virtual luggage - Tip'n'Tricks

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	001:	"You can use 3DSM2.5+ with Win95/98 but you don't want it."
	002:	"If you use Win95 and 3DSM2.5+ avoid using Netscape® and Max during the same session."
	003:	"Forget about the Memory-Usage-Information in the rendering progress window."
	004:	"RAM pays alot more than CPU-power."
	005:	"MAX swaps everything to your HDD."
	006:	"If you start building complex scenes (like "My Room" or "Sat Dish"), use several files."
	007:	"If you start building complicated scenes (like "My Room" or "Sat Dish"), you should learn to use basic geometries as positional dummies."
	008:	"Adding attenuation-ranges to your lights speeds up rendering."
	009:	"Using lights with fall-offs makes your scenes look more realistic."
	010:	"Max is a stand-alone application"
	011:	"Know the material editor."
	012:	"Use the »increment on save« option and save often."
	013:	"Look at what things look like in the real world."
	014:	"There is nothing like a sharp edge in the real world."
	015:	"Learn how the human eye actually »sees« the world."
	016:	"Water means rendertime will increase significantly."
	017:	"Use multiple material-libaries."
	018:	"Use atmospheric effects - with care!"
	019:	"Particle systems can do more than just add rain or snow."
	020:	"You never stop learning."
	021:	"Each modification of your scene takes longer than estimated earlier."
	022:	"Do not dump any of your scenery-files."
	023:	"Take care of the dimensions."
	024:	"Compound-objects don't work."
	025:	"The more complex the model the more time it takes to handle."
	026:	"Graphic-Cards don't speed up rendering images."
	027:	"When building up the final touches of a scene, change one object at a time."
	028:	"I think now more then ever, because of movies like the Matrix, the realism issue is going to become more predominate." by Rainy
	029:	"Placing objects on faces." by Thomas Edison
	030:	"How to get Duotone effect?" by Roy Constantino
	031:	"Dirty is Good." from KTX-Website
	032:	"Quick Fog." from KTX-Website
	033:	"3D Studio MAX/VIZ Renderer calculates the shadow maps for each frame where there are objects moving or the lights are moving." from KTX-Website
	034:	"Use a Smoke Shininess Map to Add Visual Interest." from KTX-Website
	035:	"Dried river bed texture" by Dave George
	036:	"How do I align a Viewport to an object's face?"
	037:	"My Diamond Viper 550 Card does not work!"
	038:	"After installing the plugin XYZ Max crashes."
	039:	"How to get rid of opacity-ghosts?"
	040:	"The object deformation does not work!"
	041:	"I've been told about an inoffical Max FAQ..."
	042:	"How can I speed up rendering?"
	043:	"I can't open a previously saved scene."
	044:	"Video Post: Glow - visible through transparent objects?"
	045:	"Use noise for realism."
	046:	"Doing the landscape: elevations"
	047:	"There are 3DSM Mailing-Lists"
	048:	"Omnilights don't cast light everywhere."
	049:	"Can't set the DPI for rendering."
	050:	"Which is the best machine to do 3D?"
	051:	"Cloudbusting"
	052:	"How do I blast an object?"
	053:	"How much to charge for a rendering-job?"
	054:	"How to do a holographic material in Max 2.5." by Roy Constantino and Alex McLeod
	055:	"Reflections are easy."
	056:	"How to make my demo-reel?"
	057:	"Linking and animating eyes." by Michael D Brumback Jr.
	058:	"Rendering to PAL-video..."
	059:	"Using sound to animate."
	060:	"Faster Volume Lights"
	061:	"How do I get smooth textures?"
	062:	"How do I link particles into dynamics?"
	063:	"How do I motion blur particles?"
	064:	"Compound Objects disappear"
	065:	"Tracking the middle of two paths simultanously"
	066:	"Any good but cheap way to get animations to VCR?"
	067:	"How to apply dirty cracks to objects?"
	068:	"Copying properties between objects?"
	069:	"Bubble material" by PyroGX
	070:	"NURBS vs. Poly" by GI Joe Dude
	071:	"Can I track a real camera in Max?" by MC
	072:	"What tool to use for compressing scenery files?"
	073:	"How to transfer a 3DSMax license?"
	074:	"How to put textures on complex objects, like ie. a head?" by Brad Newman
	075:	"Any good 3D schools?"
	076:	"How to claim my copyright?"
	077:	"I want to be in this business. What 3D package to choose? " by Joey Ponthieux
	078:	"Basic Patent Law for Programmers" by Steven Young
	079:	"Trying to scale a biped down which is controlling a physiqued skin" by Matt Howath and Steven Brown
	080:	"How to get an adaptive helix?"
	081:	"I have creativity lurking like hell, but I don't know what to build next."
	082:	"Help - I can't move objects in MAX!"
	083:	"Alphablending?" by Yirtne
	084:	"Block animation, a little tutorial..." by Mike Reiser
	085:	"Propeller apears to rotate backwards" by Ron Gidseg and Joey Ponthieux
	086:	"How to make fairy dust follow a hand?"
	087:	"How to link dummies to specific vertices?"
	088:	"Photo-realistic images"
	089:	"Does it pay for me to upgrade 3DSMax?"
	911:	"I need help!"

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Here we go. As of July 24 2001 we have 89 revised Tips'n'Tricks:

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Here we go.
As of July 24 2001 we have 89 revised Tips'n'Tricks: