Physique Le compagnon MPSI-PTSI: Essentiel du cours, Méthodes, Erreurs à éviter, QCM, Exercices et Sujets de concours corrigés

Copyright Page......Page 2
Acknowledgments......Page 4
Primary Authors......Page 5
Table of Contents......Page 6
How to use this book......Page 9
Project 01......Page 11
Lesson 01 Introduction to Modeling for 
Games......Page 13
Introduction to the game industry......Page 14
Positions available in the game industry......Page 15
Additional help with 3ds Max 2010......Page 17
Conclusion......Page 19
Lesson 02 Interface and UI......Page 21
Opening Autodesk 3ds Max 2010......Page 22
Key Interface Elements......Page 24
Navigating the viewports, Interface, and 3D Space......Page 26
Navigating the Command Panel......Page 31
Creating and naming objects in 3ds Max 2010......Page 33
Changing the display of objects you create......Page 35
Setting a project folder......Page 38
Saving your scene......Page 39
Conclusion......Page 41
Lesson 03 Primitives......Page 43
Standard primitives......Page 44
Extended Primitives......Page 46
Creating Standard Primitives......Page 48
Creating Extended Primitives......Page 55
How to alter the parameters of the primitives you create......Page 62
Moving, rotating, and scaling primitives in your scene......Page 66
Conclusion......Page 69
Lesson 04 Modifiers, Layers, Copies, Instances and References......Page 71
How to apply a modifier......Page 72
Using Modifiers in your workflow......Page 78
Layers......Page 81
Layer Manager Interface Elements......Page 82
Working with layers......Page 84
Copies, instances, and references......Page 87
Conclusion......Page 95
Lesson 05 Editable Polygon Objects......Page 97
How to convert a primitive to an editable polygon object......Page 98
Navigating the newly changed command panel......Page 100
How to change between subobject modes......Page 103
Subobject modes......Page 104
Features of the Edit Geometry submenu......Page 105
Features of the Vertex subobject mode......Page 109
Features of the Edge subobject mode......Page 112
Features of the Polygon subobject mode......Page 117
Conclusion......Page 121
Lesson 06 Materials and Texture Maps......Page 123
What materials and textures are......Page 124
Working with the Material Editor......Page 126
Creating your first material......Page 128
How to apply a material to an object......Page 132
Conclusion......Page 137
Project 02......Page 139
Lesson 07 Using 2D Concepts......Page 141
Using 2D concepts as a guide for creating 3D......Page 142
Applying a concept image to your scene......Page 147
Conclusion......Page 153
Lesson 08 Polygonal Modeling for Games......Page 155
Blocking out the prop......Page 156
Refining the prop......Page 168
Conclusion......Page 179
Lesson 09 UVW Unwrapping......Page 181
Unwrap UVW Key Interface Elements......Page 182
UVW unwrapping explained......Page 183
Create a checkerboard texture......Page 184
Unwrapping our prop......Page 186
Wrapping up our prop and packing our UVs......Page 197
Conclusion......Page 201
Lesson 10 Texturing Your First Prop......Page 203
Exporting your UVW information and getting ready for texturing......Page 204
Working in passes while texturing......Page 207
Conclusion......Page 213
Lesson 11 Animation Basics......Page 215
How it works in 3ds Max......Page 216
Key Interface Elements......Page 217
Animating our gold mine prop......Page 218
Conclusion......Page 223
Conclusion......Page 331
Lesson 12 Environment Planning and Organization......Page 259
Planning for environments......Page 260
Creating a block out for our environment......Page 262
Working modularly......Page 265
Using layers and selection filters for environments......Page 266
Conclusion......Page 267
Lesson 13 Modeling a Game Environment......Page 269
Grid snapping......Page 270
Platform walkway......Page 272
Main platform corner......Page 277
Arch......Page 283
Sky dome......Page 287
Merging assets into a scene......Page 288
Conclusion......Page 289
Lesson 14 Unwrapping and Texture Maps......Page 291
Texture sheets and tileables......Page 292
Unwrap and texture the sky dome......Page 299
Using the Viewport Canvas tool to add grunge detail......Page 301
Conclusion......Page 305
Lesson 15 The Camera......Page 307
Creating a new camera......Page 308
Conclusion......Page 313
Lesson 16 Introduction to Lighting and FX......Page 315
Adding lights and shadows......Page 316
Post effects......Page 322
Conclusion......Page 323
Lesson 17 Rendering......Page 325
Rendering your scene......Page 326
Image Gallery......Page 225
Professional Interviews......Page 335