The Cinema 4d Xl Handbook (Graphic Series)

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Summary: an exercise in frustration
Review: like a lot of these books, yes, you can learn a lot from it. but it leaves out huge holes that you'll have to gain another way. in particular the index is nearly worthless; major terms are left out altogether. it's more of a compilation than a single author's effort, and it really shows. disorganized, random, confusing...not what you want when trying to tackle a large complex app like this.

glad to see other publishers are finally offering something for this app.

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Summary: The Cinema 4D XL Handbook
Review: This handbook hardly lives up to its billing as a comprehensive guide to the tools and power of C4D XL 6.0 and 7.0. It clearly was written for version 6 of the software and quickly and, I might add, poorly revised to a accommodate version 7. The tutorials if better presented could have been helpful. The tutorials, instead, are vague, poorly illustrated, and confusing. In his attempt to provide something for both expert and beginning users of Cinema 4D XL, Watkins misses the mark.

Rating:
Summary: The Cinema 4D XL Handbook
Review: This handbook hardly lives up to its billing as a comprehensive guide to the tools and power of C4D XL 6.0 and 7.0. It clearly was written for version 6 of the software and quickly and, I might add, poorly revised to a accommodate version 7. The tutorials if better presented could have been helpful. The tutorials, instead, are vague, poorly illustrated, and confusing. In his attempt to provide something for both expert and beginning users of Cinema 4D XL, Watkins misses the mark.