Terminator Tutorial p2: Importing, placing, mapping & remodelling in 3ds max

[Shakudance]

oh man..we have enough commercials on TV and everywhere..now why do we meed more even when watching tutorials... :/ great tutorials though...but the CMs really suck

[NarutoKyubiii]

for those of you who can't see you're video file moving with the mesh; follow these steps -

First assign an animation file (AVI, MOV, or IFL file) as the viewport background.

Turn on Animate Background.

Choose Customize > Preferences. On the Viewports panel, turn on Update Background While Playing. Now the background plays when you click Play, or when you drag the time slider.

[TheShinema]

how do i view background? I not really sure in fact on how to even add the footage in 3ds max

[NewAgeDirector]

great video keep up the good work.

[PotMetAppelmoes]

Could you please make a tutorial like this but than for a Voldemort nose (from Harry Potter) instead of a terminator eye?

[2Tekila]

Where did you get the object "cube" in 3Dmax?In SynthEyes was not there.

[hundley10]

Where did the cube come from that you imported? I did this in PFTrack using geometry tracking, but I have no object for the Terminator's head to follow. Is there any way to link the head (or the hidden biped's head) to the mesh so it will just follow its rotation?

[vfxworld]

@hundley10 ye, PFTrack exports the tracking data to the helper points if I'm right.

So just link the mesh to the helper points.

[hundley10]

@vfxworld Are there helper points attached to the terminator which control the head's rotation directly, or are you referring to the "head follow" helper?

[vfxworld]

@hundley10 well, just link your mesh or whatever to the moving points in the scene.

Does not matter which one. The mesh will than follow the motion of your head.

[hundley10]

@vfxworld Just to be clear, as far as I can tell PFTrack exported Only the mesh. So I have a mesh in Max which rotates etc just like my head. Now I need to somehow link the Terminator's head to my mesh, but I have no points or objects to use the Dummy_head_lookat helper. If I link the skull to the mesh, only the skull follows it. How can I make the whole Terminator's head follow the mesh? And thank you for the replies

[vfxworld]

@hundley10 than just link the head to your mesh from PFTrack.

[ianandhyde]

hi i press alt x to get the mesh see through but it doesnt do anything can you help im going through the tutorial

[leviont]

hi, when i import the script and turn on the grid the script data is not near the grid. and also when i bring in the mesh it is merged with the cube so when i align the mesh to the referance points the mesh moves away from the face. please help

[vfxworld]

@leviont It's usual, that the script data is not near the grid.

In that situation, you can a) simply move the whole data or b) set up a counstrain in SynthEyes.

Be sure to import the mesh individual and the motion script individual.

[GaM3R09]

I cant place the terminator head in one frame it's fine and 20 -30 frames later it's missalined

[w0to]

i got 3ds max 2010 and not the 2009 version, and there is something different, how do i set the video background there? it only works with pictures

[w0to]

@yam1321

its 3ds max

please answer my question vfxworld, i got a problem at 2:00, how do i do that mesh as close as possible to the 3d refference point?

[vfxworld]

@w0to just watch the tutorial. The video is pretty much self describing.

[w0to]

i got a problem, at 2:00 what should i do to get the mesh as close as possible to the 3d refference points

[Trebor112112]

Where i can set it to:

animated bitmap ; fit bitmap.

There are 7 points to set ? Where i can set ?

LInK:

bilderhochladen24(.)de/image/5­668bf2b918366ec8e0bfc0b6ce0d4e­00.18524900_1274868972_tutterm­inator.jpg

Sry i only works with c4d

[vfxworld]

@Trebor112112 Wait, what version of 3ds max do you use? I'm on 2009.

So in 6 (Aspect Ration Panel) set it to Match Bitmap, in 7 uncheck Lock Zoom/Pan.

I also don't remember which format I set the footage to be.

If it's an image sequence, go klick in "Files" in "1", select one pic of the sequence and there should be a box somewhere where you can click in "Image Sequence" or so.

[Trebor112112]

I have the problem when I move the timeline, the picture remains

What do I need to adjust the Alt + B.

[vfxworld]

@Trebor112112 set it to be an animated bitmap + fit bitmap.

