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September 25, 2007
• Create 3D text with a seamless bg in 3ds Max
• Use a skylight to generate soft shadows
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This is just a supplemental tutorial while I work on a new one for AE+Max. Notice the numbering. Remember you do not need to change 3D applications, you can easily follow along with most any mainstream 3D software. I don't even have a place for 3D tutorials... yet.
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333 RESPONSES TO "3D TEXT IN 3DS MAX" by heilong79 11/12/2009 go to mtl editor then go open and load a new lib, when selecting go to your c drive (not the setups you have in my documents) and find the autodesk folder, then find materiallibraries folder and load the 3dmax one. Thats it. by Josh 10/11/2009 This was a realy helpful tutorial, My friends recommended it. Thanks again by Morten Frol 09/17/2009 Hey Andrew! I was watching your tutorial and I love it, I got a nice finished product and I am very happy about it. But, one thing; I am also an active Photosghop user, so I would really like to render my outcome WITH shadows (using skylight as in the tytorial) and WITHOUT any kind of background. So the final render will be just the text and the shadows added, so I can put the render into any background color in Photoshop. But how can I do that? I render the file without a 'plane' but all I get is a black background and no shadows. Any help would be nice! And again, thanks so much for this great tutorial! Frol by John Sparies 09/11/2009 Great tutorial , I bought 3ds Max because Andrew is the man and I want to make good videos also , but I Was Wondering if Maya or any other program is needed for making 3d stuff . Ive Read The Website stuff but what does Maya do that 3ds max doesn't do??? ?? ? ill Take Help From Anyone ! Jspraya@sbcglobal.net or just Jspraya on You Tube by Sascha//GER 09/08/2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm-STdbAdLw =he shows you how to make your own chrome material^^ by Muhammad imran 09/05/2009 Thanks for tutorials my belong to not english contry but i enjoy the tutorials thank for videocopilot by David Johnson 08/14/2009 fady u can search on yt how to get a chrome effect thats what i did by David Johnson 08/13/2009 after following render settings and render it just rendered like 30 pic of the cam looking right at it help plz by fady 06/27/2009 same problem with u patrick.. I have 3D MAX 2009, can't find my material library anywhere :( both files are empty :( what can i do? any sugestions plsss??? by Matt 06/24/2009 Er should be, Copy them all and paste them into the other folder in My Documents. by Matt 06/24/2009 Patrick, Go to My Documents and look for the folder 3ds Max. There should be a 'materiallibraries' folder inside it. If there's nothing in it, go into your 3ds max folder (Usually C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds max 200X) and look for 'materiallibraries' again. There should be a bunch of mat files in there. Copy them all past them into the other folder in My Documents. by Patrick 06/22/2009 umm, i don't have a materials library for some reason. i do, but there is nothing in it. anyone know what's up? by Olavo Ekman 06/17/2009 Hey Andrew, nice work on the tutorials... Let me give you a simple hint for 3DS Max... Anytime you wanna edit one or more objects without clicking others by mistake, you can isolate them by selecting the objects you wanna edit and pressing Alt Q . Then you enter "Isolation Mode" and the viewports will only show your selected objetcts... by Diegomitai 05/21/2009 esta gente es increible... exelente trabajo!!... (comentar o votar es agradecer) by PowerTurkish 05/19/2009 Hey Andrew, I have a problem. I followed this tutorial and I also have 3DSMax. But till the place where you were working with the Materials (3DSMax) stuff, I haven't anything (Material) in my Material Library. How come? Hope you can help me out ;D Greetings PowerTurkish from YouTube! by Vicente 05/16/2009 Hi. I Like this tutorial for 3Ds max... I Have a problem, I don't have materials in my library... Need materials please Thanks... Bye by dhillon 05/10/2009 WE WANT MORE 3DS MAX Tutorials!!!!!!! by Rocky 05/10/2009 Thanx mr.Andrew Cramer 4 your effort.......you are our only hope in AE. by Vijay 04/30/2009 Wow i cant file the chrome material thing.in there's noting in that list by Duyan 04/11/2009 Greate tutorial!! Thanks so much!! by jaags 04/01/2009 i Feel very much great this tuts really urs donning verry truly job. pless send more projects tutorils .