nkhn Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 Hi Ive got to make a library scene that is to be animated. What I want to do to simulate the books in it is by using boxes that have a map of a stack of books on them. Problem is somehow I am not being able to pull this off (only the spines of the books which are the maps look nice the rest of the box don't look like anything). Please does anybody have any ideas how I should go about this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dollus Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 http://www.modelplusmodel.com/scripts/bookmanager.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ismael Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 http://www.filefactory.com/file/cd10...tuff_Books.zip The above given in: http://www.evermotion.org/vbulletin/...ght=free+books The free books have a lot of textures which you can use to learn how to texture a book: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AubreyM Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Sorry Ismael but none of the links except for the vimeo one work. Nafisa, if the books are on a shelf and you want to use a box you would need to subdivide the box into the different book widths and then you could use extrude/chamfer to give the spines some shape. If the books are going to be prominent and seen at different angles then I would use individual books and place them. The box method really only works for books on a shelf seen at a distance where the detail isn't a factor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ismael Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Try this for the book models: http://www.filefactory.com/file/cd100a7/n/Free_Stuff_Books.zip This one has C4D scene which I can't use but plenty textures! https://rapidshare.com/files/3228470369/HQ_Books_final.zip Scatter books: http://mourelask.weebly.com/bookscatter.html Research threads (just where I got the links): http://www.evermotion.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=82134 http://www.evermotion.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=82901 http://forum.vrayforc4d.com/showthread.php?t=11371&page=2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AubreyM Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Thanks for the links. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nkhn Posted September 2, 2012 Author Share Posted September 2, 2012 http://www.modelplusmodel.com/scripts/bookmanager.html Thank you John. Unfortunately my Version of Max is just one release too old for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nkhn Posted September 2, 2012 Author Share Posted September 2, 2012 the books are on a shelf and you want to use a box you would need to subdivide the box into the different book widths and then you could use extrude/chamfer to give the spines some shape. If the books are going to be prominent and seen at different angles then I would use individual books and place them. The box method really only works for books on a shelf seen at a distance where the detail isn't a factor. Thank you Aubrey.......they are kinda prominent but again not too much. What I tried at first is texturing boxes with pictures of stacks of books & using a png for opacity. It looked nice but something looked off. I am uploading some very rough snapshots of the scene. Currently I just have colored boxes in place of the books. Its going to be a short animation & I later plan to use moblur & DOF when compositing. Please tell me what you think would be the best way to go about this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nkhn Posted September 2, 2012 Author Share Posted September 2, 2012 Try this for the book models: http://www.filefactory.com/file/cd100a7/n/Free_Stuff_Books.zip This one has C4D scene which I can't use but plenty textures! https://rapidshare.com/files/3228470369/HQ_Books_final.zip Scatter books: http://mourelask.weebly.com/bookscatter.html Research threads (just where I got the links): http://www.evermotion.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=82134 http://www.evermotion.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=82901 http://forum.vrayforc4d.com/showthread.php?t=11371&page=2 Thank you so much Ismael. I'll just go through the whole lot & let you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AubreyM Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 If you want to do the box method you can create a small box, subdivide it and use some extrusions to get the look you want. Here is an example of what I mean. Any books that will be shown up close I would do individual books for. The box method doesn't take all that long, it's mostly the textures and UVW maps that will take all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nkhn Posted September 5, 2012 Author Share Posted September 5, 2012 If you want to do the box method you can create a small box, subdivide it and use some extrusions to get the look you want. Here is an example of what I mean. Any books that will be shown up close I would do individual books for. The box method doesn't take all that long, it's mostly the textures and UVW maps that will take all the time. Thanks so much for the help Aubrey, I am getting to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nkhn Posted September 5, 2012 Author Share Posted September 5, 2012 Try this for the book models: http://www.filefactory.com/file/cd100a7/n/Free_Stuff_Books.zip This one has C4D scene which I can't use but plenty textures! https://rapidshare.com/files/3228470369/HQ_Books_final.zip Scatter books: http://mourelask.weebly.com/bookscatter.html Research threads (just where I got the links): http://www.evermotion.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=82134 http://www.evermotion.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=82901 http://forum.vrayforc4d.com/showthread.php?t=11371&page=2 Oh wow the links are great. Thanks so much Ismael. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dande Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 I think on scriptspot.com there is a script for placing books on shelves. I've never used it but I remember coming across it a while ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meherthakker Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 The one from scriptspot http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/scripts/fillmyshelf-generate-books-to-fill-your-bookshelf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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