3ds Max 6 Fundamentals [With CDROM]

by Ted Boardman

Offers an introduction to the fundamentals of modeling, applying materials and maps, applying realistic lighting, and effectively integrating animation. This book also focuses on interior scenes,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0735713855
• ISBN13: 9780735713857
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: New Riders Publishing
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

This book should be included with 3ds Max!!!

This is the best 3ds Max book I have read. After years of using Max I have run across several features that made Max seem unpredictable and unreliable for some tasks. Ted Boardman addresses all of the FUNDAMENTAL problems I had encountered and explains them clearly. I wish I had ran across this book earlier. I would have avoided a lot of problems and saved the money I spent on other books that don't address these FUNDAMENTALS. Thanks Ted, Great book!!!

Seller and book review

Book was new as described by seller, price couldn't be beat and delivery was excellent!!! Would purchase from this vendor again. Very satisfied!!

Good as it gets

This is the second 3d max book that I have read by Ted. Excellent resource on lighting, materials, Reactor, and modeling. What I like most is the very insightful tips and strategies used by Ted. He does not hold back sharing his ideas on how to get the best geometry while conserving file size and polygons. On lighting, he shows a real neat tip on reducing rendering time with ray traced shadows. A lot of good tips are dispersed throughout this book. Ted also doesn't disappoint with the tutorials. They are easy to follow and include sample files for all steps. The only thing is that I wish Ted would use better spacing when writing the turtorials. The steps seem to run together and make it difficult to glance the copy while operating in 3d max. This is a book I would recommend. But don't believe that any book on 3d Max fundamentals can cover everything. It can't. Nevertheless, you get your money's worth here.