3D Studio Max F/X: Creating Hollywood-Style Special Effects

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Summary: New ways of bulding effects
Review: Dear Sir. Congratulations for the magnify book 3DSMAX FX, I am already acquiring to 2th version for MAX 2-5. With the help of this book ( 1th versionm )I created a video where I could try all the special effects used in the modern movies, electronic scale models, virtual sceneries and human characters in virtual Landscapes. In beginning it was a game, later The project it grew and after three months of hard work, and a lot of nights without sleeping, The Hollywood FX is ready. The success among the friends is being very big and appeared a need of the showing this job for the other people, it is not an unpublished work, more it will be an incentive for those that dream in doing a film and doesn't have many resources. Well, as my objective it was to test the Special Effects and to gather them everybody in a small history, I took advantage of some examples of the book, as well as the adaptation of some scenes, because I didn't have enough money to finance the time of production as well as the creation of the models. This work doesn't have trade ends and yes Educational and Artistic aplications, therefore I would not like of The showing this work without your previous authorization, as well as also if it was possible you to help me disclose it , or to indicate me the way. Of course all the credits will be given . As I do to send a copy of the film for its evaluation, please specify the where, media type etc. Knowing that can count you, I'll be waiting a answer Thanks very much Allan Bispo León Denis Produções

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Summary: Very good documentation, well organized, Makes it seem easy
Review: I give this book a 9, because, there is always room for improvement, but, I must say that this is the best book on Max that I've read, thus far. Now, I'm just saying that it fits My needs better than the rest. I have just about every book on Max and The "Inside..." series is really well put together, as well, But, for special effects and semi-real world building, I have to say this one is outstanding, intuitive and fun to use. When, I first bought this book I was new to Max and had been using 3DS4 for about a year. It didn't take me long before I was comfortable with the well thought out tutorials in this book. Very well written.

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Summary: This is a Great Book!
Review: I have been interested in 3D graphics, and especially 3D Studio Max, for a few months now. Jon Bell assumes that you already know your way around Max, so this book would be difficult for people who are new to the program to understand.

I myself was amazed at what was possible with Max after reading this book. The CD Rom that is included with the book comes with the cinemas created in the tutorials, along with many texture maps, and other goodies.

If you are willing to read through this heafty book, you will gain valuble Max Skills that can be applied to many other scenes besides just space and underwater scenes. You'll have fun with this book!!

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Summary: Good book for novice to expert
Review: Jon Bell is proberbly an exelent 3D modeller/animator, but this book is far from the quality of Inside 3D Studio Max. The tutorials are a bit oldfasioned, and the book is way to thick compared to the information in it.

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Summary: One of the few worthwhile 3DSMAX books out
Review: The tutorial are ver well organized. The models used in the examples are a little complex

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Summary: Perfect book to get a headstart but don't expect the basics
Review: This book has a lot of good tips for making 3D-studio Max do what it was meant to do. . . Movie quality animation. Don'texpect it to teach you the basics of 3DS-Max though. (That's what the manuals that come with 3DS-Max are for) I was a little disapointed that the author referred to other software packages (i.e. Adobe Photoshop) that he used to create some components of his effects which may cut some out of being able to come up with something new based on what the book covers. Overall it was worth the money I payed.

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Summary: Great motivator!!!
Review: This book is definately a book that will give you a spark of imagination. It will also tell you how to put on the screen. This book is a major asset to my Graphics collection and definately worth the money. Buy it and you won't be dissapointed!!

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Summary: New ways of bulding effects
Review: This book shows new ways of building 3D effects. It opened my eyes to a hole new way of using MAX that comes to use in all kinds of projects. If you allready know how to use the max, this book gives you a little extra, that other books does not. This is an extra book, that supliment the inside collection greatly.