3D Studio MAX? R3 Bible

By Kelly L. Murdock

Master valuable 3D modeling and animation skills to create spectacular visual effects with 3D Studio MAX R3 Bible. Each chapter in this authoritative guide helps you harness the power of MAX's specialized tools, effects, and utilities: * Familiarize yourself with the new features in R3, understand the interface, and discover how to configure and customize MAX. * Learn how to reference, select, transform, and modify models, cameras, lights, and any other object that can be viewed in a viewport. * Model objects by working on primitives, spline shapes, meshes, patches, NURBS, and a variety of specialized compound objects, including Lofts and Morphs. * Control light and cameras, as well as several lighting special effects and camera utilities. * Use particle systems and space warps to enhance any MAX scene. * Create animated scenes with keyframing, Track View, and Controllers. * Extend the features of MAX with plug-ins. The jam-packed CD-ROM includes exclusive Bible plug-ins, including Brick Object, Gear Object, Rainbow Effect, and more. It also offers sample 3D models and complete tutorial files to help you take full advantage of MAX 3R.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 076454621X
• ISBN13: 9780764546211
• Release Date: February 2000
• Publisher: Wiley Publishing
• Length: 1151 Pages
• Weight: 3.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.3" x 7.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

5-Star

Super Condition & Super fast delivery!The book & CD was in super condition. Much better that the used books that I buy online. Keep-up the great job!Francis

Learning 3d studio max R3

Hello I am from Romania. I need to learn very well 3D Studio Max. Every comand, everything about it. You recomand me this book? What very complete book you recomand otherwize? Please send me an answer and the modality if ordering one book taking in consideration that I am from Romania - East Europe. Best regards, Celia

3d studio max r3 bible

I think this book is first rate. I have two other books on same and they are basically firewood. Although there is some merit to the other reviews with respect to the tutorials in "Bible", the key is having a rudimentary knowledge of max prior to reading this book, or having another reference on hand.Let's face it, this is a complex program and the fact that "bible" runs the gamut on topics is extraordinarily helpful.

Very good book - just don't touch the plug-ins!

This book appropriately gears itself toward beginners and intermediates and includes "reference" style information for advanced users. Lots of tutorials hit the spot.However there are two collections of plug-ins on the accompanying CD-ROM that look awesome except for one thing, virtually all of them pull up conflict messages during 3DSM start-up. Page 1023 confesses that the plug-ins were designed for Release 2 and had not been updated to work in Release 3. I tried several approaches to installing the plug-ins including isolating them to an "aftermarket" folder (yes, I updated Path Configuration). As they say in the Navy - no joy.I scoured the IDG Books web site in search of an errata or updated plug-ins without any luck.On the up-side the CD also includes boatloads of models for use with the tutorials.

3d Studio Max R3 Bible

This book is excellent at describing all of the functions and abilities of Max R3 and providing numerous tutorials on how to use them. It also provides scenerios/descriptions of how and where in your animation these various abilities might be used.I have at least a dozen Max books (releases 1-3) that each have their strong points, but overall I am most pleased with 3d Studio Max R3 Bible, because it has something for beginners, intermediate and advanced users. Many books will tell you in detail about the features or functions in Max, but may not give you any real scenerio of how you can use them in your work, But because of the numerous tutorials, this book sparks ideas of "hey, I can use that to do......" A definite bargain.