3D Studio Max 3 Magic

by Sean Bonney, Brandon Davis, Neil Blevins

Aadvanced, inspirational, time saving Recipes for high-end professionals effects from accomplished MAX experts. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0735708673
• ISBN13: 9780735708679
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: New Riders Pub
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 0.8" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

The 3dMax Goodie Bag!

One of the big gripes I hear from people using tutorial books for software is that they are linear. (They make you start with the apple, then they let you model the tree, and somewhere way down they road you get to model Johnny Appleseed.) This is not the case with 3dMax 3 Magic. Each chapter introduces a new technique on a new tutorial model. In one chapter you are shown how to make realistic looking water surfaces, in another you are being shown how to make the best looking car paint I've ever seen. Like the title of this review states, this is a goodie bag. It is for the Intermediate to Advanced user who wants a "How To" on some of the things Max 3 has to offer. The Authors of the book assume that you atleast know your way around the application. I'm happy to have this book on my shelf, right next to my computer!

Great effects

This is an excellent resource for anyone wanting to enhance their abilities with 3D Studio MAX 3. It goes beyond the MAX tutorials to show you how to create effects that obviously took some of these professionals a long time to perfect. The car paint material chapter alone is worth the price of the book. My only complaint is that it's too short.

Very useful book for advanced users to learn more

This books is based on tutorials, so it's easy to read and understand. In the end of each chapter there is a "variation" and "plugins" section which help you in using techniques featured in the chapter in other situations and ways and help you selecting plugins to use to make it even more realistic!(giving you a very detailed plugins list). Most of the tutorials are very useful both for advanced and basic users, but some tutorials look very unrealistic where the head title is "How to create a REALISTIC....". I've been using 3d studio and MAX for 7 years now, spending most of my freetime in MAX and still i found this book very useful and I would recommend it for all users except the very basic users. BUY IT

Coffee Table Book of Max Manuals

This book is excellent for anyone who already has a working knowledge of Max3. The 20 effects covered in the book are clearly explained with lots of pictures, all of which could easily be used to give your demo reel or project extra flair. The whole book is printed in color. My favorite lessons are the Moving Crowd, Glowing Trail, and Realistic Eyeball (best eyeball tutorial I've seen). Each lesson also contains techniques that could be applied elsewhere. Not a comprehensive manual, more like a bag of tricks. Very good!

AN EXCELLENT BOOK

This book is excellent if you have some experience with max, and if you want to learn some tricks, the book show you how to make 20 effects, for example how to make a NOVA explosion, how to make realistic water, if you have a lot experience with max, maybe you will know all the trick show here, but always you can find a surprise. I have more of 2 year experience with Max, and I have to admit, that this book, show me a lot of tricks, that made my presentation more espectacular I reccomend this book.but remember this is not a tutorial about max, this is a tutorial to how made some scene, then you need experience in max, at least the basics knowledgment.