3ds max 6 Killer Tips [Paperback]

Jon A. Bell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 23, 2004

3ds max 6 Killer Tips features 275 hot tips--all illustrated, all in full color, for all levels of 3ds max users, from newbie to advanced. Get instant help on UI customization, modeling, animation, lighting, materials and texturing, rendering (including mental ray 3 secrets), the Reactor dynamics system, Particle Flow, Bones and IK, the Portable License Utility, and more! Learn how to enhance your 3ds max renderings with programs such as Adobe Photoshop and Discreet Combustion! Speed up your workflow and create stunning effects with more than 40 MAXScript tips, created by guest contributor and scripting expert Borislav Petrov. Written and edited by Jon A. Bell, professional 3D artist (The Discovery Channel, The History Channel, National Geographic) and author of the best-selling 3D Studio MAX f/x book series, 3ds max 6 Killer Tips is a must-have reference for every 3ds max 6 artist!

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3ds max 6 Killer Tips features 275 hot tips--all illustrated, all in full color, for all levels of 3ds max users, from newbie to advanced. Get instant help on UI customization, modeling, animation, lighting, materials and texturing, rendering (including mental ray 3 secrets), the Reactor dynamics system, Particle Flow, Bones and IK, the Portable License Utility, and more! Learn how to enhance your 3ds max renderings with programs such as Adobe Photoshop and Discreet Combustion! Speed up your workflow and create stunning effects with more than 40 MAXScript tips, created by guest contributor and scripting expert Borislav Petrov. Written and edited by Jon A. Bell, professional 3D artist (The Discovery Channel, The History Channel, National Geographic) and author of the best-selling 3D Studio MAX f/x book series, 3ds max 6 Killer Tips is a must-have reference for every 3ds max 6 artist!

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3ds max 6 Killer Tips features 275 hot tips--all illustrated, all in full color, for all levels of 3ds max users, from newbie to advanced. Get instant help on UI customization, modeling, animation, lighting, materials and texturing, rendering (including mental ray 3 secrets), the Reactor dynamics system, Particle Flow, Bones and IK, the Portable License Utility, and more! Learn how to enhance your 3ds max renderings with programs such as Adobe Photoshop and Discreet Combustion! Speed up your workflow and create stunning effects with more than 40 MAXScript tips, created by guest contributor and scripting expert Borislav Petrov. Written and edited by Jon A. Bell, professional 3D artist (The Discovery Channel, The History Channel, National Geographic) and author of the best-selling 3D Studio MAX f/x book series, 3ds max 6 Killer Tips is a must-have reference for every 3ds max 6 artist!

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Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: New Riders Press (February 23, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0735713863
• ISBN-13: 978-0735713864
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,835,015 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A nice organized book for all kinds of max users, March 2, 2004

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LAMBROS POTAMIANOS (Athens, Attiki Greece) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 3ds max 6 Killer Tips (Paperback)

I use max since version 3, so I consider myself to be an intermediate user. With this spirit I bought this book promising to be helpful to all users. Well, the truth is that you can find any kind of tips in this book, things that a veteran user could have forgotten, or that a novice would kill to find. The book covers all areas of the 3d process through 3d studio from customization of 3dsmax to final renderings and compositing, not exluding some maxscripting. Due to that fact, the amount of tips for each section is somewhat selective (not that it could be done in another way though!). I discovered many features in "unknown" territories (at least for me) and many tips that claryfied things for other sections. I only wished it covered more the lightining and rendering section (as it is now, it is evenly divided among all sections), because there are many more things I would like to find out about the mental ray, lightrace and radiosity settings.
Overally, this is a good book, well worth the price, and it is almost certain that you will find something new in here. My wish is that it doubled its 300 pages.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A lot for everybody..., November 19, 2004

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Marque Pierre Sondergaard (London, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 3ds max 6 Killer Tips (Paperback)

Let me first tell that I am from the games industry, and our use of Max is very specific and thus limited from the broad range the program has. As such I would say I am an intermediate to advance user in some areas, but a beginner in other features.

The book does not aim itself specifically at any one industry, but rather has a lot for everybody. And as such it is VERY useful. It is chokeful of tips, work arounds and time savers in every single area of Max. Even if you know the Max 6 version almost inside out (and who can honestly claim that?), there will still be a tonne of reminders on good workflow and timesavers, easily worth the cover price. This is not the kind of book you read from cover to cover, but rather flip through, and then keep close to your workstation, as problems arise. I use the materials chapter the most due to the nature of my work, but I am deeply grateful for all the goodies on lightning, rendering and modelling etc. as well.

This book is for everybody, save absolute gurus and people who have never touched a 3D application before.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Can't live without it book, May 25, 2004

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Scott (Ringwood, NJ United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 3ds max 6 Killer Tips (Paperback)

There can't be very many Max 6 users who have so mastered its' incredible array of tools that they won't find something new in this book. It not only explores hard to learn topics, it provides new insights into creating effects. And the topics are all about the "cool" things that make using Max exciting and productive.