<: by Ante 03/17/2009 i don't have metal_chrome.....does enyone know's where to find it? by conor 03/07/2009 yo lovely tutorial but i have a slight problem whe im using my 3ds max the way you can move a object you have made any way (X,Y,Z axis) and like twist it on its side and stuff like that well i can only move mine x and y so side to side ot twirl it around with the "select and rotate" tool please i need help it doing my head in by Josh 02/20/2009 Thank you for this tut. Helped me out a lot. by Rhaven 02/11/2009 SIMPLE...but has the "watch this" factor... SIMPLY AMAZING... by Zifeng 02/03/2009 Wonderful day! by Astyanax 01/25/2009 TNX! just wat I needed :) by shami 01/06/2009 Hello Friend, This helped me alot in my 3d career. Please post more simple tutorials like this related to only motion graphics. Basically i am After effects user and do motion graphics so want to learn 3d max to enhance my graphics in after effects. Love u alot Shami by osn 12/20/2008 ur tutorials are the best! can u make softimage xsi tutorials? by Emil Clausen 12/03/2008 Hey Andrew! im a big fan of Videocopilot.net Specially because of the Tutorials. Im so glad for your guides and you are good to guide me through! keep making tutorials! you are PROFFESSIONEL! Greetings from Denmark! 5/5* of tutorials. - The best site in Video editing, WORLD WIDE! by none 11/26/2008 Where did you get the chrome texture? Does it come with 3ds max? If it does, does it only come with the full version and not the trial? by ja hyuk shin 11/21/2008 thanke man ???? ?????... korea by Rishi 11/19/2008 You are amazing......... by Surin 11/14/2008 Thanks man its soooo cool i like your site and your tutorials.thank you andrew. by Dogger 11/14/2008 :( I havent any materials in mtl library... by Jersy 10/28/2008 i dont have any material in MTL where can i find it by matryl1 10/22/2008 I haven't materials in MTL. I can't instal materials in website. PLis help. by FI 10/18/2008 Andrew, you rock!!! by Heng Sotheanith 10/18/2008 Thank you for sample project and video by Pixel Industries 10/16/2008 Hi Andrew, In your tutorial there isn't any informations about Filter Antialiasing in 3D Max... I think that you apply to Render a Video Filter.. It's right? by Raewyn 10/13/2008 hei andrew, thanks for the tutorial.. pretty cool.. what are the best plug in for 3DS MAX?? uhmm.. dont have any idea... hahaha.. LOL by Govinder 10/11/2008 Hi, I am running 3DSmax 9 however, I do not have all the materials in my "My library", can anyone help? by Manny Campa 10/06/2008 I am new to 3ds max and this tutorial was very easy to follow along to... I learned a lot... thanks so much by beck 09/18/2008 Thank you Sir for this tutorial...i hope you could have more 3ds Max tutorials.. by Damian 09/15/2008 Hi!I'm Damian. I like the film effects. I doing them for fun in After Effects Of course. I'm from Poland. I have a question. Do you can send me some 3d materials? My e-mail:terminator.b12@wp.pl Thanks a milion! by Farooq Shaikh 09/05/2008 Hmmm It is really nice because i m motion graphic artist and its imagin for me. Thanks Andrew by someone 08/29/2008 hey andrew, i have 3ds 9 max but i dont see my tools pallete on the left. can someone help me please? by SKY 08/19/2008 how can i get a metal chrome file ? :( by Muhammed HALICI 08/13/2008 Really very very good. Thank you. by Harry 08/08/2008 You are the best!!! ;)) by Yousof 08/05/2008 Really good Thank you Andrew by Smantik 08/05/2008 Wow!!! It's a great idea to include 3DSMax in the project!!!! Go on!! (We want some more...) by yos 08/05/2008 how can i get a metal chrome file??? by Shehabart 07/26/2008  that's very cool for AEby Shehabart 07/26/2008 that's very cool for AEby Abdul khalil 07/16/2008 wow wonderful thanks by jerome lewis 06/30/2008 Hey Andrew:) i was in the middle of the tutorial and when you went to your presets for the metal...i had nothing.. so my question is..where can i find the presets that you have in your library? by leopard 06/23/2008 Quá ổn(Việt Nam nha) by Thiago Alexandre 06/12/2008 Really good ! by 008 06/08/2008  It would be great if you did some more 3ds max tutorials because I can't seem to find them anywere by kingbilal 05/27/2008 Very nice render.i'm a fans too by MACFANS 05/23/2008 So cool! Thinks! I'm your fans .A Real fans! by 0583257 05/20/2008 hey andrew nice tutorial. i'd be looking forward to see some Blender support for us no-budget people who have to work with cracked versions of AE. and also some more complex stuff like tracking 3d in a live plate. 