What Is 3ds Max CAT And Why You Should Use It For Animation

[@jeffbrown633]

2021, still finding this. I have done mostly hard-surface animation (machinery), but starting to dive into more animal work, and this was a great explanation of what's in CAT. Much appreciated!

[@HoaPham-zs1mh]

Wow didn't know all the extra stuff CAT can do, I would love to see more tutorials because I love your presentation and quality!

[@24yrukdesigner]

It can do many gimmicky things, but the animation results of this presentation were absolutely atrocious. I mean there were better things in Goat simulator tbh

[@user-vn1vz9yw6g]

Wow, great production value for a tutorial/informational video. Bravo.

[@Karakus.04]

Returning here 2 years after I first saw the video, I realised just now how much I have learnt. I am so grateful for your channel, everytNice tutorialng

[@arnabroy2193]

This video is probably going to open a new horizon of my artistic knowledge and output....Thanks

[@rthomas05]

will get it. Just don't get burnt out. Whenever you need a break, take one.

[@ipakmann]

You have been helping me great deal in learning CAT please keep making tutorials!

[@davidnewmister2290]

Thank You Sir for putting out all this educational information. It has made my re-journey into 3ds enjoyasble and less frustrating. I think bones and biped are both very difficult to work with. Animation is my goal so I will look into CAT more. Thanks.

[@aliosha123]

I was waiting for some one like you on youtube. Yes i also belive CAT its a powerfull tool i look forward for more tutorials on it from you. Thank you for your hard work on this videos!

[@JamesArndt]

WOW! This is genius. I've been a developer for almost 10 years and had no idea the power of CAT rigs in 3ds Max. I've always used the standard biped rig. This information should be spread out far and wide.

[@ritzer76]

Very True!!! Shifted to CAT rig many years ago and it did get the job done in every studio i worked with!!!

[@Lunatheia]

I can't tell you how great this stuff is. Please continue making more videos!

[@-Belshazzar-]

i found this video to be interesting. short and to the point! Thanks. Would love to see actual CAT tutorials from you

[@Gregasaurus]

thanks for a revealing and informative video. Have used CAT for years now and didn't know all the things that you showed.

[@7p33dK1ng]

Awesome video! You have completely changed the way I look at CAT. I tried using it about 7-8 years ago, encountered bunch of bugs so I stuck with bones and biped. I will definitely give it a second look. The problem is to find good in depth tutorials for CAT, perhaps you know of some?

[@Awakenbeing]

You just open the eyes for many indie game maker, plz make some more videos on CAT animation.

[@hyh1411]

I'm a Maya user and I moved company that uses Max. This video is so fun and nice to learn.

Thank You. I am glad that my videos are starting to be searchable randomly by people who are looking for something about animation in 3ds Max. Always nice to hear that somebody randomly came across the videos.

[@paviliongaming3841]

Hands down tNice tutorials is one of the best tutorials I've seen on any subject, ever! Clear, concise and incredibly informative and easy to follow.

[@fl260]

I don't remember if I've expressed how much I like your channel. Clear explanations, smooth presentation, professional work... I had to become a Patron, even though I'm basically broke right now! But you're helping me too much for me not to be a little generous back! Please keep up the good work and find a way to love making these videos, because we want you to stick around for long! :)

Thank you Expod. And Thank you for your pledge as well, however, I don't ask for money from people who don't have money to give. Actually I don't ask for money at all, I am just glad for any kind of support. So keep your Patreon pledge for yourself by all means. There are ways how to support the channel even without any money. Sharing the videos is a huge help, especially on some smaller sites/forums that I will not get to. Or even just liking or commenting helps to promote the video more because of the KZbin algorithm. Spreading the word in any way is a huge help :) Thank You and I am glad you like the videos. I am not planning to stop any time soon, however I am really busy recently, so trying to do the best I can with the production. Cheers.

[@mdesignanimationsricardomo513]

Thanks Man...keep bringing us more stuff about Animations in CAT ;)

[@KrookedSaint]

I'm a DayZ addict. 5000 + hours logged. I can't tell you how many hours I have spent running from those wolves. Great work!

[@leonsaladinkenaz7592]

Yup, CAT system helped me a lot when my workplace decided to develop pet game. I don't need to animate dogs/cats loop walk frame by frame, just adjusting its CATmotion parameter.

[@radenzito]

omg , this is QUALITY CONTENT man, keep going!! i just EAT all your videos!! Go for more tutorials

[@caprazdesign9338]

thank you ! you are talking basic, nice , and not borring ... thank you soooo much friend !

