3D Studio Max: Building Complex Models

Rating:
Summary: Very Disappointing
Review: The title of this book is extremely misleading. The majority of this book is not complex at all; building basic models would have been a more accurate name. Mortier fells less like a teacher of 3D, and more like a salesperson of plug-ins. Overall I felt insulted by this book which is too amateur for an intermediate user, and too confusing for a beginner.

Rating:
Summary: Waste of money
Review: This book is for beginners. The title is extremely misleading, as there is no complexity at all to what author teaches. I also question the authors experience using this program. If you want to stunt your learning, and expose your mind to a gallery of medicore art then you will enjoy this. If you want to learn something about 3D, there are plenty of good 3D max books available. This one should really be called 'please buy my bad book.'

Rating:
Summary: Tripe
Review: Unlike the author's intermediate to advance recommendations, this book really is for the beginner....frankly, even then I would hesitate to recommend it. The title is quite misleading, there is very little modelling, complex or otherwise. The gist of the book is a compendium of plugins with beginner tutorials. Most of this info is readily available on the web from the developers site. The color examples are extremely amateurish and in fact, quite ugly. I suggest Max users to steer far away this. Your money is spent better elsewhere.