3Ds Max Character creation Tutorial Head 1

[crimsonnin2000]

How do you get the pictures in the background?

[SmashReligion]

@crimsonnin2000 its called box modelling, search that for a tutorial.

...haha your name is Josh Gallagher

[crimsonnin2000]

@SmashReligion ok thanks... but how the hell did you know that? o.O

[SmashReligion]

@crimsonnin2000 I know many things...

[flashmouse2]

what do you press to see through the box?

[Eddievedda1]

@flashmouse2 Alt + X when you have the object selected :)

[Eddievedda1]

@flashmouse2 Alt + X when you have the object selected :)

[TheX626X]

how do I place the pictures???

[Srod2425]

Great tutorials

[ChrisHill294]

Also I went to your page and couldn't find your symmetry modifier video. I'm having an issue with my symmetry modifier where nothing I do is replicated on the other side and I've no idea why

[ChrisHill294]

how do we get the segents lines to come up on the box after we create it?

[Eddievedda1]

@ChrisHill294 Press F4 on the keyboard and you can see all the edges :) good luck

[ChrisHill294]

@Eddievedda1 thanks, i found that i had to turn 'edged faces' on to make them appear, appreciate it (Y)

[wannabeers]

As soon as i select "vertex" my mirror image disappears, ive tried all possible combinations of "show copy" and "show end result on/off toggle" but nothing works, it keeps disappearing. What do I do?

[Eddievedda1]

@wannabeers Does sound like a show end result problem. What version of 3ds max you using? The little light bulb image next to the mirrior is on, and show end result is on. Should work :S

[wannabeers]

@Eddievedda1 2010, and i the light bulb next to mirror was already on and end result too, but again when i hit vertex it disappears

[wannabeers]

@Eddievedda1 i just tried reloading 3ds max and now it shows the vertex lines on the left side, and the object on the right, but not the object on the left side, what do i do now then?

[wannabeers]

@Eddievedda1 nvm, it works, i just had to select "copy" under mirror :>

[Eddievedda1]

@wannabeers Nice one ;) glad you sorted it. I find the symetery modifer is better than mirrior, no messing with "copy" :P good luck

[drakul90]

great tutorial, but you move too fast, if it's for newbies i think not a lot of people can actually keep up with the speed you move those vertexes....you're not a fast talker you just model too fast.....

[ThisisWingChung]

how can i add the pictures to 3ds max i,m new i now nothing pls help . thx

[ChrisHill294]

@ThisisWingChung you've gotta watch his video prequel to this, it explains how to do it throught the material panel

[DanielJamesCollier]

i can only get the wire frame thing on one of the sides of the mirrow any idea how to fix this ?



[juanfjimenez9]

hey i have a problem but i cannot explain it its like a cuadricle alignment and the things that i move moves too fast with only move the mouse a littlebit you can give me your e-mail to send you the photo of the problem, please

[Eddievedda1]

@juanfjimenez9 Sounds like you may be in ortho vew mode. Select the viewport and then press "P" to get it back into perspective. Or "F" for front ect ect depening what you want. If that dont fix it, feel free to drop me a PM :)

[juanfjimenez9]

@Eddievedda1 thx, you saved my project and future projects too jaja

[masterflamewing234]

in 3dsmax ive been struggling alot when making my charcaters since the ctr+x command doesnt make the items transparent any idea what could be wrong someone?

[buzz0357]

@masterflamewing234 Press Alt + x for x-ray mode.

[Eddievedda1]

@rustytoe178 In the modify pannel on the right, below the stack is a little button that looks like a test tube, called show end result. Click that and it will stay ;) Good luck.

[rustytoe178]

Grr, why does mine always get messed up?

[VlaudFenikkusu]

i skipped to deh end, was tht raziel lol! awsome!

[Tauronos]

im in the middle of your tutorial and i want to add more segments how can i do that? :p

[Eddievedda1]

@Tauronos select and edge running perpendicular to where you want another segment to be, click "ring" at the top of the pannel, it will select all the edges in a ring around your head. Click connect and you have split another loop in ;)

[Tauronos]

do the pictures have to be the same size ?

[Eddievedda1]

@Tauronos its not essential, because you can rescale them with the select and uniform scale tool. But it makes it more accurate if you edit your pictures in gimp or photoshop to be the same scale before you start :)

[dnalors]

wth!!! i already like the video in less than a minute watching it..! Cool cool cool!!!