[@Jeffron27]

I love CAT I've used it for many of my models for years. With rigging and animation you can make the animations work out. If ya want more detail you can always add more bones to your rig for specific parts.

[@p-o2100]

Great Video Milos!

[@dewalwals]

awesome tutorial Milos, subscribed!!

[@TeramadhiKirlianaPutra]

please do a comprehensive tutorial on facial rig using catrig . looking forward to it. thanks

Hey, hope this will help :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYDUpox_fad6oJY

[@2Jackrabbit]

Still relevant today ! Biped is also a beast in terms of reuse and flexibility

[@Cathodeus]

Max have tons of hidden gems like this

[@arnaldoedmundo3853]

Hola milos, solo queria pasar para agradecerte esta serie de tutoriales de CAT son de lo mejor q he visto jamas. siempre pense que CAT era poderoso aunque no sabia nada de ello y ahora al fin he comenzado a usarlo con confianza gracias a tus videos.😄👍

[@MultiBRETTER]

I knew this CAT stuff before, but I had no Idea it's exclusivly MAX. Haven't found time to look enough on Maya&Blender. Good motion gfx - great channel. THX!

[@daabomb114]

Please do more tutorials, I just found your channel! I really like it, I'm currently studying animation and I will have to agree with you CAT is a pretty powerful animation tool. ONCE again, Thanks for the information,hope to see more tutorials in the future. :) p.s I subscribed to your channel

Thank you very much. I release new video every Thursday so far. Will see how long will I be able to keep that up, but I will try :). This is my first ever KZbin project so I am still figuring stuff out, how to do the videos more entertaining, what types of videos are you guys interested in and things like that. So thank you, every little bit of feedback is very much appreciated.

[@vladradu9966]

I would love anything about rigging, animation, modelling, sculpting and texturing.

[@mrsaudify]

I am curious to see your tutorials.. is biped is all a CAT form?

[@AaliDGr8]

plz i am fully new in animation i love cat plz make a series of tutorial on it plz ur voice is so sweet plz i need urgent learning of Cat needed :( hellp

[@VepsianGameDesigner]

I learned a lot of new! Thanks

[@tylerclapp]

Very cool! Thanks for posting this. I've fiddled with CAT but have never really sat down to figure it out. Looks like I owe it some more exploration.

Thank you. I have more videos about CAT coming up, and about animation in general as well. So keep track of the channel if you would like to see more.

[@TheosResearchDiary]

Hey -- this video is AMAZING. 3D animation and rendering can be intimidating and frustrating, but your positive attitude and information is inspiring. 1000 thanks to you sir.

[@erolmaningo4204]

Thank you im been using 3dsmax for 5 year for architectural design only but i want learn about animation thank you for your video because i read always the downside of 3ds max when it comes to animation they always talk cinema 4d for animation and graphics you know i can make graphics in 3ds max but i try cinema 4d its hard to me to use thank you for your informative tutorial video

[@sergiygolovin5478]

Good analyst. ..and working with fonts is also interesting and enjoyable=) Thanks for this video.

[@TheMeill]

You have help me a lot with your videos! Thanks!

[@vandammage1747]

Remember buying CAT back when it was a plugin(from New Zealand company I think). Such an amazing ugrade from biped. What a shame Autodesk basically haven't touched it since then. Still very powerfull though

[@Danmakesgame]

Cool! I'll definitely keep this in mind next time i'm animating in max!

[@luchoprata]

Thanks for all great tutorials!! you help me a lot!!

[@sherifhany386]

this was awesome and your commentary is perfect you gave me a lot of information ,.. good information .

[@OnyxLee]

Long forgotten tools like this are the reasons why I still haven't switched to cinema4d, Houdini or Maya. Because I can do everything in max, much easier, much faster. Autodesk sucks for having no ideas about software development!

[@FictionCautious]

Autodesk is capitalism in a hurry.

[@grafix96]

I have been using CAT for almost 10 years, And i'm very depressed about how CAT is so abandoned & most people say all bad things about it. CAT is the only reason i'm still using 3ds Max, And this video showed to me that CAT is alive & Kicking.

[@junejuly532]

Exactly. CAT is the reason i like animation and i've used max since 2002

[@vandammage1747]

That they would abandon such a great tool is beyond me

[@supernerdinc5214]

I would love to learn more about cat. Great video!

