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Cinema 4D R8 Handbook (Charles River Media Graphics)

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With the 6th edition of the Cinema 4D Handbook being poorly rated, this one reaches beyond beleif the incomprehensible. The pages has very little writting and the pictures are even more inaccurate than the last volume. Step by Step tutorials are very complicated and at times even impossible to complete due to the lack of explanation.

When comming to the vector part of the tutorial, the version does not cover the subject properly at all. The vectorial concepts are defragmented in many parts and hard to understand even what seems the very basic.

I DO NOT recommend this book at all and at such high price for such an incompetently written book, it is not worth it.

As a beginner in C4D I found this expensive book difficult to follow w/ poorly printed images (screen shots). I get better results from few online tutorials. I wonder if experienced C4D users will be able to learn anything new from this confusing book.

I took a beginners Cinema 4d class and unfortunately this book was required. Thank God I didn't pay full price! First of all, reading comprehension is downright atrocious. When you're finished wading through this muck of a book, you'll find you know a lot about WHAT things do, but very little about HOW TO use them. If you haven't bought this yet, turn away quickly and save yourself! You'll learn more on your own by playing with the software, online tutorials or a completely different book (and author?). If you're already stuck with it like me, make about 500 or so origami cranes and you're halfway to being lucky enough to winning your money back in the lottery!

I am currently taking a 3d class for cinema 4d, with a focus on character animation. This book has some tutorials on using bones and weighting along with some IK and expressions to set up the rig for animaiton. The "step by step" instructions that are given leave out important details, are incomplete, and disorganised. Too bad this is the only other reference besides the manual on cinema 4d. Too muddy for a beginner, because if you follow the directions he gives in the book, you end up with more problems than before. Don't trust all of the images either, because they are sometimes not the one the caption is refering to!

Having used Cinema 4D for 3 years on and off, read and reread the (excellent) manuals and a number of tutorials on the web, I was looking forward to a handbook of tips and tricks from the Cinema 4D gurus. I was sorely disappointed. This book is largely a rehash of the manuals and some of the online tutorials, is badly written, poorly organised and illustrated, and in places even inaccurate. Avoid.

One would be better off using on-line tutorials..... I hold this volume in the most minimal of high regard...

While no book is perfect, I feel the other reviewers were overly harsh. If anyone is expecting to be spoon fed the required information on any 3D program they should consider a new occupation.

3D modelling and animation is, by its very nature, all about problem solving as no two projects are alike. However, for those willing to invest some time and effort to STUDY the book's concepts and content then a reward can be found. The previous reviewers were correct in that often a complete set of instructions were left out. However, I feel this was Adam's teaching strategy, and by applying the basic skills with my own problem solving abilities I was able to produce not only the tutorial projects, but also my own uniquely concieved ideas and models.

Again, if you don't like thinking for yourself and expect a 'how do I have a succesful career?' book, then perhaps this one isn't for you. If, on the other hand, you enjoy applying what you learn you'll get as much out of this book as I have.