[1TruthProtector1]

where's part 2?

[Kiyowara]

great tutorial. btw its Alt + X to make transparent, took me a while to figure out haha

[MmaLegend420]

@Kiyowara he already said that..

[Reak2007]

are u using a mouse? or other device?

[Eddievedda1]

@Reak2007 Just a mouse for 3ds max, and a 3d connexion space navigator now which speeds everything up for me. :)

[CycloneX997]

How do I add those photos into 3DS MAX?

[Eddievedda1]

@CycloneX997 Check my other vid - Character creation part 1 ;) That'll cover it.

[CycloneX997]

@Eddievedda1 Thanks.

[thegreatSalu]

Raziel?

[Eddievedda1]

@thegreatSalu Sure is ;) 

[callepro]

This is so hard... can't even get get the basic stuff to work... god dammit, how did you turn on the lines?

[mohenry14]

@callepro lol Hit F4

[callepro]

@mohenry14 nevermind i had an old version of max...

[katebrookhart1]

I could listen to you talk all day :) excellent tutorial.

[CoDisafishy]

I think it's because my comp is slow. It shouldn't be considering I have 4gb of RAM and 700 gb of hard drive space. Does the proccessor play a big part in the performance of this software? Maybe graphics card?

[Eddievedda1]

@CoDisafishy Yea with max your going to need a good processor - quad core really. Im looking to upgrade my AMD Phenom quad core to the Phenom Hex core to be honest.

And the best graphics cards for max are NVidea (IIRC) because of the drivers being more compatible or something. Direct-X. Gameing cards arent so great - though im not a techy and im sure someone knows more about this than me :P

[CoDisafishy]

@Eddievedda1 thanks, yeah I think I need an upgrade. I only have a dual core

[ForNoReason1000]

@CoDisafishy you graphics plays some part..... some games on my PC lag because the Graphics card doesn't meet their requirements but everything else does( mine a Nvidia Ge-Force 7025... lags on games like Oblivion). Also i have 2Gb and a 3.1Ghz dual core AMD processor and 3ds max runs smoothly. which confuses the crap out of me.... also be aware that Google Chrome and Firefox... can use crap-loads of CPU (over 400k).

[Danuxsy]

@CoDisafishy i got 2 gb RAM and 450 gb hard drive space. 80 gb left. and 3ds max runs pretty smooth for me.

I got Intel quad core 2.

Scan your pc for viruses.

[TheAssassinZombie]

Hey im kinda new to all this how did u get the images of the face on there

[Eddievedda1]

@TheAssassinZombie Check one of my other vids - Character creation setting up the scene ;)

[CoDisafishy]

hi, what's the tutorial called for mirroring it

[Eddievedda1]

@CoDisafishy 3DsMaxSymetery modifier - Character creation ;) in my other vids

Good luck

[CoDisafishy]

@Eddievedda1 hi again :P, could you tell me why my image isn't showing up on a certain view? I mean the template for creating the head

[Eddievedda1]

@CoDisafishy Set all the viewports to "Smooth and Highlights"? Id guess thats would be it. 

[tman1223334444]

nevermind got it



[tman1223334444]

how do you get the face onto the plane

[QwolfChannel]

i have a question did u draw the face on paper or scanned it in or is there a tool in the 3DS max to draw the face

[Eddievedda1]

@QwolfChannel You can draw it, use a tablet in photoshop and draw or find images off the internet. 3dsmax has no drawing tools unfortunately.

[mystic81006]

It also seems like better flow with in the faces with this way

[mystic81006]

Your going to say your way is better then mine and visa versa,lol,lol, this is so true is it not? I see it as there are many ways to do one thing and no ones way is better, mabey better for them I guess.I think your way is easier and faster.

[crazedlooneyondoo]

You sound like the main guy out of 'Cash back' !

Still though sick tutorial, very useful helped alot, thanks bro!

[Eddievedda1]

@crazedlooneyondoo lol whats this cash back? xD

no probs :)

[crazedlooneyondoo]

@Eddievedda1 A film. lol

[sahanSSJ]

RAZIEL!!!! X_X

[alhesir]

When i create the box i dont get lines on it and what view you in?