583257by DaaEnD 05/19/2008 Thanks man  by derkaoui849 05/19/2008 thanks for the tutorial by alex 05/16/2008 Cómo hacemos para crear un texto en 3D en After Effects (How can we create a 3D text in After Effects?). Thank you. by Tyler 05/07/2008 Thanks man! I watched one tutorial and bought like 400 bucks worth of your stuff!! Keep it up!! by Jun 05/01/2008 tnx! awesome..!by Brivan 04/10/2008 Nice.... Its good for the start.. by s.ganesh 04/06/2008 thanks by Ruben 04/01/2008 Hello Andrew! You are doing a great job but there is something wrong with my Materil Library. It´s all empty. I have checked the folder several times but there are nothing in there. Do you know how to "fix" that? by Leo 03/26/2008 Thanks Andrew, it was great........ by Leo 03/26/2008 Thanks Andrew, it was great........ by Revaivel 03/21/2008 Maybe a dumb question from a 15 year old dutch kid, but how do I move my camera in 3ds max? by Peter 03/08/2008 Can anyone recommend a site that has 3ds max tutorials that is as fun and informative as videocopilot? by Mazen zerki 03/07/2008 Thanks andrew for all you tutorial and i hope you start learning us or bigin to make 3dmax tutorial or maya Thanks alot by Chineseman 03/03/2008 Who give me videocopilot presets? I only have 。。。。。。。。 by Anonymous 02/29/2008 Awesome tutorial! First time 3DSM user here and this was perfect to begin with. All hail the allmighty A.K.! by jorge 02/07/2008 Nice job! by michael 02/06/2008 awesome tutorial, ive been craving to learn 3ds max for a long time so this is really helpful. I'd love to buy your products but Im only a kid. by Raul FLores 02/05/2008 ta bien bacan, solo que no se puede ver por culpa del chino by Raul FLores 02/05/2008 ta bien bacan, solo que no se puede ver por culpa del chino by monntara mike 02/02/2008 Fantastic Tutorial. Been trying to get started with 3ds Max but have been getting frustrated and confused with other tutorials. Your tutorial was so easy to follow and now I am more comfortable and ready to try other things. thanks a million... well maybe a thousand. Mike by kumaresan 02/01/2008 hello i am kumaresan working buy......... by Joseph Prince 01/27/2008 It is very very usefull and highly detailed and amazing out put. Looking forward lot from you. Thanking You. by jaythesolitaris 01/26/2008 amazing lol may the France be with you...euh may the force be with you by Russell 01/15/2008 3ds Max and After Effects! This is going to sound girly, but... you're my hero man. by After effects dude! 01/06/2008 Hi Andrew Kramer! I like putting 3d in movies. Like space ships and that kind of stuff. But can you make a tutorial about how to create a scene of (for exampel) sam entering a 3d space ship and fly away? usefull for star wars fanfilms. oh and by the way. I'm saving to buy after effects cs3 and is it better than 7.0? And what's new in it? (Is 3dstudio max free? And where can i get it?) Greetings from sweden. YOU ROCK!!! by sab3r 01/03/2008 The best tutorials ever!! by Jin 12/27/2007 hey andrew, thx for sharing ur experience...greating from china~ cheers! by Ivan 12/27/2007 Thanks man by juan 12/26/2007 simplemente exelenteby segun 12/17/2007 please send me more tutorials to feel your product by Gyorfi 12/12/2007 Hello I used 3dsmax to make a simple box with a texture(picture on it) I export the file in .3DS format and after that I import it in AE using zaxwerks. The problem: the texture is not visible on the box. what should I do? by the way you are superb, thanks to you I learned after effects and now I can make money home at my PC. Thanks:) by Philippe 12/11/2007 For some reasons, my render is much much noisier then yours and it also takes more time to render, even with the same setting. I'm using a dual Xeon PC, and usually my render a pretty quick in 3ds max... Can anyone help? by stephan 12/08/2007 WE WANT MORE 3DS MAX!! by d2dak 12/08/2007 brilliant!! would u be able to create more 3ds max tutorials??dat would be class!! by mediaboy 12/07/2007 Excellent tutorial, as always. Been using max for 6 years now but it's good to see the tutorial. max absolutely rules. Hands down. by Allan Samayoa 12/07/2007 GREAT! not just this tutorial, all of them are great!i don't know what to say, i doesn't even speak english, jajaja i speak spanish. men, Thanks by da_hedgehog 12/04/2007 Thank you very very much !!! Currently showing 100 of 333 Comments.
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