Creating 3D COMIX (With CD-ROM)

Rating:
Summary: More about creating the comix & less about the products!
Review: this was a nice book. however, i bought it not so much because i wanted to learn about the various softwares they are discussed to great lengths, i bought it because i wanted to learn how to lay out a comic style book using 3d software. there is little or no mention on how to place bubble captions or how to lay out panels for your page and how to have your artwork placed inside, outside or both of the panels. this book appears to me to be more of a sales pitch for the software instead of telling you how to use the software to create a 3d comic book. looking at the cover, i was led to believe that i would learn step by step, how to lay out a page, add text and bubble captions, place my 3d artwork just like the page on the cover. i did not find out how to do this. it should have been more on how to give your artwork the traditional paneled comic book style apperance. please don't get me wrong, this is a good book. it would however have been a better book if it was titled something else like "creating 3d characters using various software" then it would be a great book. i haven't even looked at the cd-rom because i was disappointed with the book itself. there is one chapter that i thought would have come close it is chapter 15, "word ballons and frames" it is 5 pages long!--and it doesn't even tell you how to place words in a bubble, how to place your artwork into a panel (frame), nothing! i do feel like i was mislead. i jumped on it as soon as i found out it was for sale, paid for overnight shipping and everything. i wished i had saved my money. i hope the writter does a better job for people who buy a book based on it's title in his next book. i bought this book called "creating 3d comix" and i still after spending $63.00 don't know anything more about doing it than i did before spending the money. in closing i would like to say not to be too hard i would have given the book 2.5 stars but, there is no .5 star rating.

Rating:
Summary: More about creating the comix & less about the products!
Review: this was a nice book. however, i bought it not so much because i wanted to learn about the various softwares they are discussed to great lengths, i bought it because i wanted to learn how to lay out a comic style book using 3d software. there is little or no mention on how to place bubble captions or how to lay out panels for your page and how to have your artwork placed inside, outside or both of the panels. this book appears to me to be more of a sales pitch for the software instead of telling you how to use the software to create a 3d comic book. looking at the cover, i was led to believe that i would learn step by step, how to lay out a page, add text and bubble captions, place my 3d artwork just like the page on the cover. i did not find out how to do this. it should have been more on how to give your artwork the traditional paneled comic book style apperance. please don't get me wrong, this is a good book. it would however have been a better book if it was titled something else like "creating 3d characters using various software" then it would be a great book. i haven't even looked at the cd-rom because i was disappointed with the book itself. there is one chapter that i thought would have come close it is chapter 15, "word ballons and frames" it is 5 pages long!--and it doesn't even tell you how to place words in a bubble, how to place your artwork into a panel (frame), nothing! i do feel like i was mislead. i jumped on it as soon as i found out it was for sale, paid for overnight shipping and everything. i wished i had saved my money. i hope the writter does a better job for people who buy a book based on it's title in his next book. i bought this book called "creating 3d comix" and i still after spending $63.00 don't know anything more about doing it than i did before spending the money. in closing i would like to say not to be too hard i would have given the book 2.5 stars but, there is no .5 star rating.

Rating:
Summary: Don't Waste Your Hard Earned Money
Review: Worst book I've ever paid for. If I could have rated this book zero stars I would have. I'll never pick up another book by this author ever again, let alone buy one.