[Eddievedda1]

@alhesir press f4 and upp the segments =D good luck

[IKESHUFFLE]

too much fast o.O , but good tutorial

[defcon2XX8]

well I've been using blender for about 2years and max for and hour lol im trying to learn but blender was always so good about workflow and max just dose thing very oddly but I know thats just me. I think I keep using blender to model but I'll use max as an export tool for UDK ;D

I prefer to plane model heads I find the result you get in terms of accurate detail much better than box modeling

[Eddievedda1]

@defcon2XX8 Yea i agree. I have a plane modeling tutorial up also for more advanced users :P

[TeamFortressgineer]

what was the modifier you used to make it the same on both sides?

[Eddievedda1]

@TeamFortressgineer Symetrey modifier =) delete half and then apply it in the right axies

[TeamFortressgineer]

@Eddievedda1 Ty :)

[usbmannam]

this is too fast , you need to slow down so people can learn unless u just want to showoff

[usbmannam]

this is too fast , we want to learn not to see how fast u can do it ...

[defcon2XX8]

@usbmannam stop ya bitching little boy, he made a tut to help people for free and all you can do complain

[usbmannam]

this is too fast , we want to learn not to see how fast u can do it ...

[ashow11]

You need to slow way down! i have to keep stoppin every few seconds.

[Eddievedda1]

@ashow11 I thought most people paused the video anyway. But new tutorials shall be slower as my account has been upgraded so i can upload longer vids now =D

[lendemen95]

how can I add the face in 3DS max?

[Eddievedda1]

@lendemen95 Make it ;) like shown in these vids

[lucassniper]

Sorry, I do know this is a noob question but I was just wondering, how do you make the X, Y, Z mover yellow again. I am using the 2010 version. It has turned gray when I try to move objects around or even manipulate them, how do I turn it back to yellow? Thank you.

[yellowcougar18]

@lucassniper Hit x. Or do you mean the vertices/edges etc are not allowing you to move them.

[lucassniper]

@yellowcougar18 Yes that's it! Thank you very much. :)

[yellowcougar18]

@lucassniper no problem, I made that mistake quite a bit ago, and had to spend hours googling it, and trying to use the correct term.

Good luck with your 3d max work.

[MultiJacob123]

you tricked me! you sayd the segments was 6,4,4 but you have 6,6,4!

[Eddievedda1]

@MultiJacob123 Whoops yea, annotated fix. Sorry bout that :P

[MultiJacob123]

@Eddievedda1 It´s okay, I figure it out anyway!

[Oblivion2550]

How do you get the preview of the textures/materials of objects in view ports to look higher res than low res and pixalated. I have 3ds max 2011.

[Eddievedda1]

@Oblivion2550 Common problem really. Three things - use a bigger image with higher DPI res. (change in photoshop when you make a new doc). OR use a clearer image with bold lines in black and white which will take the quality loss in max. OR ajust your graphics card settings may help. Good luck.

[redninjagoblin]

i have the 2011 version and alt x doesnt make it transparant what is it for 2011

[redninjagoblin]

1: great vid

2: yes it is fast

3: had to watch it over a couple of times because you went way to fast

4: now time to watch the other vids

[MarcMTX]

Thanks man your videos are the best! =D

[andreisabe]

GREATY TUTO THANKS

[BlueVane]

This is simple to do in theory, but it's significantly harder in practice. You just need to keep trying, really, getting used to the process. I'm a total beginner, and even I can see that. Literally all I can do is lathe various objects and apply a glass texture! XD

[ScottieAxeman4ever]

make a tutorial on how to import a front view and side view of the characters face! i dont even know how to start without you doing that

[Eddievedda1]

@ScottieAxeman4ever already have one made ;) Check my channel, the "Character Creation Part 1 - Setting up the scene" - should cover it :)

[redtec989]

@ScottieAxeman4ever make 2 planes, one in the left view port and one in the front view port and press M then drag and drop you picture into one of the bubbles then drag from buubles into the planes job done

[rayflores]

raziel!!

[ultraphoennix]

dude this iis not for me am a beginner ill try this when am experiance thaks

[heathy112]

how do you import imagess !.?



[Eddievedda1]

@heathy112 Try one of my pther videos on my channel. Character creation part 1 - setting up the scene. :) That covers it.

