Effects Tutorials

3ds Max provides a variety of tools for improving the visual richness and realism of a scene. This section introduces a few special-purpose techniques:

Using the Garment Maker and Cloth modifiers to create a costume
Using the Hair And Fur modifier to give a character hair
Using a Particle Flow system to model smoke

Creating a Costume out of Cloth

The Garment Maker and Cloth modifiers work together to create clothing for your characters, human or not human.
Adding Hair to a Human Head

The Hair And Fur modifier adds hair to a model.
Using Particle Flow to Generate Smoke

Particle systems can model snow and rain, flowing water, smoke, explosions, and so on. Typically they give you animated effects.

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