Modifiers are powerful editing and animation tools. Take some time to play around in
a scene such as the one from the previous exercise. Apply different deformers to objects
and see what they do. It??™s really best to learn by experience sometimes. The Parametric
Deformer modifiers are especially fun to play with, as you can see.
You have not seen the last of modifiers in this book; they are an integral part of the 3ds
Max workflow, and we will use them throughout this book. We will take another look at
the Modifier Stack in the next section.
Figure 4.10
Adding more segments
to the box
makes the deformation
from the Twist
modifier smoother.
modifiers and the modifier stack ?– 117
Modifier Stack with a Side of Maple Syrup
The Modifier Stack displays the modifiers added to any objects. It gives you access to any
of the parameters for the modifiers applied to the object, as well as the original parameters
of the object itself. When working with the Modifier Stack, you can access several
options through the icons below the stack itself, as shown in Figure 4.12.
Pin Stack If you want to freeze the display on the Modify panel controls on the currently
selected object, click this icon.
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