[redtec989]

@heathy112 press M then drag from your pic folder to the bubbles then from the bubbles onto the planes

[hohoyun]

i'm stuck at 1:00, where you are pulling the vertexes. I can only pull one vertex at a time, where the rest of the vertexes behind the first one remain in the same place, what did i do wrong?

[Eddievedda1]

@hohoyun Drag a selction box around them, or if you are doing that and it doesnt work still. Click the ignore backfacing box off in the editable poly rollout on the right of your screen. :)

[mixinghoney]

how to import image?

[Eddievedda1]

@mixinghoney Check my other video - Character Creation Part 1 - Setting up the Studio. It covers how to import images ;)

[BigdogWitBigdog]

dude, wait you need to explain more. like what buttons you click to do things. I can't model my head if I don't know how to rearange the verticales or whatever.

[Eddievedda1]

@BigdogWitBigdog Try the beginners tutorial on my channel ;) after that you should get familliar with the interface. This is slightly more advanced than for beginners, kind of presumes you know the interface.

Good luck =D

[audayhussain2]

ok but i think thereis an icon for sound in 3dmax and i add the sound to the 3dmax but i cannot put the sound in a desired frame

[MultiJacob123]

what did you do at 0:44 ?

[Eddievedda1]

@MultiJacob123 Apply a symetery modifier and flip it with the tickbox.

I have another guide on using the symetry modifier on my channel ;)

[MultiJacob123]

@Eddievedda1 thanks but 2 seconds after I wrote the comment I did figure it out.

[audayhussain2]

can you please tell me how can you add the sound to the smile of biped please through the 3dmax?

[Eddievedda1]

@audayhussain2 a sound to a smile? I dont know if i understand. sound effects would be dont in another program other than max. Try after effects ;)

[audayhussain2]

hi can you make a simple tutorial to show animation of  how can we apply smile and angry on a mouth of a character ?and what type of reactor used for this purpose?is it the ( morph)??

[Eddievedda1]

@audayhussain2 yea sure, thats a good idea for a next vid =D

[TheBlooDHunteRz]

Hey. I'm kind of new at this so I don't really know how it works. How do you get the pictures on the autodesk.... Could you explain? I got autodesk 2011.

[Eddievedda1]

@TheBlooDHunteRz its a bit different in 2011 but try following my other video "3ds max character creation part 1" that covers the images ;)

[TheBlooDHunteRz]

@Eddievedda1 Yeah I already checked and it helped alot. Thanks to your vids I'm actually getting the hang of it. It's going to be a group of like 10 people working on this one project (a 3d animation movie). Getting the autodesk 3ds 2011 was pretty hard cause of the price. But now that I have it i can work on the 3d models. For the movement and animating, do I need any other software or does it all work on 3ds 2011?

[Eddievedda1]

@TheBlooDHunteRz You can animate on max or autodest do some other nice software called motionbuilder. Thats easily compatable with max and handy too ;)

Good luck

[GwaiLoIntheHead]

Just wondering, do you do this as a hobby or are you like a teacher any where? I like your teaching style

[Eddievedda1]

@GwaiLoIntheHead Its more of a hobby at the moment, but i take some comissions and also do a 1 on1 teaching over MSN and team viewer for a small fee.

Glad you find the guides useful =)

[pokemaniac12ify]

A very good Tuturial!

Thanks

[chunchoe]

what was the box 6x6x6? or 6x4x4

[Eddievedda1]

@chunchoe

6x6x4 for the height,width and depth respectively ;)

Good luck

[SickRandomFX]

great video !

[minip45]

What command or method did you use to delete the vertecies and still retain the solid geometry, because every command i have tried just deletes them without joining the points?

[FlyingMistake]

Very good tut's! I do polygon modelling, but this way is great too and I must say I have learned a lot from you.

ps. Plural of vertex isn't vertexes, but vertecies. Just one observation, no offense intended. My English isn't perfect as it isn't my first language, but vertex is technical term used a lot in 3d modeling. Since this tut has educational purpose, im pointing out that so newbies watching this vid's learn that right. I know a few 3d pro's who would kill ya for saying vertexes lol :)

[FlyingMistake]

... To elaborate a bit better: "Plural of vertex isn't vertexes, but vertecies."

I meant that vertecies is used inside 3d graphic area, not everyday language.