[Trebor112112]

Hi,

Ih have the same problem when I move the timeline.

The picture remains

What should I set for Alt + E?

[MultiJacob123]

what msh id you import at 1:01 ?

[vfxworld]

@MultiJacob123 The mesh I generated in SynthEyes using Triangulation.

It's the one part of my face I "remodelled"

[MultiJacob123]

@vfxworld sorry I did not see that tutorial.

[sergioaquilina]

i don't know how put my video on background. when i put my video on background it don't go on the time line ,but the image is still..!can you help me?......

[vfxworld]

@sergioaquilina in your viewport simply press alt+b. than you can set the options.

[sergioaquilina]

thank you very much!sorry for my english, the problem was also the codified avi file,....i need of a just file avi,because with the bitmaps don't work.......

[leviont]

awesome tutorial man. i do have 1 question though, i'm a complete noob at this and cannot aline the mesh to match my face. how do you know what position to rotate the mesh to. any help is appretiated thanks.

[darkseedfromuk]

Thanks for the great tutorials. i import my max script in max but do not get a green box to align/link my mesh to? please help, im using syntheyes 2008 and max 2009. if you feel kind, maybe you could do a short tutorial in syntheyes tracking a table top and then showing me how to put an object on the table top in max? that would be so helpful to me if you could PLEASE/ :) THANK YOU again :>

[vfxworld]

be sure to follow the steps in the tutorial , when we export the data from syntheyes.

Matchmove tutorials are already on youtube.

[Kompressor2007]

oh my god who make tghat head?

[thelman43]

thank you dude for making this dude.

YOU ROCK!!!!!

[TimeEliminator]

How did you get 3ds Max? Did you buy it?

No I don't want a copy. Just wanna know cause I don't have money:(

[MultiJacob123]

@TimeEliminator dowload trial and I can get you serial

[TimeEliminator]

@MultiJacob123 No was just curious I'm on a Mac.

[Jagatia]

i follwed the last tut accutrately...but the camera moves and theres no cube....

[carapared]

can do you do a tutorial of how to do the

terminator head on 3d max please?

thanks

[Jagatia]

in the description is where the model is to download.........he did not make it

[vfxworld]

right.

[Jagatia]

nice vid tutorial....but i cant move it on the Z axis

[vfxworld]

The head, the mesh or the data?

If you can'T move that, you have a problem with 3ds max.

[Jagatia]

mesh...

and when i veiw bakground its just one pik

[MMCwolght]

awsom work man and very interesting !!!

how long do you already work with these programms ?!

[chriswillb]

what version of 3DS max are you using?

[vfxworld]

2009

[chriswillb]

mine looks nothing like yours when i run my max script it is ver6 or later it just looks like a big yellow box with a segment of link poking out and the mesh is a big mess!

[vbd00d]

Hello, for some reason when I get to the step of trying to display the actual movie in 3dsmax, it does not happen. Is there anything that would cause this?

[DanEnobisan]

really great tutorial :) im a 3D max user too this is gonna b very useful tutorial,thanks a lot vfxworld

[vfxworld]

you seem to like my videos ;)

comment on many videos

thanks

[DanEnobisan]

yea i like a lot cg effects,and ur videos and tutorials r very interesting to me :)

[vfxworld]

yer, my english is not the best english ;)

[takeitonemoretime123]

its funny not like you need to correct him :P

[nickrohn93]

lol

[exklimexklim]

man thanks this is owsome man u r a good tutor man cool plz man add me

[ivanUshline]

I have rotation problems. The Mesh will not sit how i should on the face after rotation. How much should i rotate?

[vfxworld]

Be sure that you exportet the mesh from synthEyes and fram 0 and when importing and rotating the mesh in 3ds max, you should be at frame 0,too. And be sure all the settings are correctly like in my tutorial (when importing the object and aligning the objects pivot point).

There is an other method to align the mesh, but first try if this works.

[TomppaXX]

Great tut, but I can't download the model. Could you re-upload it?

Thanks

[vfxworld]

Oh shit, sorry... I reuploaded it, but I didn't change the link ^^ I'll change it now.

[maxer25]

great tut man, but your website is down...

[vfxworld]

Yer, I know, thats my server. I hope it'll be back online soon again.