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Re: credits?

There are a number of ways to "do credits". If you've got Windows Movie Maker, then I believe there are options in there to do a 2D version.

However you may want to create text in 3DS Max and animate and render it to do the credits. While I haven't used Max in a while, so I can't tell you exactly which icons/workflow to use the basic concept is to create a spline and extrude it.

The main thing you should know, however, is that there is a tonne of Max help available just by googling. Try "3ds text" and the second hit will be http://www.guide2computeranimation.c...eled_text1.htm a good one. You might also try "3ds credits". Any major book store with a good computer section will have at least a few books on using 3ds max, but you can probably get a better deal by looking for books on using older versions of Max at second hand bookshops. The basic concepts don't change much from version to version... or even from software package to software package (I teach using Cinema 4D). Also never forget that help files, once you get good at searching them, are incredibly amazingly useful.

Have fun as you learn animation... but also learn the even more important skill of how to search for information.

Jason