3ds Max 9 Bible

Characters are becoming more and more important in the Max world and can be saved as separate files just like Max scene files. Combining a detailed skin mesh with a skeletal biped lets you take advantage of Character Studio's unique animation features. This chapter covered the following topics:

• Designing your character before building

• Working with the Skin modifier

• Reusing animations with Skin Wrap

• Bulging muscles with Skin Morph

Now that you've learned the hard way to rig and skin a character, we'll take a look at Biped and discover just how easy the process can be.