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Inside 3D Studio MAX 3

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The inside series has always been my favorite 3d Studio Max book until now. Why try to improve on a winning formula when it worked so well in the past? This book should be called: "Some cool things that you can also do with 3d Studio Max." I teach 3d Studio Max in a school in New York City and I relied on the inside series to help my students have a strong foundation & to guide them as they learn to use the software. Keep in mind that these are students that do not own the program and therefore don't have the original manuals that come with it. In the past the inside series was able to give the reader a comprehensive tour of the software. Ranging from the introduction to the interface (screen configuration, selection and navigation tools) all the way through cameras, lighting, materials, rendering and animation. I was disappointed this time because even though the book bears the same name as its predecessors it does not live to their achievements. The wining formula is gone. You jump from "what is new in 3d Studio Max 3" right into "modeling with NURBS". Inside 3d Studio Max 3 assumes the reader has a working knowledge of the software. This would not be a problem to me had the book had a different name. With eight different people writing chapters for this book there seems also to be no consistency throughout the text both in the examples shown for each chapter as well as in the graphics used to describe them. My final review would be this is not a book for the beginner. For the experienced user: be aware, this might nor be for you either. Thanks amazon.com, the book arrived on time and in good condition. Max Busch.

Created by a team of expert developers and trainers, Inside 3D Studio MAX 3 is a focused, sophisticated guide to increasing your productivity with 3D Studio MAX 3. Containing case studies, as well as real-world problems and solutions, this book is an accurate, insightful, must-have resource whether you are a MAX novice or an experienced user. The authors have created hands-on tutorials that enable you to arrive at practical solutions to actual problems. Each chapter features highlighted information that is specific to MAX 3, with clearly written text that helps you understand the hows and whys of using MAX's production tools. They have included inspirational images and informative examples in different artistic styles, making this book easy to use and directly applicable to your needs. Practical solutions, background information, expert advice, and inspirational artwork: the combination makes Inside 3D Studio MAX 3 the most comprehensive reference available. 1300 pages

Hi 2 all the people who like max 3d well i know that this book as some bad reviews but i bought it anyway acording to my teacher in my 3dmax class and i have to say its preety good book it teaches u almost anything u want to know in max 3 it gots some good tutorials also and the cd is preety good with LOTS of plugins maps movies and lots of max files well i liked this book hope u will like it 2 BYE

I stepped into this book knowing VERY little about 3dsmax and 3D modelling in general. The book is very unfocused. It starts to explain something like modifying a spline, but doesn't go into detail when they tell you to lock the vertices to modify them all at once. It's like the author has a severe case of ADD. Then again, it was written by--how many?--eight authors? And at around 1300 pages, it's just TOO big. This book is the perfect example of "too many cooks in the kitchen."

This may serve as a somewhat decent reference, but beginners stay away. I'm going to try something else instead..

well, ive been a max user for a couple of years, learning from tutorials on the internet and of course from my own experience on the software. its been for awhile that im lookin for a very concise reference book (not really a tutorial stuff since ive been modeling already organic forms) inorder for me to get more of what the software is capable of, and i found that this book (which wont really tell the best techniques) gives more details on its capabilities and the functions explaining the inside stuff of max. Well if ur looking for a tutorial, then this book is definetly not for u...its a good book to read and a best reference material if you want to know whats really inside 3d max 3..(just a reminder:its not a tutorial book) MABUHI ANG SUGBU!

Well, they wanted to make a really BIG book, they did it. But this don't mean this is a great book for everybody. For my, this was really just a expense of money. The organization of the book is really confusing, too much text, I got bored before learning things they could explain in a few words. Anyway the book have extensive contents and cover almost everithing of the software.

I still thinking that Visual Quickstart Guide for 3D Studio Max (sorry for writing the name of the book here but think it will be usefull for other beginners like me)its great and hopes find another simple and nice to read and good in teaching book like this one.

Sorry for the english.

This book, which I have read off of a friend and have yet to buy a copy of my own, is the perfect way for the intelligent reader to learn the ways of such an awesome program It gets 5 Stars from myself and several other people that I know of. It is becase of this book that I have started my own business.

I bought this book back in 2000 and only recently began really learning MAX (which is currently in version 7 !).

I have another 2 books and I also had the opportunity to read the MAX 6 bible (which is quite a disappointing one).

I can tell you this one is very good as an informational resource. It delves into many subjects that other (even newer) books , skipped.

I take this book to read when I need to fill in some blanks and find it very deep and very well written, 10-12 professionals took the time to write chapters so every chapter is written by an expert in his field.

I am not a really first max user, but this book give me very useful resources I want. I have a dozen of max books, but this is still the uncomparable one.......I am so grad I own this book.

i am writing this reveiw because i feel i need to warn peaple that this book is not good reading at first i thought it was my intelagence but no this book has been writen in sutch a way that you have to guess what the author is thinking for example the first lofting exersize not one of my freinds new what was going on and had to try and guess the procedure and failed then its starts going on about subjects it thinks you allready know if that was the case you would not need to buy the book. All in all this is a badly writen book and very confuseing not for the absolute begginer