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Summary: Pathetic...again.
Review: I bought this book in Australia, so it WAS expensive. I should have ordered it through amazon.com ...But, it's too late to worry about that.My review: 1. Too many silly pictures. 2. Too wordy. 3. Too little on "tips and tricks" To be fair, the silly pictures are there to show you the capability of Bryce. Just like those steak knife adverts showing a guy cutting tin boxes and shoes with the knives, these pictures (I agree with the reviewer who said the graphics were hideous. They really are!) serve their purpose well. You don't cut tin boxes with steak knives and you wouldn't use Bryce to create stupid pictures like these. I can't wait to read Kitchens' yet-to-arrive book. Overall comment? Save your money! RTFM!
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Summary: a bit of overpriced mediocrity
Review: I bought this book in Australia, so it WAS expensive. I should have ordered it through amazon.com ...But, it's too late to worry about that. My review: 1. Too many silly pictures. 2. Too wordy. 3. Too little on "tips and tricks" To be fair, the silly pictures are there to show you the capability of Bryce. Just like those steak knife adverts showing a guy cutting tin boxes and shoes with the knives, these pictures (I agree with the reviewer who said the graphics were hideous. They really are!) serve their purpose well. You don't cut tin boxes with steak knives and you wouldn't use Bryce to create stupid pictures like these. I can't wait to read Kitchens' yet-to-arrive book. Overall comment? Save your money! RTFM!
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Summary: How sad
Review: I found this book completely useless.
Learn nothing (I'm a beginner) the supplied manual is far
better for lerning anything(usually it's aftermarket books that
teach more).
Not worth the effort unfortunately.
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Summary: Good reference, not a beginner tutorial.
Review: I see many people have put this book down. I have had to wonder if they were expecting a beginning guide or tutorial. I got exactly what I was expecting out of this book. That was a better understading of Bryce 4 and tips and tricks that I was unaware of.
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Summary: Don't bother buying this
Review: I'm afraid the only part of the book that I found any use for was the part not written by Shamms Mortier. I'm talking about the section where various artists comment on how they created the pictures in the colour plates section. Unfortunately even this section is mostly made up of pics by the author, and I'm afraid I do not share his tastes in colour, among other things. I have often noticed how people will look everywhere for information on a software, except where they should start: the manual. The Bryce 4 manual is certainly not perfect and there are a lot of advanced features that are not covered, but it is a great introduction to Bryce and 3D in general. You won't find anything in this book that you cannot find in the Bryce manual, except for the occasional mistake.
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Summary: just say no
Review: Ignore this book. Buy the Susan Kitchens book (published 31 October 2000) instead. I haven't yet seen Susan's book, but I'm still using her Real World Bryce 2. Mortier's book is supporting a broken table leg.
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Summary: one primary example of way I don't like this book!
Review: There is not much to this book. I supposed someone who has never used Bryce could find some use, but you can pretty much figure out all of this books lessons and examples just by playing around with the program. This is not a book I would recommend buying.
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Summary: Excellent book, but not all is correct.
Review: While I have found the book to be quite excellent (very impressive even at first skimming), my disappointment came with the Appendix. Here it claims that there is an update to Bryce 4.0 to 4.1. MetaCreations does not have an update to 4.1. I confirmed this with them. Other than that, I think that the advanced beginner and the more experienced will be able to get something out of the book (or at least off the CD-ROM--objects, textures, materials, etc.) Enjoy Brycers!
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Summary: The Emperors new clothes
Review: With all due respect, this book offers nothing good. I bought it thinking I'd learn new tricks and special features of BRyce4, but to no avail. I would love my money back. Mortier I'm sorry to say is not much of a writer, or tutor. And looking at the art he created in Bryce, this is not a good learning source. Save your money and find Susan Kitchen's book on Bryce, and online tutorials, this book is truly uninspiring. Ussama Hanna
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