Experiments with 3D max and Primitive shapes

Today While waiting for the lesson to begin i opened 3Dmax to have a look at the interface and try to use it with help. this was a very good idea because it means that i will practice 3Dmax for later use in the year.

i decided to use only primitive shapes in Max because i havent looked at molding shapes into my own shapes yet. I only used a Torus, Sphere, Box, Cylinder.

After gathering these shapes i started putting them into posistions not having a shape that i actaully wanted to create as an end image however i kept moving and experimenting and eventually came up with a final Robot like face cartoon that i happen to like. i feel i would like to experiment with 3Dmax more however i would also like to be shown the basics of molding and creating my own shapes not just moving primitive ones into a shape or a piece.

Texture imputting on Text with back drop

I decided after making the word that i put texture onto that i would create a relevant backdrop using the skills i had learnt to make the wall earlier. therefore creating a nice image. altho after making it i noticed that it didnt look right without the lighting being in the right place therefore i used a spot light tool that i had experimented with while getting to grips with the tools of 3D max. After positioning the spotlight i found another thing about my image that could be improves and it was that the word didnt look seperate from the background due to it having no shadow casting onto the back ground there i went into light settings and activated light shadowing.

This is the image i have ended with.

Texture imputting on Text

I have now Been practicing on 3D max and have use everything i have learnt today and made text 3D and put the textures that i wanted onto the letters. Then using the skills i learnt this morning and rotated and moved the word into a position that i liked and wanted.

Overall Today i feel that 3D max is a programm that i can really get to grip's with and prefer to photoshop and so i think when we get our own projects to do i would probaly find more uses for 3D max because i feel i can produce a better outcome.

Texture Imputing

After the lunch break we logged back into 3D max to put Textures onto a wall. This was done by going into material editer and importing a picture of texture that we had selected from the internet for the demo.

3D max intro to editting Polygons

Editting polygons was a very simple to to grasp once we had the demo. you create a shape and then right click the shape and convert to a edittable poly that way you can click seperate parts of the shape and mold them and change them completely seperately to the whole shape this way giving you the abilitiy to change the shape into something completely different from the begining shape.

This is proven within my Shape because i started with a simple Tube shape and have just changed shapes to create a shape that reminds me of a water tower shape.

3D Max introduction of simple text

Today we Covered the very basic's of 3D max in the form of making a text and rotating, Scaleing, Moving and then making it the Text 3D and exporting it into Photoshop and placing it in an image of our choice

This image is of me making basic shapes and playing with the moving and rotation tools

We then Made a piece of text on max and use any words we wanted and then we exported to photoshop and i also decided to put a rendering onto my Text in the form of Chorme effect to my text to make it less standard and more orignal to my style not just the demo we did.

Sound Recorder introduction

Today we had a introduction  into using the sound recording equipment and learning how to use a Gun Mic with a Marantz. which meant that we learnt how to set it up into a preset for indoor and outdoor recording. we also learnt how to formatt the memory cards before and after use to make sure that no other students can use my work. we learnt how to set up the recorder to record MP3 formatt because its the smallest and simplest setting to record.
we also learnt the names for different types of mic.
Directional Mic = a mic that only picks up sound in the direction you are pointing the recieving end
Omnidirectional Mic= a mic that picks up all sound around it in an arc therefore picking up background noise that you could other wise not want.