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Praise for How to cheatin 3dsMax 2010: "My first impression was 'WOW!' and my second impression was, 'This is what reference material should look like!' The balance between illustration and text is just right for visual people-aspiring 3D artists will love it." -Borislav "Bobo" Petrov, Technical Director, Frantic Films VFX "This excellent book will inspire anyone to dig a little deeper into this incredible piece of software." -Stefan Vittori, Managing Director Tangram 3DS "Moving past what a tool does, Michele details various combinations of features in the application and their importance to completing commonly requested, real-world tasks for visual effects, games, and design visualization alike." -Gary M. Davis, 3ds Max Master 2007, autodesk Media & Entertainment "Michele is at it again with updated workflow techniques in a format that makes the tips and tricks readily accessible as an essential desktop companion. If working smartly can be called 'cheating,' then this is cheating at its best. There is a lot here for beginners and advanced users alike. Good luck and have fun." -Ted Boardman, independent 3ds Max instructor and author "This newly updated version conveys the fun and fast side of 3ds Max. Bousquet has packed the pages with colorful and quick tutorials that help you master all of 3ds Max's main concepts." -Jim lammers, President, Trinity animation inc. "In addition to the excellent tips and tricks uncovered in this book, I found the illustrations easy to follow, informative, and fun. I highly recommend this book to 3ds Max users of all levels." -Jeff Patton, Freelance Digital artist
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Need to get results with 3ds max fast? Why take months to learn every button in 3ds max when you can create great visuals with just a few key tools? Learn to create quick yet stunning special effects, and animated characters with the fastest techniques possible. Need convincing grass, trees, water, shadows? You can use the memory-hogging methods that choke your display and take forever to render, or you can get it done bing-bang with this book. When you need an animated character you can spend days fiddling with polygons, or you can use this book to put it together in minutes and get the entire project done in a day. "How to Cheat in 3ds Max" includes a host of time-saving techniques as well as little-known tools that will make you look like an expert in no time flat. This book is for busy professionals who need to get it done right, but also need it done fast. This revision of the book will have higher-end cheats (for intermediate users) and all new updated content on: new modelling and material tools, mental ray, special effects, particle systems, and scripting. The web site offers scene files and bitmaps used to illustrate the cheats, also music files, organizational samples, and instructional Camtasia movies of Michele where Michele showing some of the trickier techniques. 3ds Max luminary, Bousquet, shares 3ds Max secrets and little-known tips and tricks that save users bundles of time. It offers concise, step-by-step, focused, examples with everything on the accompanying web site so animators and modelers can start toying right away: new camtasia movies with Michele demonstrating the trickiest cheats. It is from the proven "How to Cheat Series" - learn to create quick yet stunning special effects, animations, realistic textures, and game elements - the fastest techniques possible.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The book title implies that it will show you tips on how to accomplish things quickly in 3DS Max. However, it is more just a general overview of modelling concepts - material that I can find in greater depth on websites such as CGITuts+. Don't waste your money. I regret buying this.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Can't "cheat" your way to proficiency
17 Sep 2010
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Michele Bousquet claims early in this book that it is not intended as a comprehensive reference, that fact becomes painfully obvious as soon as you get past the introduction. This book is basically an outline of general techniques and a collection of basic tips for the various stages of a project in Max; starting with modeling and working through final renderings and animation. Each piece is laid out in a two page spread, usually with several color pictures and captions attempting to explain the point. Graphically the two page spread is interesting, but it's a bit awkward to read, sometimes difficult to discern what the picture is intended to convey,and woefully short on explanation. As best I can tell the "Cheat" aspect of this book is an appeal to save drowning beginners from wading through a Max reference tome and suffering along the steep learning curve. In other words, to cheat your way past the painful Max learning process. It's a noble attempt, but other than giving you a push in the right direction this book isn't going to save you much misery. Buy a thick reference as well and start grinding.
There are a few nice tips and insights for intermediate users, but I was really hoping for a lot more. The coverage of new features in Max 2011 - Slate Material Editor, CAT animation, Viewport Canvas, etc - is as cursory as all of the other topics. I wanted to like this book; it is pretty and has some useful advice, but unfortunately fails to live up to its potential. I respect Ms. Bousquet's intent of keeping things simple and light, but in my opinion each of the tips needs to be developed further and in more detail to be worth the cover price and make this a truly useful reference. If you are new to Max this book may be helpful in giving you an idea of how to approach things, and if you have some Max experience you will probably still find a few gems, but in either case you will have to look up the features and specifics elsewhere.
There are a few nice tips and insights for intermediate users, but I was really hoping for a lot more. The coverage of new features in Max 2011 - Slate Material Editor, CAT animation, Viewport Canvas, etc - is as cursory as all of the other topics. I wanted to like this book; it is pretty and has some useful advice, but unfortunately fails to live up to its potential. I respect Ms. Bousquet's intent of keeping things simple and light, but in my opinion each of the tips needs to be developed further and in more detail to be worth the cover price and make this a truly useful reference. If you are new to Max this book may be helpful in giving you an idea of how to approach things, and if you have some Max experience you will probably still find a few gems, but in either case you will have to look up the features and specifics elsewhere.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Seriously good shortcuts
27 Feb 2011
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Great Tips for experienced users.
This book can help a beginner but is more helpful if you already have a grasp of 3ds max. It's a great book to have, but should be in addition to a more comprehensive book such as the "3ds max 2011 bible", or what we are using in our class. "Master visually 3ds max 8" the last edition of a great series.
This book can help a beginner but is more helpful if you already have a grasp of 3ds max. It's a great book to have, but should be in addition to a more comprehensive book such as the "3ds max 2011 bible", or what we are using in our class. "Master visually 3ds max 8" the last edition of a great series.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Exactly what I needed!!!!
11 April 2011
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
This book is the quintessential guide to short-cuts within the modeling process of 3DS Max. I have been looking for something like this for years and overlooked this series every time I bought a book. I wish I'd have bought this sooner
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