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Summary: Good for amateurs
Review: If you are a person that loves those "Dummies" book (I am not one of those people) then you might enjoy this book. It goes through one tutorial at a very slow pace with lots of pictures in a very general fashion. It tells you to do certain things, generalizes why and what you are doing, and then doesn't go into any more specifics. This book is mainly for novices and "slower" learning people. If you want to become very proficient in 3ds max and are a quick learner then I would recommend a different book.DWP
Rating: 
Summary: oh yes
Review: It must be good otherwise the guy above wouldnt say so
Rating:
Summary: Great book, 10 stars...
Review: Let me start out saying I'm 16, and I just got a copy of 3ds max a few days ago. I picked up this book because it looked more "newbie" friendly... I didn't know anything about making 3d graphics before but now I'm already making animations and modeling stuff, usually making dragonball z characters and stuff. This book shows you all about customizing the interface, lighting and rendering, modeling, and the best thing is the cd... The cd is great and has the photos in the book in color... And it has all the models you need to follow with the book. If your new to 3ds max like me, you have found your new companion....
Rating:
Summary: Great book, 10 stars...
Review: Let me start out saying I'm 16, and I just got a copy of 3ds max a few days ago. I picked up this book because it looked more "newbie" friendly... I didn't know anything about making 3d graphics before but now I'm already making animations and modeling stuff, usually making dragonball z characters and stuff. This book shows you all about customizing the interface, lighting and rendering, modeling, and the best thing is the cd... The cd is great and has the photos in the book in color... And it has all the models you need to follow with the book. If your new to 3ds max like me, you have found your new companion....
Rating: 
Summary: Four stars, but before you buy...
Review: The author is very good, you can tell he knows 3ds max and loves to share what he knows. I really like the layout of the book and the concept of making the entire book a tutorial on how to build the cover image, I didn't give it five stars, because I wish it had more illustrations (this is not likely the authors fault, but more so the publisher) a book like this MUST have color illustrations and lots of them. Before you buy this (or any other intro book on 3ds max) please go to your help menu and select "Tutorials" you will be deligted by what you find. The nice folks at descret and packaged in an excellent set of tutorials that will actually bring you from biginner to intermediate level faster than this book and the tutorials cover character modeling and animation! So be careful or you may spend money and then be beating yourself up later when you find you already had all the information you needed.
Rating:
Summary: Excellent for beginners
Review: This book is exactly what it states on the cover, it is a tutorial of the fundamental elements of the very powerful 3ds Max 4 software. Just moving from the programmer's side of the computer to the artist's side, I needed something that would show me how to create 3-dimensional objects using the basic 2d polygons, an essential to becoming a skilled user of any 3d software. The author does a great job of walking the user through object creation from the basic rectangle or triangle to the finished product, complete with lights, cameras, animation, and texturing. This book was exactly what I needed to get a start on 3-dimensional computer art. If you are also somewhat of a beginner to 3d design, I would strongly recommend this book. If you are intermediate to advanced, I may caution you that it probably would be restating a lot of what you already know, so try looking elsewhere.
Rating: 
Summary: CRAP on Sale
Review: This book is no help. It only tells you how to do the image on the cover. I am 14 and I am better than any of the other young, ameteur animators and "artists"
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