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Introduction and Setting Up

• About Max 8 and This Course Demo
• New in Max 8 Pt.1 Demo
• New in Max 8 Pt.2 Demo

MAXScript--Basics

• What is MAXScript? Demo
• The MAXScript Menu Demo
• The MAXScript Listener and Mini-Listener Demo
• MAXScript Help Demo
• Syntax Rules in Help Files Demo
• Characters with Special Meanings Demo
• Introduction to Variables Demo
• the MAXScript Debugger Pt.1 Demo
• the MAXScript Debugger Pt.2 Demo

MAXScript--Creating Objects

• Constructors-Classes-Parameters Demo
• Creating Geometry Demo
• Sphere-WireColor-Pos-Name-Radius Demo
• Creating Shapes-Circle Demo
• Creating Shapes-Line-Matrix3 Demo
• Creating Modifiers Demo
• Creating Controllers Demo
• Creating Materials Demo
• Creating Lights Demo
• Copy Cloning Demo
• Positional and Keyword Parameters Demo

MAXScript--Reserved-Names-Strings

• Reserved Words
• Names and Naming Rules
• Strings

MAXScript--Transforming Objects

• Move
• 3D Vectors
• Scale
• Rotate Pt.1
• Rotate Pt.2
• Coordsys

MAXScript--Running Scripts

• Enter-Shift Enter
• Drag and Drop to Toolbar
• Save-Run Script-Hair and Fur
• Evaluate All-Hair and Fur
• Startup Directory
• Include

MAXScript--Conditionals-Loops

• If-Else
• For-In
• For-In Loop Using a Range
• Do While
• Case

MAXScript--Source Code Layout

• Expressions-Basics
• Multi-Line Statements
• Comments
• Indentation/Tabs

MAXScript--Collections

• Built-in Sets Pt.1
• Built-in Sets Pt.2
• Arrays
• Wild-Card Pathname Selection
• Mapping-NoMap

MAXScript--UI Scripting

• Creating a Rollout/Dialog Pt.1
• Creating a Rollout/Dialog Pt.2
• Rollout UI Control Types
• ResetMaxFile
• Creating a Rollout Floater Pt.1
• Creating a Rollout Floater Pt.2
• The Visual MAXScript Editor

MAXScript--Architecture

• Undefined
• Expressions-Order of Evaluation
• Code Blocks
• Functions
• Interfaces
• Scope Introduction
• Nested Scopes
• Local and Global Variables

MAXScript--Scripting Animation

• Animate On and At Time
• Specifying Time Pt.1
• Specifying Time Pt.2
• Scope and Nesting for Time Contexts
• Controllers and Keys Pt.1
• Controllers and Keys Pt.2
• Creating and Manipulating Modifiers
• Scripted Custom Attributes

Character Studio--Biped

• Creating and Editing a Biped
• Figure Mode and Figure Files Pt.1
• Figure Mode and Figure Files Pt.1
• Footstep Mode and BIP Files Pt.1
• Footstep Mode and BIP Files Pt.2
• Track View-List Controllers
• Editing Footsteps in Track View
• Extracting Footsteps from BIP Files
• Intro to MAXScript for the Biped
• Freeform Animation
• Biped Layers
• Biped Dynamics and Spline Dynamics
• Motion Flow Mode
• Mixer Mode and Motion Mixer
• Pelvis as Ball Joint
• Bone Twist Controls Pt.1
• Bone Twist Controls Pt.2
• Bone Twist Controls Pt.3
• Twist Poses Pt.1
• Twist Poses Pt.2
• Twist Poses Pt.3
• Using Filmbox .fbx Files

Character Studio--Skin and Physique

• Skin and Physique-Introduction
• Skin
• Physique Pt.1
• Physique Pt.2
• Adjusting Biped to Mesh Pt.1
• Adjusting Biped to Mesh Pt.2
• Physique and Skin MAXScript Support
• Adding Nullhelper to Biped
• Skin MAXScript Example
• Weight Tool

Character Studio--Biped Animation

• Animation Workbench- 3 DOF Rotations
• Workbench-Track View Synchronization
• IK Blend and Join to Prev IK Key Pt.1
• IK Blend and Join to Prev IK Key Pt.2
• Presets Pt.1
• Presets Pt.2
• Pivots Pt.1
• Pivots Pt.2
• Planting to a Moving Object
• Biped Trajectories
• Rubber Band Mode
• Squash and Stretch w/ List Controllers Pt.1
• Squash and Stretch w/ List Controllers Pt.2
• Bend Links-Smooth Twist
• Layer Retargeting

Character Studio--Motion Flow

• Creating keyframes From Motion Flow
• Saving and Loading Motion Flow animation
• Shared Motion Flow
• Positioning and Reorienting-Move All
• Retargeting - XAF File

Character Studio--Motion Mixer

• Creating a Mixdown
• Saving and Loading a .mix File
• Creating a Loopable Clip and Tiling
• Stretching and Trimming Clips
• Combining Clips and Filtering
• Mute and Solo Trackgroup
• Moving Transition Brackets
• Weighting
• Timewarp

Garment Maker and Cloth

• Introduction to Garment Maker and Cloth
• Loading and Scaling Reference Art
• Making Panels Pt.1
• Making Panels Pt.2
• Garment Maker-Arranging Panels
• Garment Maker-Creating Seams
• Cloth Modifier-Simulate Local Pt.1
• Cloth Modifier-Simulate Local Pt.2
• Cloth-Animate and Simulate
• Skin the Biped-Preliminaries
• Cloth-Skin the Biped Pt.1
• Cloth-Skin the Biped Pt.2
• Cloth-Simulate Local
• Cloth-Group-Surface Constraint
• Cloth-Fixup and Re-simulate
• Local Resimulate with Constraints
• MAXScript-Local Cloth Resimulation
• Cape-Garment Maker
• Cape-cloth-Create Keys
• Cape-Simulate-Weld Mesh
• Cloth-group-Surface Constrain hood
• Cloth-Node Constraint-Script Controller Pt.1
• Cloth-Node Constraint-Script Controller Pt.2
• Cloth-Final Cape Implementation Pt.1
• Cloth-Final Cape Implementation Pt.2
• Cloth-More MAXScript Pt.1
• Cloth-More MAXScript Pt.2
• Cloth-More MAXScript Pt.3

Hair and Fur

• Hair and Fur-Basics
• Hair-Cut Length and Scale
• Hair-Lighting
• Hair-Styling-Holding a Style Pt.1
• Hair-Styling-Holding a Style Pt.2
• Hair-Styling

Mapping

• Pelt Mapping-Intro
• Pelt Mapping-Create Irregular Object
• Pelt Mapping-Check Material IDs
• Pelt Mapping-Quick Start
• Pelt Mapping-Create Seams
• Pelt Mapping-Render UV Template
• Pelt Mapping-Edit UVWs
• Pelt Mapping-Further Study
• Real World Mapping

Summing Up

• Wrap Up

Credits

• About the Author