Secrets of the iPod and iTunes, 5th Edition (Paperback)

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With the addition of Character Studio 4 -- an advanced animation toolset previously available only as a $1,500 plug-in -- 3ds max 7 provides unparalleled character animation functionality. Here to ensure that you start taking advantage of it immediately is the first guide to focus on just that aspect of 3ds max 7. Simple step-by-step tutorials, glorious full-color examples, and an easy-to-understand approach to tricky concepts will have you creating and animating your own characters within hours! Author and award-winning animator Michele Bousquet answers all your questions about character modeling, rigging, and animating in 3ds max -- in the process illuminating the techniques used by game developers, broadcast and film companies, industrial designers, and more. As you complete the book's projects and exercises -- using the files contained on the companion CD -- you'll learn the fundamentals of character modeling, character rigging, creating rigs with custom controls, skinning, character animation, and more.

About the Author

Christopher Breen has been writing about the Macintosh since the latter days of the Reagan administration for such publications as MacUser, MacWEEK, and Macworld. He's the author of Peachpit's Mac 911 and Macworld's current tips and troubleshooting column.

Product Details

• Paperback: 488 pages
• Publisher: Peachpit Press; 5 edition (December 30, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0321304594
• ISBN-13: 978-0321304599
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #931,462 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not enough information of value, February 24, 2006

By	Adrienne H. Vincent "airfilterstore.com and h... (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I am disappointed with this book.

The first complaint is that it doesn't include the IPod Video, yet it sells itself as having the latest information.

The second complaint is that it includes way too much information on previous generations of IPods. I don't care about first and second generation controls and think this information just makes it harder to get through the book.

The third complaint is that there isn't very much information that you don't get from just using the IPod. In about ten minutes, you know what the menu options are and it isn't terribly hard to figure out how to select a playlist, for example. I was hoping for more in-depth information like cool things to do with the hard disk without having to go through ITunes.

The basic problem I have with this book is that it's trying to be the missing manual, conveniently leaving out the kind of access that Apple doesn't really want you have. If it didn't include so much information on previous generations of the IPod, it might have been a decent manual. Now its all the manuals shoved together.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars iPod manual does the job, July 11, 2005

By	J. Koss - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Since Apple doesn't include an iPod manual for us older generation linear types who actually like to read the instructions, this book will do fine. Like most computer books it's a bit padded out, but it gave me the information I wanted.

7 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Secrets of the iPod and iTunes (5th Edition), August 30, 2005

By	Carmen "cielo3mar3" (Albuquerque, NM) - See all my reviews

This is a great reference book for my iPod. I'm new to iPod and whenever I don't understand something I just go to this book and I usually get my answer.