3D Studio Max 2 Effects Magic [With Contains Sample Models & Textures for Effects...]

by Kim Lee, Jeffrey Abouaf, Jaesh Kapadia, et al.

A special effects resource for experienced users, this book gets to the point by providing the basic recipes for creating effects. Each effect is presented in simple, numbered steps that are... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1562058835
• ISBN13: 9781562058838
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: New Riders Publishing
• Length: 406 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.9" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

I love this book!

Coming to this book with only a basic knowledge of 3DS Max, I found it terrific. It is, as the author says, "A Receipe Book" Looking for a book that tells you exactly how to do things, step by step, and without all the dribble? This book is it. The effects are fantastic...most of them. The Earth Scene is one of my favorites. Its amazing how real it looks, and how quickly and easily you can make it. The water is fantastic. Even though the book gives you step by step instruction on creating a specific effect, I have found that it is easy to incorporate any element of them into any animation.

Simply Useful!

This is a great book. It's just easy to read (for intermediate users) with full color illustrations on all pages. The instructions are quite simple to the follow. Although it does not contain all the effects in the world, this is definitely a book for new comers who want to get into the effect world of 3D Studio Max. I save myself tons of guessing works and experiments using this book as a reference. With this book, readers should be able to experiment more effects on their own. It is just a great enjoyment to see the final rendered works after you are done with the effect settings.

Great!!!

I really liked this book. I tought me a great deal on creating special effects in 3dSmax.

Very useful book

I really find this book is a lot of fun. Not every effect is perfect, however, they don't need to be. I almost never use the effect the way they are defined in this book, but the great thing about this book is it gives you many starting ideas, from which you can tweak and change to come up with your own brilliant effects. If you have no imagination and just want to copy effects, then maybe this book isn't for you. If however you love to explore and experiment, seeking new and dazzling artistic effects, but would like a few clues how to get started, then this is a great place to begin. Let's face it, Max is huge and complex and there is a dizzying array of choices. I find it really useful to see how Carbonaro does it, then take his ideas and add my own. This book is for the artists, not the technicians.