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Found this website with lots of tutorials on using 3ds Max with IMVU.There are 3 skill levels as you can see below. You can can visit the website below to see all the tutorials or click the links below to be taken to a specific tutorial.
Website: http://nerseus.com/?page_id=975
Here are tutorials from IMVU
Website: http://nerseus.com/?page_id=975
- Beginner
Keyboard and Mouse Tips
Fix the ‘White Avatar’ Issue
How to use Lathe and keep it low poly
How to use Sweep and keep it low poly (Max 8+, not Max 7)
How to make a cinched waist
Triggered Pose Tutorial
Material names
How to make a layered glove
UVW Mapping tips for hair, including fix for “bleeding” textures
How to use “snap” tool – good for attaching feet and hands
(Text only) How to make a hand-held item for either male or female avatar
Simple Accessory – horns on avatar head
Simple Accessory – horns on avatar head (fast version without all the fluff)
Video of making bicycle gears, pedals, and a wheel with animation
Intermediate
Making hair
Skintight skirt pt 1
Skintight skirt pt 2
Adding custom pose to furniture
Adding two avatar poses to furniture
Creating a Room in 3ds Max (3 part tutorial)
Animated Accessory – Spinning Halo
Accessory with two textures – shows two methods
Animated Accessory Tutorial in 3ds Max – A Tail, and Wings
Advanced
Shoe Tutorial Part 1 – Making the foot smaller
Shoe Tutorial Part 2 – Re-weighting the foot, exporting
Layered Clothing (basis for skintight clothing) – meshing and weighting
Here are tutorials from IMVU
- Other
Intro to Mesh Building
Weight a Mesh
Mapping Materials
Seat Naming Convention
Adding Lights
Bone Parenting
Animating in 3DS MAX
Avatar Animations in Furniture & Rooms
Animating Nodes
Working with the Camera
See-Through Nodes
Intro to Exporting
Export Skeleton .XSF
Export Mesh .XMF
Exporting Materials .XRF
