本视频教程是由Udemy机构出品的3A级游戏道具制作训练视频教程，Udemy Masterclass Modeling 3D Props for AAA Games，时长：20小时，大小：9.5 GB，MP4高清视频格式，教程使用软件：3ds Max，Substance Painter，Unreal Engine，作者： Nataska Statham，共153个章节，语言：英语。
3D Studio Max，常简称为3ds Max或MAX，是Autodesk公司开发的基于PC系统的三维动画渲染和制作软件。其前身是基于DOS操作系统的3D Studio系列软件，最新版本是2013。在Windows NT出现以前，工业级的CG制作被SGI图形工作站所垄断。3D Studio Max + Windows NT组合的出现一下子降低了CG制作的门槛，首选开始运用在电脑游戏中的动画制作，后更进一步开始参与影视片的特效制作，例如：《X战警II》，《最后的武士》等。
Substance Painter是最新的次时代游戏贴图绘制工具，具有一些非常新奇的功能，比如粒子笔刷，可以模拟自然粒子下落，粒子的轨迹形成纹理。其是一个全新3D纹理绘画程序与以前从未见过的功能和改善工作流程，使纹理创建 3D 资产比以往更容易。它被公认的最崭新和简便易用的 3D 画家在那里。
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Udemy Masterclass Modeling 3D Props for AAA Games
Software used 3ds Max and Substance Painter
As well as hands-on modeling, you’ll also learn how to approach the process as a professional artist: using a reliable pipeline and techniques that you can apply to any project, guaranteeing quality results on time, every time.
We’ll also discuss the best use of edge-flow, how to avoid and correct construction errors, and real-time specific considerations. Because we’re aiming at high end AAA games, we want to bring the model to the high level of quality that’s expected of game productions today, while keeping our polycount efficient – something that many professional game artists struggle with as we transition from props that used to have on average 1000-3000 triangles on the first LOD, to props that now have around 5000 triangles or more – as is the case with Witcher 3.
When texturing, we’ll take advantage of Substance Painter, a 3D painting application that’s quickly becoming standard in the games industry for hard-surface models, such as this crossbow. We’ll easily create blends between various finishes of metal – polished, scratched and hammered – while at the same time adding details to the normal map, ensuring that all maps align and complement each other. And because Substance Painter is geared towards PBR materials, the creation of metallic and roughness maps is both easy and intuitive.
