Features 32 pages of glossy, full-color images generated with MAX plug-ins. Gives tips and tricks for using some of the best and most popular plug-ins. Teaches graphics effects including mesh painting, metaballs, particle techniques, dynamic animation, and much more. Provides step-by-step techniques for creating plug-ins from Tom Hudson, one of the principal authors of 3D Studio MAX. Includes information on creating your own plug-ins in C++, available nowhere else.
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There are many plug-ins for 3D Studio Max that greatly extend the already considerable power of this Windows 95/NT-based 3-D modeling and animation tool from Kinetix. 3D Studio Max Plug-Ins Guide teaches you how to use several of these plug-ins for mesh painting, particle systems, metaballs, and dynamic animation, providing step-by-step instruction and plenty of screen shots for each exercise. A full-color insert shows you extraordinary effects you can create using a variety of plug-ins and techniques. You also get tips on managing and troubleshooting plug-ins, which can conflict with each other and cause your system to behave oddly or crash altogether. Software developer Tom Hudson, one of the creators of the first version of 3D Studio Max, explains in an appendix how to write two 3D Studio Max plug-ins and provides enough groundwork for developers to write their own. A comprehensive directory to existing and forthcoming plug-ins makes it easy for you to shop around for the plug-ins you need. Finally, the bundled CD-ROM has demo and full versions of 130 plug-ins, along with filters and utilities for object creation and modification.
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Stephanie Reese is an accomplished animator with experience in both 2D clip-art creation and forensic animation. She has also created, displayed, and sold one-of-a-kind character sculptures throughout the country and taught sculpture and anatomy.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
3D Studio Max Plug-Ins Guide,
By claudio (Spain) - See all my reviews
This review is from: 3D Studio MAX Plug-Ins Guide: Create Killer Graphics Images and Animations with 3D Studio MAX Plug-Ins (Paperback)
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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copy cat,
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This review is from: 3D Studio MAX Plug-Ins Guide: Create Killer Graphics Images and Animations with 3D Studio MAX Plug-Ins (Paperback)
This book is nothing more than a rehash of the small tutorials most plugin author send with their product. You'd have more luck playing with the plugin and learning through it's interface than making sence of the gibberish put out by the Reeses. This book is totally unessary and a waste of good paper. Nothing here that you can't find better on the net.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Don't waste your money!,
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This review is from: 3D Studio MAX Plug-Ins Guide: Create Killer Graphics Images and Animations with 3D Studio MAX Plug-Ins (Paperback)
This book was made for a quick buck and nothing else. Not only is it out of date, the free plug-ins they give you only work with old versions of MAX. There are other MAX books that are much better. About as helpful as Cliff Notes on a bad day.
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