3ds Max Modeling for Games: Insider's Guide to Game Character, Vehicle, and Environment Modeling (Paperback)

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The book will provide insider tips, traps, and techniques on how to create 3d assets for use in computer games and simulation systems. The book will consist of a series of tutorials, starting with simpler models and moving up to more complex builds. As the book comes to us directly from successful game artists within commercial game development circles (Gahan + contributors) aspiring game artists will also find keen insights on how to get ahead in the game industry, i.e. how to prepare your personal portfolio to provide an edge in this extremely competitive world of game development.

The strength of this book is that it teaches all of the important game modeling elements of 3ds Max: character modeling, environment modeling, mapping. The book covers how to model, texture and animate credible game characters and levels using 3ds max. As readers move from tutorial to tutorial, they will be building their own portfolio of high quality work.

The DVD contains countless examples of what's hot and what's not in 3D modeling and also enough support images and photos to keep the budding artist busy for months; Features:
-step-by-step project files for each chapter
-all the relevant texture files and source photos used to create the texture maps applied to the 3D projects.
-extras: panoramic skies, small scene objects and a many texture maps and models so that artists can create whole scenes very quickly without starting from scratch each time.
-royalty free stock photos that artists can use in their own texture maps, models and scenes.
-additional material on the book's bonus website at www.3d-for-games.com

--Author Andy Gahan is a seasoned professional and leading industry expert. Gahan is a key member of an award-winning game team recently scoring number 1 hits in Japan, Europe and America with the Playstation 3 smash hit MotorStorm.

--Game Modeling techniques offered with artist's potential portfolio in mind. Find out what Art Directors and Managers are looking for.

--Essentials of 3D game modeling covered - Characters, Vehicles, Assets and Scenes - including lighting and rendering.

--DVD contains countless examples of what's hot and what's not in 3D modeling and also enough support images and photos to keep the budding artist busy for months.

--Find additional tutorials and even contact the author on the book's website at www.3d-for-games.com