[Eddievedda1]

Ahh yea, i keep saying that lol. Ill make a effort to use correct grammar next time ;)

Thanks for pointing it out anyway

Cheers

[mshiang]

@FlyingMistake The plural of the word vertex can be said both ways, FYI.

[Eddievedda1]

@mshiang Hmmm wikipedia says your are indeed correct :P Nice, i didnt screw up lol, thanx

[DanijelCroatiaVideos]

How many years you using 3DSMAX

[Eddievedda1]

About 2 years, on and off. =)

[TheBloodForged]

Wouldn't it be easier to use a picture of a human skull to get the bone structure more accurately and then edit the basic skull shape to look like a face (adding flesh sort of). Cause like this i think most people will just create the same face as the one on the picture thus losing their creativity . With a skull you just have a basic shape of a head that can later be turned into any face you want.

[Eddievedda1]

I agree that using a skull would be a better base for a generic head then people could flesh it out to create their own heads. But this is aimed at beginners ;) so simply copying the head here and learning the methods is a good start i guess

[TheBloodForged]

Yes i forgot it's a tut for beginners, even tho i am a beginner at this too. The method you explained is very similar to a method i use in corel to create a vector image, we call it tracing. So applying the means is easier for me then for people who's first contact with graphics is 3dsmax. Which in my opinion could prove itself very demoralizing since the interface is confusing for me too at this point. Luckily there are people like you willing to spend some time and share knowledge, thanks :)

[Eddievedda1]

Yea it probably helps if you have some knowledge of 2d drawing packages. Is corel pretty good? I just brought photoshop to start learning how to texture decently.

[TheBloodForged]

People push adobe illustrator for vector design but i find corel to be easier and more intuitive. Curve control is more fluid and a lack of some illustrator options is nicely made up with a simpler UI.

[TheKeksiukas]

yes howdid you put in that face picture

[Eddievedda1]

check my other vid "character creation part 1 setting up the scene" ;)

[Akpak96]

thx man

[Akpak96]

when ever i press alt+x it dont go to taransparent

[celark]

you can also right click on the object, go to object properties, and under display properties tick the box that says "see-through".

[Akpak96]

how did you get the face in the max program it says Improper file

[acedagaiin]

how do you import the face & what format?

[shba1973]

The first time I tried this tutorial. I had no idea how to use my 3ds max program. So, I saved your tutorial in my favorites and bought a book "Introducing 3ds max 9 3d for Beginners" . I have done simple tutorials and learned in much detail of the user interface of 3ds max. Now I am makeing the attempt of modeling a head using your tutorial. If you don't mind I would like to post it to you when i am finished for your critique.

thank you

[Eddievedda1]

Thats fine. Id be happy to take a look. For a better method, check out My plane modeling video. Although it is slightly more advanced - it does give better results that deform better when animated or morphed.

Good luck

[devils173]

hay i just got this software and dont know how to use it. could u plz send me a manual on how to use it. will help alot.

thanks

[Eddievedda1]

Hi devils, there isnt really a manual as such. but if you open the program, then go to the top bar, on the right hand side there is the "Help" menu. Select this and click on "Tutorials" start at the beginning and try and work through these basic tutorials.

Good luck.

[devils173]

hay could u plz send me a manual on how to use this software. because i got it today and dont know how to use it.

thanks

[Richynator]

Hey,

I wanna model an Anime head, but its kinda different then this, can you try to make a tutorial of anime heads? i would be greatfull

[Eddievedda1]

Yea sure, i have just the referance image ^_^ May take a while as im quite busy at the moment.

[trusexyboi]

how do i set the pix tell me

[Eddievedda1]

Check my other video, character creation part 1 - setting up the scene. Its on my channel. =)

Good luck.

[trusexyboi]

@Eddievedda1 tnx alot bro.

[Braydnrox]

Can you do this with more detailed images such as a Prototype picture or something?

[Eddievedda1]

Prototype like from the Game?

If you give me the images i may use them in another tutorial if they are cool :P

[Braydnrox]

Yeah Prototype the game.

I have a few images do you want me to email them to you or something?

[axlmatsproductions]

and with those smoothing groups.. i see that you click the first one but i dont see what you click before clicking on the vertex because it doesnt get smooth for me.

[axlmatsproductions]

hi, one more question :P im still on my dino quest, and when im going to model it from the side the segs dont show on the box on the side picture even when i have the edged faces on and has pressed f4. whats wrong there?