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Learning Autodesk 3ds Max 2010 Design Essentials is a superb end-to-end reference that provides users with complete info on all of the features and options available in the latest version of 3ds Max Design, so that users can learn how to use 3ds Max Design confidently in a production environment. Each chapter offers a series of lessons - which introduce the functional areas of Max Design and go over all associated features (with examples), and then a lab (which demonstrates a practical application of the lesson). Together, all of the lessons deliver and sound and complete approach to revealing the functions, features, and principles of 3ds Max 2010 Design. New Bonus section on MaxScript covering techniques for automating repetitive tasks and customizing 3ds Max Design to make you more productive. The DVD includes project Scene & support files, 3 bonus chapters and 4 bonus labs (an additional 370 pages of 3ds Max Design techniques) with free models & texture maps from Turbo Squid (a $188 value), and a link to a trial version of Sketchbook Pro.
* The official Autodesk 3ds max Reference book with authoritative content approved by Autodesk. * Reference format emphasizes core Max Design features * Learn about lighting a 3D scene in 3ds Max Desin and explore the application of various lighting techniques. * Discover techniques for a professional design workflow, including how to organize your scenes and objects and 3D workspace. * The DVD includes project Scene & support files, 3 bonus chapters and 4 bonus labs (an additional 370 pages of 3ds Max Design techniques) with free models & texture maps from Turbo Squid (a $188 value), and a link to a trial version of Sketchbook Pro
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Learning Autodesk 3ds Max 2010 Design Essentials is a superb end-to-end reference that provides users with complete info on all of the features and options available in the latest version of 3ds Max Design, so that users can learn how to use 3ds Max Design confidently in a production environment. Each chapter offers a series of lessons - which introduce the functional areas of Max Design and go over all associated features (with examples), and then a lab (which demonstrates a practical application of the lesson). Together, all of the lessons deliver and sound and complete approach to revealing the functions, features, and principles of 3ds Max 2010 Design. New Bonus section on MaxScript covering techniques for automating repetitive tasks and customizing 3ds Max Design to make you more productive. The DVD includes project Scene & support files, 3 bonus chapters and 4 bonus labs (an additional 370 pages of 3ds Max Design techniques) with free models & texture maps from Turbo Squid (a $188 value), and a link to a trial version of Sketchbook Pro.
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1.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: Learning Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2010: Essentials: The Official Autodesk 3ds Max Training Guide (Paperback)
Having no prior experience with 3ds Max I bought this book hoping to learn the basics. Don't let the cover deceive you, this book doesn't offer any training. It contains a long list of features with little to no explanation on how to use them. Most of these features only have a sentence or two on what they are, and don't give you any clues on how to use them in practice.Avoid this book.
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Learning Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2010: Essentials: The Official Autodesk 3ds Max Training Guide,
By Anthony Liliefeldt "Albertus" (Toronto, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Learning Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2010: Essentials: The Official Autodesk 3ds Max Training Guide (Paperback)
Learning Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2010: Essentials: The Official Autodesk 3ds Max Training GuideAlthough I must say that it is a very good book especially for newcomers to the program I do have a little criticism of the book design. There is far too much wasted white space and the strip images on the page edges are meaningless. The author is very good in explaining things but the publisher should follow through with better presentation of the work. Of-course the designer will quite vehemently defend his/her choice of layout, this is expected. It does however concern me that they could have used half the number of pages and did just as good a job of teaching the program. Environmental concerns, economics and plain old good design goes a long way in this day and age. I'd say 3 stars out of five. Sorry, but this is after all 2009 and we have to wake up to reality.
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not the best book,,, just the best i found so far,
By Zap Zhong "Zap" - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Learning Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2010: Essentials: The Official Autodesk 3ds Max Training Guide (Paperback)
the fact that the book is in black and white is a real problem.. it is hard to follow the tutorials that tell you to click on a particular point and you can't quite tell what point they are talking about. Tutorials themselves (if you can get past the B&W problem) are good -- at least until around lesson 16 and 17 where it seems like the author or editor got in a hurry and started missing steps.. at least thats what it seems to me since I couldnt get thru those particular tutorials. But, that said, this book has been a better introduction to me to Max than the Bible series which really threw me some loops. Overall, it just seems that Max doesnt have very many good learning books.
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Good Book but it does need color,
By Terah Mauricio "vMauricio" - Published on Amazon.com
this book is great for beginners like me and it touches on all the fundementals of a very complex program(and I thought Flash CS4 was complex to learn). My only real displeasure with this book is that it does not have color in the pages so when there is a part of the image that is highlighted, you cant see it or distinguish it against other elements surrounding it. This does make it very confusing at times, but never the less you catch on to the main focus of the lesson. I tried to look for other books on the basics of 3Ds Max but this was the better of them all.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Good but could be better,
By Jerald Overstreet - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Learning Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2010: Essentials: The Official Autodesk 3ds Max Training Guide (Paperback)
I'm currently half way through this book and have learned a lot. One of my complaints is that they do not inlude color pictures of the examples they give you. It is hard sometimes to see what it is they are talking about because you cannot tell what is highlighted in the black and white pictures. On some pictures it has the text saying "Insert Ex14_09.png" left over on the picture. On some examples I could not replicate exactly what they were doing, I'm not sure if the workflow was correct or if some minor detail was left out of the book by mistake. If your new to 3ds Max this is a good start. I plan on tackling Mastering 3ds Max next.
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