tied most of the stuff that are in the 3ds max tutorials but i still am basically a noob on the program i need some that are dummbed down more

would preffer lessons over the internet iff possible
email: a1buddy6@yahoo.com
aim echoflight916

Re: I need lots of help :ahh:
 

1. modeling and rigging a character (no clue in this)
2. using water space warp
3. placing like visual maps (grass and stuff)
4. making glass

Ok, I would love to help out an animator in need. First off, really you don't basically need a teacher to learn 3DS max, it's best learned self-taught. Me and a few other pros of the program I'm sure have learned this way, and it's good. Another point to come across is this, if you think your animation is horrible, it's your opinion, but hey, you learn something new with every 3d studio max project you make, and you get way better each project or tutorial or whatever you do. I'm sure you'll be really good with it, and actually, I'm happy you tried to submit an animation on your first year doing it, congrats. Now to help you out with those things, I'm gunna have to get back to you on that tomorrow (which also happens to be my b-day) and I'll be best helping you out with the material and rendering techniques that you've requested help on (I prefer for water materials to be bump mapped to look wavy, it looks better that way). For character animation, I'm not that well experienced into that subject.. it's rather my least skilled area, but I'm getting better at it. I'm sure there are EXTREMELY talented people on that subject though (wink wink BuddyB309 ;)). Tomarrow I'll e-mail you, sending you some kind of lecture info kinda stuff on your topics. Trust me, some of us here are like extremely talented with 3ds max and we wish to help you out. Glad you have interest! I'll get back to you later.