Book detailing 3ds max materials

[phix95]

Are there any books that go in depth into the materials? I usually do basic stuff (diffuse, bump). Making complex materials always confuses me. And please don't say the manual.

Are those Bible books good for that?

[alrawli]

Sorry to say it but the help files in max are as good as the bibles. I tend to look for tutorials on the net rather than buying books to learn from, 90% of the time the books dont cover specific things in enough detail. Somewhere like tutorialized.com has quite a decent max tutorial section also cgtalk.com has a great max forum. Oh and they dont cost you anything Probably appeals to my frugal Scottish nature

[dean@pikcells]

we have "texturing & painting" by owen demers and would recomend it for a good read. indepth into how to create textures from the concepts to the actual hard work.

[SandmanNinja]

Bri,

 

I was gonna plug your site (again!), because you make just awesome tutorials, but I didn't want to be accused of favortism...

 

Just got paid - gonna see what new tutorials I can get from you!

[RobNJ73]

Neil Blevins has a number of good, thorough material tutorials on his site. There is one in particular where he walks you through creating a procedural material for a reptilian tongue that might give you what you're looking for.

 

Tongue Tutorial:

http://www.neilblevins.com/cg_education/complex_shaders_proc/complex_shaders_proc.htm

 

Main Tutorial Page:

http://www.neilblevins.com/cg_education/cg_education.htm