This 3D Quick Start Guide is designed for the multimedia designer who is new to the 3D capabilities of Director® Shockwave® Studio and the 3D artist/animator who is unfamiliar with Director® 8.5 Shockwave® Studio. Our goal today is to animate an American-style football player, kicking the ball over the goal post. This character was created in 3ds max™ 4 and animated using character studio® 3, proven software solutions from Discreet. You will find a number of assets in the .zip file. By the end of this tutorial, you will be able to take these assets into Director 8.5 Shockwave Studio and create an interactive 3D sequence, playable on the web. The player is kicking the ball over the goal post. The character is animated to perform a series of motions in sequence along a single timeline, i.e., an idle motion, a jog start, a kick sequence, a sprint with arms up and a jog stop. The football is animated to leave its start position, fly over the goal and bounce on the other side. The goal is to take these assets into Director Shockwave Studio and to make them interactive.

The tutorial begins with 3D creation tips and tricks for preparing the character mesh, skinning it onto the Biped® skeleton using Physique® and animating the character. Both Biped and Physique are character studio features. It then discusses the 3ds max Shockwave Exporter to Director 8.5 Shockwave Studio in the “Director 8.5 Shockwave Studio Environment” options and what happens when you export 3D content. Next, in the Director Shockwave Studio environment you will import and assemble the elements (i.e., the ground, goal post, environment, ball, light, camera and character). Finally, you will add interactivity using Director Shockwave Studio Behaviors and Lingo™.

During the tutorial, you will
1 Import the .w3d file and set up the scene
2 Use the Property Inspector and Director Shockwave Studio Behaviors to regulate the lights and camera
3 Use Lingo to trigger the run and kick animation
4 Use Lingo to make the arrow keys run the character around the playing field

Download pdf 3D Quick Start Guide: 3ds max to Director 8.5 Shockwave Studio