Forum: Rigging & Animation

:shock: I HAVE 3D MAX 2013.. I JUST MADE AN ANIMATION AND I WONDER IF I CAN SEE IT IN WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER OR IN ANOTHER PROGRAM ...????:x HOW CAN I EXPORT THE ANIMATION..!!!! TO SEE IT IN YOUTUBE...

I'm unsure about the different methods and systems for rigging characters. What's the difference between them? I'm just making characters for animation, not video games, if that matters. Which method...

I was watching a tutorial and I added a skin modifier to my mesh but I can't select the bones inside the mesh. When I move the mesh to the side and select the pelvis bone and move it the mesh moves...

Hey guys, I'm supposed to make an animation for a uni project and i've only gotten the software 3 days ago so i'm very new but i want to get this done quick. I've found the tutorial on Youtube...

Hi Guys, I just completed this tutorial on rigging the mechanism for an excavator. This has been a tasks that has challenged me for awhile. There were a few gotcha's that took me awhile to...

Hey guys So I've just recently started with 3DS...and I'm studying hierarchy now. I've made this simple model of a robot and I'm trying to make its handles move against each other. On the tutorial...

After modelling a character and before rigging it, do I have to convert it to anything to make the rigging successful, or does it not matter?

This is the first time I've tried to add audio. I folowed all instructions, and when I play the preview audio in 3ds max it works, but when I play it with the video it sounds funny like a chipmunk.

I'm using 3ds max. How do I make one long film from the short rendered animations that are 180 frames.

Hi im trying to create a simple fade in animation using the visibility track method. I am following a tutorial and have done every step but it still doesn't seem to affect the object even though...

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Hello, I am having trying to import to 3ds max a character model extracted from a game with proper animation. I did some searching, but I don't know how to word it. I got a series of files with...

Hello all, I'm new to the forums. I have to create two simple scenes depicting a sphere rolling down a ramp and passing behind an occluder before reappearing. My ramp was made by extruding a line....

How can constraints from one object appear normal (sliding joints as well as rotational joints) and with another I just see rotational joints or no joints at all?

Hi, I just want to have a planet continuously rotating at a constant speed. So I have the animation loop set from frame 0 - frame 100. But as I start the animation the speed is not constant - it...

I just found this nice tut (200 pages) on how to animate in max 2010, http://images.autodesk.com/adsk/files/3dsmax_2010_animation.pdf I have max 2011, I've started on Lesson 1, pgs (its the first...

Hi, Am working on 3ds max 2012,and would like to rotate my camera in an exact circle around a object,so I created a circle, dummy and free camera, i used Path constraint to rotate dummy on circle...

Part way through my first semester of animation. Project assignment is making a Rube Goldberg machine in order to learn about path constraints. I am trying to get a ball to roll down one ramp/box and...

3ds max 2013 Can you suggest please a tutorial about "rig a realistic female breasts"? I did some reserch and i did not find any, understand the principle about secondary animation, spring...