Sams Teach Yourself 3D Studio Max 3 in 24 Hours teaches you to complete an animated short using upwards of 30 features within the program. And, by creating a final real-world project, you'll experience the concepts behind the entire process of creating 3D models and animation.
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Sams Teach Yourself 3D Studio Max 3 in 24 Hours teaches you to complete an animated short using upwards of 30 features within the program. And, by creating a final real-world project, you'll experience the concepts behind the entire process of creating 3D models and animation.
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After working as director of animation for five years at various studios in Southern California, David Kalwick founded Absolute Zero, an animation company in Encinitas, California. David has been creating 3D animation since early 1991. He holds a degree in software engineering and has been designing multimedia presentations since 1988. David has authored numerous articles and books, including Teach Yourself 3D Studio MAX in 14 Days and 3D Graphics, Tips, Tricks, and Techniques. He was also a contributor to Inside 3D Studio MAX 2, Volume I.
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29 of 30 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A quick way to begin modeling,
This review is from: Sams Teach Yourself 3D Studio Max 3 in 24 Hours (Paperback)
'Sams Teach Yourself 3D Studio Max 3 in 24 Hours' is a great book indeed. This moderately thin text is brimming with useful information which guides its readers from the basic technique of using primitives, all the way to creating your own animations completely rendered using sophisticated models that you learned how to make through the book. Being a game programmer, I wanted to expand my skills and get into creating graphics, however I didn't want to wade through thousands of pages of text (like the Inside 3D Studio Max series). This book is exactly what I expected it to be: a fast, but extremely detailed tutorial of how to use 3D Studio Max and how to make sophisticated models. By the time I completed reading this book, you wouldn't believe the quality of CG animation I can produce. I can't stress enough how well Dave Kalwick was able to include so much information without taking up thousands of pages. In my opinion, this book alone will cover more information than that of the entire Inside 3d Studio Max series! It's that well written. If what you're looking for is a fast but VERY detailed tutorial on how to use 3DSMax from the ground up, do yourself a favor and spend the small amount of money that this book costs. Compare it's price to the Inside 3D Studio Max series! It's far more expensive, yet this small book (believe it or not) teaching you everything that the others have. How? I have the entire series of Inside 3D Studio Max; This book doesn't spend so much time on the 'theory' of creating models, and it gets straight to the point. It's simply far superior. This book includes: basic modeling, advanced modeling, lighting + effects, animation. Everything you need to know to create 'Final Fantasy' quality CG animation is contained within this text.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
fabulous first time MAX tutorial,
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This review is from: Sams Teach Yourself 3D Studio Max 3 in 24 Hours (Paperback)
Whether you are new to 3d modeling entirely, or just trying to convert your skills from some other 3d modeling package to MAX, this book is a great first-time MAX introduction. Buy this book now!If you go through this book in order you will not get "hung up" trying to figure out how to do something (like happens in some other tutorial books) because the examples are amazingly clear. Each example comes with lots of pictures and very specific numbered sequences telling you what you should do. Experienced modelers may find the book somewhat wordy. However, going through the tutorials quickly will teach you the 'MAX religion' and get you off on the right foot. When your later trying to figure out why something dosn't work as you expect, you can find a tutorial which does it, and be reminded EXACTLY how to make it work. I have some amateur experience with SoftImage and TrueSpace and i found the book incredibly useful. Even though this book is for MAX R3, I used it for R4 and it was great. The only thing about R4 which didn't match the examples was the modifier stack/modifier chooser -- but it's enough the same that you can figure it out.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Great book !,
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This review is from: Sams Teach Yourself 3D Studio Max 3 in 24 Hours (Paperback)
I never took the time to write a review before..but after reading and trying out this book I have to say it is the best 3d max book for beginners ! I bought other books before and I gave up because I was bored to death but this one is really interesting and touches a lot of important aspects of the software in a very clear way...I am now finshing modeling my first character using all the technique I picked up from the book. I wish the author of this book will write an advanced book to continue from the place this one sttoped so I can make my new modelings realy come to life : )
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