- Paperback: 408 pages
- Publisher: Focal Press; 2nd Revised edition edition (25 April 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 024052019X
- ISBN-13: 978-0240520193
- Product Dimensions: 24.4 x 18.8 x 2.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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'I congratulate Pete on this amazing accomplishment. I am certain that those of you who read this will find it incredibly useful, both as an educational tool and as a volume of reference. I encourage you all to read and absorb the information found within, and use it to help strengthen both your own skills, and to help strengthen and maintain our ever spreading 3D community.' -Jason 'Buzz' Busby (www.3dbuzz.com)
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Get the most realistic effects from 3ds Max without having to spend more on plug-ins! Boost your effects skill-set with this 3ds Max workshop. Tutorial lessons give you hands-on experience in creating realistic fire, earth, air and water effects. Updated to demonstrate production techniques suitable for any version of 3ds Max, this new edition is co-published by Autodesk Media and Entertainment, and includes new tutorials on entering the Earth's atmosphere, glaciers, lava eruptions and a Badlands landscape. Inspirational color images cover every page of the book as the author shares his professional techniques and workflow processes. The companion DVD contains all of the required tutorial media as well as over 6 hours of video tutorials. It features user level: intermediate and advanced realistic effects without plug-ins! Tutorial lessons demonstrate professional techniques and workflow processes. Companion DVD contains all of the required tutorial media plus additional video tutorials.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
If you use 3DSMAX there is no reason why you shouldn't own this book! It will astronomically increase your understanding of procedural texturing using many multiple nested maps, Particle flow, legacy particles and other fancy trickery i never knew existed until buying this book.
I have worked through the first 4-5 tutorial and can honeslty say that my own knowledge has grown exponentially (I am a 3D art hobbyist 2yrs exp) and now i find myself attempting things and problem solving in a whole new way after working through only 1/10th of the books content.
Awesome colour images every step of the way and tons of reference images / movie files are also supplied on the DVD as well as the best video tutorial i've ever seen! (a teapot entering a planets atmosphere and violently burning as it heats up!)
Congrats to Pete draper on creating, in my opinion, the best 3D learning resource out there.
I have worked through the first 4-5 tutorial and can honeslty say that my own knowledge has grown exponentially (I am a 3D art hobbyist 2yrs exp) and now i find myself attempting things and problem solving in a whole new way after working through only 1/10th of the books content.
Awesome colour images every step of the way and tons of reference images / movie files are also supplied on the DVD as well as the best video tutorial i've ever seen! (a teapot entering a planets atmosphere and violently burning as it heats up!)
Congrats to Pete draper on creating, in my opinion, the best 3D learning resource out there.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
If your looking for creating some quite convincing effects without plugins, this is the book for you.
Book is aimed mainly at the intermediate user, but after working through autodesks good tutorials in 3dsmax, this book is a snap.
Ever wanted to combine live video with CGI effects? do what the film makers do in most modern films?
Would recommend this book to anyone interested in film or game productions.
Structure of the book is well laid out, each section (Earth, water, fire and air) is sectioned nicely, and such is each section that you can jump to an effect that interests you (or require), and not worry about it asking for information contained in previous sections - can tend to repeat some things in each section, but personally prefer this method.
Much easier to follow than some of the books in previous years.
Would give it a 5 star rating, but the DVD was a bit of a pain, badly pressed disc gave some trouble, but made a copy, and works great now.
Files all contained in relevant sections and rendered clips of what you do from the tutorials provided.
Another nice thing about this book involves "Taking further", which gives ideas on how each effect can be taken further (adding glows, particles). Also has some additional material of tutorials not featured in the book, and some video tutorials if you get stuck.
Thumbs up for this book - look forward to seeing more books like this
Book is aimed mainly at the intermediate user, but after working through autodesks good tutorials in 3dsmax, this book is a snap.
Ever wanted to combine live video with CGI effects? do what the film makers do in most modern films?
Would recommend this book to anyone interested in film or game productions.
Structure of the book is well laid out, each section (Earth, water, fire and air) is sectioned nicely, and such is each section that you can jump to an effect that interests you (or require), and not worry about it asking for information contained in previous sections - can tend to repeat some things in each section, but personally prefer this method.
Much easier to follow than some of the books in previous years.
Would give it a 5 star rating, but the DVD was a bit of a pain, badly pressed disc gave some trouble, but made a copy, and works great now.
Files all contained in relevant sections and rendered clips of what you do from the tutorials provided.
Another nice thing about this book involves "Taking further", which gives ideas on how each effect can be taken further (adding glows, particles). Also has some additional material of tutorials not featured in the book, and some video tutorials if you get stuck.
Thumbs up for this book - look forward to seeing more books like this
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Can't Wait
11 April 2006
Format:Paperback
I am a student currently studying Digital Animation and Game Design. I first heard of Pete Draper's book from a fellow classmate who currently owns a first edition copy. Just thumbing through the tutorials my jaw dropped.
Deconstructing the Elements has fast become the keystone to many students personal 3ds Max libraries. (We have even been recommending it to our teachers) The tutorials are laid out fantastically and teach you as much about the concepts as well as `how to.'
Deconstructing the Elements is the best resource for anyone who wants to learn elemental effects and particle systems within 3ds Max. I can't wait for this book...
Deconstructing the Elements has fast become the keystone to many students personal 3ds Max libraries. (We have even been recommending it to our teachers) The tutorials are laid out fantastically and teach you as much about the concepts as well as `how to.'
Deconstructing the Elements is the best resource for anyone who wants to learn elemental effects and particle systems within 3ds Max. I can't wait for this book...
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Great buy for anyone getting into the world of 3ds Max
20 Dec 2006
Format:Paperback
I have only recently started working with 3ds max, yet i could follow along with every single tutorial in this great book, simply because the book takes you through every single detail of the scene creation process. One of the best 3ds Max books I have come across yet.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Powerful, Smart, Unparalleled
16 Oct 2006
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Deconstructing the Elements, 2nd edition is basically what you wish every reference book could be. The binding is strong even though it's a soft-cover and the pages are all color matte finish. Almost every step of every walk-through in this text contains an image of what you should be seeing in 3dsMax.
I was personally surprised to see that every technique is grounded in real-world observation. The cigarette smoke tutorial takes a full page to investigate how a real smoke trail acts before attempting to replicate it in 3d. Draper moves quickly but guides you along the way making for a very intuitive yet fast approach.
I believe Pete still has his web-site up and running at Xenomorphic.co.uk
If you're looking to create realistic effects and scenes in 3dsMax, you will not be sorry when you purchase this book.
I was personally surprised to see that every technique is grounded in real-world observation. The cigarette smoke tutorial takes a full page to investigate how a real smoke trail acts before attempting to replicate it in 3d. Draper moves quickly but guides you along the way making for a very intuitive yet fast approach.
I believe Pete still has his web-site up and running at Xenomorphic.co.uk
If you're looking to create realistic effects and scenes in 3dsMax, you will not be sorry when you purchase this book.
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