[@xcloudx01alt]

Excellently presented video. Great job! This was very easy to follow and informative.

[@karleclaire]

Please create more tutorials for different kinds of characters or creatures. Thanks for the vid, love those motion graphics as well nice job!

[@rexmichaelmendoza]

thank you very much for your hard work in teaching us.

[@sfdes7661]

Amazing Sir, I learned alot and really informative. Please do more

[@avdheshyadav9796]

post some more videos of cat animation tutorial I really need that. thanks for sharing such important knowledge

[@bstajic]

Well made video. Nice job!

[@zimagerystudios3440]

May 2024 and this is very beneficial. Thanks!

[@jessierolan]

Nice video indeed. Only request would be to show how you went from a Walk to Trot to Run.

Hey Jessie. Not exactly that, but I have made a video about how to do a transition animation from walk to stand. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHjLhoywaJ2Nfbc

[@tochukwunwankwere3573]

I love your accent. I'm looking forward to more videos from you...especially about animation in MAX

[@MathiaArkoniel]

Great video, and there's definitely interest in this, so please do more commentary videos! I love the way you explain things!

[@JudgeMinty]

Thanks for this, I've not really used CAT that much, there always seemed to be reports of bugs in previous versions which put me off a little. I need to dig deeper into it, I particularly like the procedural animation. The biggest problem with Max seems to be the character animation options are completely separate, CAT, Biped/CS, that Populate Crowd system...

Hi. Well, I don't understand why there is a general consensus that CAT has a lot of bugs or is unstable. There are few minor things that sometimes come up, but that's is the same with Max in general as well. 3Ds Max has a lot of bugs too, but nothing that will prevent you from doing the work. Same with CAT. About the separation. The way to look at it is, that each of these animation systems are just the UI extension of the original Max bones. CAT basically just give you new features and options, and new UI elements, to deal with the same stuff you would do with regular Max bones as well for example. It's a plugin basically.

[@JudgeMinty]

Thanks, yeah maybe it's just become this myth that has stuck with it. CAT certainly seems the most flexible - for the amount of development time spent on Populate, it's pretty limited and a bit disappointing compared to what was promised.

[@leandromaximilianospallanz6280]

Really nice videos!

[@SandraPereira-hc6we]

I've been trying to get to understand soft Production and a DAW with a guide that's not made more complicated and tNice tutorials Nice tutorialts the right

[@BasharAlsallakh]

That was really nice! Thank you :)

[@warrenfoxgrey]

Nice video. I'd love to see CAT tutorials from you.

Then check out the rest of my channel :). I focus on CAT primarily.

[@warrenfoxgrey]

I'd be glad to. Thank you. :)

[@syedrizvi6408]

Great work Please keep it up

[@arkit1778]

I want the long version of this video

[@isa_nagiyev]

Your every video is awesome. Please explain, why we use biped if we have CAT?

[@natalialozano9988]

TNice tutorials is video is amazing! thanks for posting.

[@zoom1948]

we need more videos,you are great

[@GnaReffotsirk]

please make a tutorial for cat.

[@Raidoven]

great presentation and information. subbed!

[@peshangahmed2484]

Man you're awesome.. could you do some tutorials about procedural animation ? Thnx

I already did some :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/oH-3mmSgZ9Z4pa8 or kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZywoJ9sYtSLiM0

[@israel_ns]

Thx for the upload, Milos. Could you do some facial rig tutorials, pls?

I have finally managed to do it :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYDUpox_fad6oJY

[@coenjacobs2122]

nice vid! forth should be fourth though but ty! think there should be more rigs available for cat though, u have a vid to change biped into cat?

[@MuratAtasoy]

This video is awesome, presentation and the way u do is cool. I am going straigth to CAT. thanks.

[@MrPangahas]

Can Cat muscle animation be baked into cat bones and exported to Ue4?Can you do a tutorial on that as well, I can't find any good tutorials for setting up CAT muscles.

[@nijatIbrahimli]

Thank you for nice tutorial :)

[@tigerija]

Hey! Awesome video and channel. Keep it up. I have been using CAT for years, and its sad Autodesk doesn't support it. I'm mostly interested in tips and tricks of CAT and things you can not do in CAT.

[@Samuraicbl]

What a nice looking video!!! Please do more tutorials!

[@MindChamber]

Great video, really helpful thanks so much.

