Master Visually 3ds Max 8

Great book to learn 3ds max. not too wordy. great examples. You can get in deep real fast without having felt like you read a novel. This is version 8 which is older but is still totally relevant, its just that this is the last version put out by master visually. We are using this book in our class for 3ds max 2011 and everything still applies.Good Book.

This book is full of 1-3 page long tutorials. It has tons of them. That is also the books downfall in my opinion. It explains so many features, but it covers none of them in depth because of the space it gives each part. It just generally brushes on things which deserve much more detail. There really isn't as much practical excercises as I thought would be, it's mostly load the tutorial image off the CD, apply this option, or effect and see doesn't that look great, and now on to the next one. Wash rinse repeat. How you can cover advanced subjects in a handful of pages with quickie mini tutorials is beyond me. I'm glad I got this as a gift as I would have been dissapointed had I sepnt my own money on it.

I guess I was expecting more tutorials with this book. It is good for newbies. If you have a general understanding of the software you might be disapointed.

I've been teaching 3D Computer Graphics for over 7 years. Just this summer I began teaching 3DS Max. I went out and purchased almost every general book out there on Max. This book was great. Although it won't make a person an expert on Max, nor does it have long tutorials, it is an excellent reference book and a great resource for my students in my introduction to 3D Modeling & Animation course.I hope this book is successful, because I would love to use it teaching further versions of my course using future releases of Max.

This book is through and easy to use, organized throughout by individual tasks that you can do in max -- with numbered, illustrated steps for each solution. Never before have I seen 3ds Max operations made so simple -- and yet there is so much power to be tapped in just those few steps. I rate this as "Highly Recommended" for anyone working with 3ds max. It's the kind of book that you can keep by your side for instant answers. I've found this to be a real time-saver that makes me (and my work)look great.

Every feature that I wanted to learn about was easy to find and understand. Most tasks are broken down into 2 or 4 pages and every step was outlined clearly. I didn't have to work through and entire chapter just to find the procedure for the task that I was looking for. This book helped me out a lot.

I have several books of 3ds Max. This one is easy to follow, and allows you to easily learn the product, step by step.