About the Author
Andrew Gahan is a leading industry expert in next generation consoles and digital gaming. His roles have included Senior Artist, Lead Artist, Art Manager, Art Director, Art Outsource Manager, and Producer. Andrew is an expert in all gaming tools for commercial game development, including: 3ds Max, Maya, Photoshop, XSI, Gen Head, Z Brush, Mud Box, and Poly-boost (as well as other 3ds max plug-ins). During this time Andrew has worked on 14 standalone published games as well as sequential spin-off products; as well as developing a number of military training systems for the Warrior - Armoured Fighting Vehicle, Harrier and Tornado aircraft. In the last decade Andrew has been involved in recruitment and development of artists, including theoretical and practical training. Andrew has been a freelance consultant helping companies to develop and improve tools and applications that are used by artists in the digital gaming industry. Andrew is currently a visiting speaker and advisor at Liverpool John Moore University for the MA digital games course; and is an external advisor at the University of Bolton, supporting the development of their forthcoming 3D related courses. Andrew has judged the Independent Games Festival for the past 2 years. He has been a visiting speaker at Liverpool John Moore University since 2005, and will also be a speaker at the University of Bolton for the forthcoming 3D Games Modeling course. Andrew Gahan has given numerous media interviews, of which a recent selection is given below: 15 December 2007. Interview with Gamasutra magazine Media consumption: MotorStorm's Andy Gahan. Television interview for 1-up.com with Pete Smith (Executive External Producer, SCEE (Sony)) in San Francisco, during GDC (Game Developer Conference) in the Sony Store for the launch of MotorStorm. Television interview for GamerTV with Pete Smith (Executive External Producer, SCEE (Sony)) in San Francisco, during GDC (Game Developer Conference)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   2 of 2 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars You need this, no matter what you want to do with 3ds max, 20 Jan 2009 By  Octavian "Oct" (Romania) - See all my reviews An incredible book! The author treats every subject with care and puts an emphasize only on the important stuff that one has to know in order to become a great artist. Of course, this is not the ultimate tutorial, further reading is recommended, but if you are serious about becoming a 3d artist (of any kind) , you have to have this book! You will learn lots of cool modeling and texturing techniques, there are also instructions on how to use photoshop to create your own opacity and normal maps. I found the latter as being the most interesting and useful since normal and opacity maps are essential in order to create realistic and convincing worlds without using too much geometry. Before reading this book however, I would recommend playing a little bit with photoshop, just to get used to the different tools and toolbars. The author will base his explanations on this kind of knowledge and it could become confusing if you don't know anything about photoshop. Wow! Don't worry, you don't have to know everything. Just a couple of simple things like, scaling images, layers, moving them , rotating them, and also play around with the magic wand tool and Clone stamp tool. Those will be used a lot. In conclusion... what can I say? Great book! And Andrew, we're all waiting for a second volume! PS: As was stated by other reviewers, the DVD is a great collection of photos (almost 2GB !!!) taken in an abandoned hospital! It also contains the necessairy tutorial files! Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)   2 of 2 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best 3D books out there. A must have!, 16 Oct 2008 By  Spawn (UK) - See all my reviews This book contains all the information you will need to get into the games industry and will no doubt help you in other art fields as well. The book covers all the bases which most other books fail to deliver on from things like modeling scene objects, modeling vehicles, characters and rendering/lighting techniques. The book even covers an informative chapter on how to prepare your portfolio for interviews. It has been written by professionals for every skill level and the author is planning a web site which will carry on the tutorials to aid your skills. Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)   2 of 2 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars An essential buy for artists looking to get into the games industry!, 15 Oct 2008 By  A. Manns (Liverpool, UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)    This is not your average run of the mill modelling book. It covers a whole host of criteria and methodology helpful for building a portfoloio and more importantly understanding the workflow and techniques used when creating game content for artists. Ideal for students, or for those looking to change disciplines in need of areas of focus. This book will do wonders for your skillsets and give you a better understanding behind the nuts and bolts of 3d art and design in the commerical area -highly reccomended. Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this) Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review › See all 22 customer reviews...		Ad feedback   Most Recent Customer Reviews 5.0 out of 5 stars Just brilliant As a beginner I've accomplished and learned more from going through the first two chapters in the last week than I have with any other tutorial book. Read more Published 3 months ago by S. Bell 5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book This book helps a lot if you are trying to step into game modeling. Everything is written nice and clear. Thank you. Published 4 months ago by Kamil Jonczyk 5.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent Resource to Have This is the sort of book I love, it is a clear guide and also the authors explain as they go, giving the benefit of their years in the business. Read more Published 4 months ago by Mr. W. Snowden 4.0 out of 5 stars Maxed out for games As someone who is looking to get into university to study computer graphics with a view to go into the games industry I bought this book with high hopes. Read more Published 5 months ago by Mr. M. Barker 5.0 out of 5 stars Highly Specialised 3D book! This wonderful book has been written to show you how to complete certain 3D exercises from beginning to end. Read more Published 5 months ago by Adam Stewart 5.0 out of 5 stars perfect! A fantastic book, being on a computer games art course this is an invaluable book, the book mentions: environmental modelling, texturing; explains normal maps, alpha maps,... Read more Published 6 months ago by P. Agar 5.0 out of 5 stars Great resource I have bought a number of modelling books over the years and I find 3ds Max modelling for games a superb resource with step by step instructions that guide the reader from basic... Read more Published 7 months ago by Mr. A. R. Vickerstaff 5.0 out of 5 stars Paul Hollywood I am the Creative Director at one of the best games development studios in the world. If you too want a career, or are just starting out, in the games industry as an... Read more Published 8 months ago by Mr. P. Hollywood 5.0 out of 5 stars A must for any one interested in making game media If you want to get into the game industry or just a hobbiest this is the book to have, Full of essential tips for beginners and experts alike. Read more Published 8 months ago by N. Igoe 5.0 out of 5 stars Best book for 3ds Max you will find I have started reading the book and doing the tutorials. So far it's explained everything really well especially with the reference pictures. Read more Published 8 months ago by Mrs. L. C. Cropper Search Customer Reviews Only search this product's reviews › See all 22 customer reviews...

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