[@asadd2]

I've been working with CAT for quite a while now and I wouldn't use it for complex rigs, although if you need something quick it's a nice tool (f.e. when you're doing animations in a gamejam) it has its problems though, I still haven't managed to successfully export rigs, so you can't really make animations for f.e. sketchfab

[@prashanthbhogaraju2944]

Wow till i watched this video i never thought of the power of CAT

[@sthJuniorPK]

I tried CAT yeeeeeeeeeeears ago but when I got back in animation I dismissed it because of the versatility in custom rigging. However, I think you may have given me a reason to try it out again, at least on small projects. Maybe I can build some love for it.

[@JaySamurai79]

Hey I know i'm late to the party, but i just want to say thank you for this video. i'm actually looking around to see which is better out of cat or biped. Keep up the good work.

I can answer that right away :D. Thank you though.

[@JaySamurai79]

@ That's ok, thanks for replying anyhow. ;)

Well, I thought it's obvious from my video library, as 95% of that is about CAT :D CAT over biped every time! :)

[@JaySamurai79]

@ sorry dude just discovered your channel early this morning :s, and I'm over in the UK so when I msgd you it was something like 5am watching your vid on a small mobile phone lol anyway I'll go through your library during the course of today.

[@konraddobson]

Your channel is great! Wish I came across it sooner.

[@shashikantkalsha]

Great Share, thanks much for sharing

[@kevinMutiso]

wow!.. such quality **re-installs max immediately**

nice video, i love cat, i needed someone to say something about its power

[@ringoze]

Wow, that was brilliant.

[@DriesduPreez]

Subscribed! There is definitely an audience for this. Thank you. I'm tired of people stepping all over Max. I'm looking forward to the facial rig one. Do you think it's possible to use homemade mocap data with a CAT facial rig?

[@carlosmiret35]

Hi Milos! Is it possible to use Cat with "cloth" modifier? I know it's usable and powerful with "morpher" for example, but I don't know if is it posible with cloth.

[@izymode]

sir, you just my day. Your video was most inspiring. i now believe i am ready to launch into the world of animation. Thanks alot. pls be encourage to make more helpful videos.

[@vladradu9966]

Very nice clip. Please do more about animations!

[@indrakurniawansaputro13]

Hi! just watch your video and found it informative! I like it! I have a question about Euler filter for CAT, like when I want to rotate just one axis, but the other axis is rotated as well (another axis rotate is made the animation weird) so, how to fix this problem? thank you!

[@cloudgold1]

so nice video! thank you!

[@crediblemulk4638]

Good vid, but I still prefer to build all my own rigs as I can build in the level of control I need or add to it. Not saying CAT cannot do that, just a preference.

[@vojtechbuday6420]

Ahoj Miloši, co si myslíš o facial animaci na bipedu? Na youtube není jediné video, kde se tohle řeší.

[@zainakhtar7643]

sir its awesome am also 3dsmax user it cool can u plz make some more tutorial about animation and facial animation tutorial

[@KillingFloor2]

what about guns? viewmodel?

[@Gulliwog]

Beautifully presented, styled and put together video. May I ask what software you used to put it together? I have used Vegas for video editing in the past but I could imagine putting this together in Vegas would take hours, with all the text keyframing and little touches. I have to put together some promo videos soon using clips with animated text, and trying to decide which is best/faster software combination to do this with.

[@Apoquinador]

Well, you are pretty convincing! 😅 I can't wait to get home and try it out!

[@hjups]

Awesome videos! I just came across your channel today, and I can't believe that such a useful tool has been sitting in Max this entire time (I usually just use standard bones, but will use CAT from now on). A few questions from your videos / and blog: 1) could you do a short video covering how you would use CAT for a weapon animation (since you mentioned it as an example)? I never really understood how to rig them with bones for game characters, and the idea of using CAT is even more confusing since it looks like one of the bones was detachable? 2) You mentioned in your blog post that CAT doesn't have squash and stretch functionality. Would that make building more complex / realistic rigs easier? I am thinking of the case where you model the skeletal structure of a character, then build muscles on top of that, and finally use the muscles to control the skin (all of the examples that I have seen used Maya though). Is that something that is feasible to do using CAT as the control rig? If so, could you do a video attaching a squash and stretch bone to a CAT rig (perhaps a bicep or something)? Anyway, I look forward to seeing more videos!

[@ardyasfandy4072]

Good video bro. But did you know animals animation preset for CAT? Where i can download it?. And did CAT have more type of quadruped rigg for animals? Sorry for my bad english haha. Thank you !