# My rekindled love of 3dsmax **URL:** \ **Category:** design\ **Created:** [January 8, 2003, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/my-rekindled-love-of-3dsmax/10863 "2003-01-08T15:24:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![eilsoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9fc348/32.png) [@eilsoe](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/eilsoe)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/my-rekindled-love-of-3dsmax/10863/1 "2003-01-08T15:24:58Z")
Look, I figured out DOF 🙂 I’m so proud of myself… _sniff_ [Depth-of-Field test](http://www.avalon-rev.dk/eilsoe_DOF1.jpg) _size=1280x1024_ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 3:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/my-rekindled-love-of-3dsmax/10863/2 "2003-01-08T15:30:33Z")
That is pretty f’n sweet. GIANT but sweet. Did you got thru a tut for that? If so send me a link. I am not very good at doing that with in max. Or did you do the blurring in ps ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 3:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/my-rekindled-love-of-3dsmax/10863/3 "2003-01-08T15:33:10Z")
no, all 3dsmax! 🙂 version 5 that is… And no tut 🙂 Figured it out for myself :P:P:P It’s not hard actually 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 3:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/my-rekindled-love-of-3dsmax/10863/4 "2003-01-08T15:36:46Z")
Cool man, that you figgr’d it yourself. You should do a tut. Believe me that is a cool effect. I have been hoppin around apps so much I forget how to use max sometimes. I would love to hear how you pulled it off. GJ man! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/my-rekindled-love-of-3dsmax/10863/5 "2003-01-08T15:38:48Z")
Cool! I figured… wel lactually I took a tute but it’s very easy! just experiment a bit and voila! But it takes forever to render! Especially with the refraction and reflection maps! How long did you render that? I know it would take an hour for my computer! (at least 1/2h) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 3:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/my-rekindled-love-of-3dsmax/10863/6 "2003-01-08T15:46:55Z")
hmm, took about a minute i think… I don’t use refractions 🙂 Just a clean reflect map with a combined backdrop (a sky), and dark gold for the text… and a matte/shadow map for the white floor, enables invisible flooring that catches shadows :beam: niice… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 4:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/my-rekindled-love-of-3dsmax/10863/7 "2003-01-08T16:05:26Z")
a minute? gotta get me a new computer!😏 I used just blur and a couple of lens flare effects on this pic and it rendered this one half an hour! [The Pic](http://www.hot.ee/syko/crazyness.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 5:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/my-rekindled-love-of-3dsmax/10863/8 "2003-01-08T17:41:49Z")
Hey elsoe. if you dont mind me asking how did you get your blurs so clean I threw together a example of my d o v and I just cannot get my blur to look that clean. What are your settings camera/render. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 5:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/my-rekindled-love-of-3dsmax/10863/9 "2003-01-08T17:44:07Z")
I just used a target camera, and then added the DOF effect, picked the camera in the options, and hacked off “use camera” in the two other options. simple as that 🙂 It uses the cameras target as it’s focal point 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 5:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/my-rekindled-love-of-3dsmax/10863/10 "2003-01-08T17:47:31Z")
yeah I got that part the whole multi pass thing. I guess I’ll keep fiddling with the settings. I thought maybe you had a specific setting or something. Something about this particular effect i cannot get it to look as good as others. hhhhhmmmm…I guess this is like my Cryptonite. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 7:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/my-rekindled-love-of-3dsmax/10863/11 "2003-01-08T19:43:13Z")
That is great Eilsoe! And on another note… Your 3ds Max people suck ☹ ☹ ☹ \<~~~ Jealous ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 7:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/my-rekindled-love-of-3dsmax/10863/12 "2003-01-08T19:59:24Z")
Awwww… 🙂 Us not-so-magnificent-at-AS has to have some fun otherwise… right? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 8:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/my-rekindled-love-of-3dsmax/10863/13 "2003-01-08T20:01:44Z")
LOL… yeah but I am not-so-magnificent-at-AS either… where can I have fun ☹ Photoshop… yeah… Photoshop beats out your 3dsmax any day!!! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 8:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/my-rekindled-love-of-3dsmax/10863/14 "2003-01-08T20:05:54Z")
~nar nar 😛 As phillyboi’d say… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 8:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/my-rekindled-love-of-3dsmax/10863/15 "2003-01-08T20:08:59Z")
I’m just waiting for lost to get 3ds Max… Then just watch out… Rev ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 8:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/my-rekindled-love-of-3dsmax/10863/16 "2003-01-08T20:10:24Z")
anybody know where i can find some like REAL beginer tuts? or help with this question: when i draw something. how do i get it to be visible? so like if i use a line tool, draw something, then what? like do i just extract? if so how? i have been using bevel lately but it doesnt work all theat great for anything but text. help plz! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 8:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/my-rekindled-love-of-3dsmax/10863/17 "2003-01-08T20:11:59Z")
what, like extruded? or just visible lines? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 8:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/my-rekindled-love-of-3dsmax/10863/18 "2003-01-08T20:35:39Z")
either or.