Includes 16 pages of full color! Contains tips and techniques for modeling characters, animals, and vehicles. Offers step-by-step tips for animation: bouncing balls, object tracking, high realism, cartoons, character animation, motion tracking, morphing, and more! Gives instruction on effectively using materials: metals, glass, wood, skin, animated textures, smoke, fog, clouds, and reflections. Features 3D modeling and animation in Web pages, one of the hottest topics in design. Teaches techniques for lighting: searchlights, neon, shadows, ray tracing, and simulating stained glass.
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Whereas Character Animation with 3D Studio Max zeroes in on creating human and beast animation, 3D Studio Max Design Guide takes a more well-rounded approach to teaching you about this software package. It provides 21 different projects, each of which includes a step-by-step guide to accomplishing the task at hand, whether it be creating an orange, a drill in action, an underwater environment, a monument with dramatic lighting, a mechanical robot, or a 3D action figure. Throughout the process you learn about modeling, textures, surfaces, lighting, lofts, and meshes. This is a great guide to working in 3D, no matter what sort of work you'll be doing. An accompanying CD includes sample scenes, objects, textures, animation, and utilities.
About the Author
David Friedel (Tempe, AZ) is a network software developer for The Coriolis Group. He is an interactive computer graphics expert who has used 3D Studio for more than five years.
Anthony Potts (Phoenix, AZ) is president of Advanced Creative Technologies III, Inc. and author of the bestselling Visual Basic 4 Multimedia Adventure Set.
Anthony Stock (Phoenix, AZ) is an animation expert and production director of Visual Developer Magazine. He is also a contributor to the Ultimate Game Developer's Sourcebook.
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Good tutorials,
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This review is from: 3D Studio MAX Design Guide: Everything You Need to Master 3D Modeling and Animation with 3D Studio MAX (Paperback)
This is a 4 stars book, but is outdated now.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Doesn't Fullfill Expectations,
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This review is from: 3D Studio MAX Design Guide: Everything You Need to Master 3D Modeling and Animation with 3D Studio MAX (Paperback)
I was kinda disappointed with the book. First of all, it's labelled "design guide", but is really just a bunch of tutorials. The introduction says "this book is not a tutorial on learning every button and menu of Max....its a fast-paced, project oriented guide on doing cool stuff with an awesome package". First off, project oriented = tutorials, so you would assume cool stuff making the tutorials-- but some of them don't work! The beginning of each chapter shows you a nice picture of the "completed project", only they show you how to get there 1/2 way! Its like 'here's a picture, do it yourself'. The tutorials also fail to tell you why things happen. They give you steps, like a recipe. Clik that button, set this value, press enter, click here, type 2.1, draw this, click Enter, done, thank you, have a nice day. That's the quality of the tutorials. But then again, its "fast-paced" book, so its assumed you spend time to do whatever steps are missing and fool around with the numbers to understand what they do.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Missing cd rom,
By Harold Scogin (Wadley, Al United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: 3D Studio MAX Design Guide: Everything You Need to Master 3D Modeling and Animation with 3D Studio MAX (Paperback)
I purchased book on:14-Nov-2003, Listing ID:0922A885308. I received book on 12-3-03. The book was suppose to have the cd unopened. The cd was missing. Shipped by : damonsmyers@cox.net Harold Scogin 1783 cord 53 Wadley, Al 36276
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