* Helps beginning and intermediate users gain the upper hand on the world's bestselling professional 3D graphics software, which is used by an estimated 170,000 animators in film, television, games, and other industries * Covers the essentials, such as the 3ds max interface, navigation, and * display tools, then moves on to modeling, modifiers, mapping surfaces, rendering, using lighting, and creating 3D animations * o Clear explanations, example projects, and lots of illustrations help readers get up to speed fast * o Explores the substantial updates and enhancements to 3ds max * o Author has written more than twenty computer graphics and animation books

3Ds Maxtm 5 for Dummies

Arts & Photography

Mortier, Shamms

Graphic Design

For Dummies

This book gets readers up-to-speed with the latest version of Macromedia Flash in just a weekend. It consists of 30 learning sessions over a period of three days. Each session is designed to take 30 minutes to complete, so the Crash Course is an intense 15-hour learning period beginning on Friday evening and ending on Sunday afternoon. Naturally, readers can adapt their learning to whatever schedule best suits their needs, but the message that a reader with no prior programming experience can learn the language or development environment in one weekend will be carried throughout the book.

Flash 5 Weekend Crash Course

Computers & Technology

Mortier, R. Shamms

Web Development & Design

John Wiley&Sons, Inc.

The mythological tale of the phoenix can be used as a metaphor and a mirror to help us deal with our personal encounters with loss. Especially that sense of loss that we are immersed in when we come face to face with major life changes. The book contains a number of suggested practices and methods for confronting inevitable personal life transformations. Care was taken to make this book accessible to those readers not previously exposed to the study of mythology and psychology, although there is also ample material in the book that will be interesting and informative for the psychologist and the student as well. The text includes a new appraisal of the differences between job, career, and work, and suggestions for exploring and dealing with the chaos and surprises that we all face as our life unfolds.

You Are A Phoenix!

Religion & Spirituality

Worship & Devotion

Publishamerica Inc

As all graphic artists and designers know, every project requires a different set of tools, skills, and applications. In this book designers have access to a unique collection of forty graphics tutorials that provide hands-on insights and tips addressing various issues and programs. The tutorials were compiled from the popular Graphics Resource Club (www.graphicsresourceclub.com) and cover a variety of 3D applications as well as 2D support-software including Photoshop and Illustrator. The tutorials are written by a variety of experienced designers who share their ideas and solutions using specific programs. The techniques used in the tutorials can be easily applied to other professional 3D software with similar tools, making this collection an excellent resource for graphic designers of all levels.

3D Graphics Tutorial Collection (Graphics Series)

Charles River Media

Creating a comic is more than just coming up with a powerful villain or gruesome alien: it requires a lot of thought and planning about the story line, weapons and props, modes of transportation, and setting (city, outer space, underwater, etc). Pulling all of this together may sound challenging, but with 3D Comic Design everything from how to create the story, characters, and text balloons, to page layout /design, adding special effects, and integrating 3D environments is clearly explained.

3D Comic Design

Humor & Entertainment

This book focuses on one of the most popular multi-platform 3D applications available - Lightwave. The book emphasizes Lightwave 6 features with a special focus on the modeling alternatives. It provides guidelines for selecting the right tools for specific tasks, details the Lightwave primitives and other internal options, and covers specific Lightwave modeling plug-ins. HyperVoxel modeling is detailed along with modeling necessities like light placement and configuration, and time is spent on Materials use and assignment. Additionally, material on handshaking with other programs (Amorphium, Organica, and more) is included. Through the tutorial-based approach, novice users will learn new skills and increase their mastery of this powerful program. Intermediate users will gain access to professional modeling ideas and insights, and the professional user will find a variety of useful new ideas.

Modeling in Lightwave (Graphics Series)

Bryce is a best-selling program used to create stunning scenes and environments. With every new release, its power is enhanced and expanded. For those who have been using Bryce, this book will push their skills to the next level and help them tap into the hidden tools and functionality they may have overlooked. New users will find the in-depth tutorials and creations indispensable in their pursuit of new skills and increased performance. The emphasis throughout the book is on the creation of eight different projects, from beginning to stunning completion. The projects range from "The Great Blue-Ice Throne Room" to the "Adobe of the Lizard Masters". Every step of the creation process is covered in these detailed, hands-on projects to illustrate the variety of uses for Bryce in conjunction with other popular tools. The final part of the book includes an extensive color section illustrating each of the projects in the form of a Comic. This unique approach will provide all types of Bryce users from 3D designers, artists, movie-makers, game designers, to fantasy and comic book designers with innovative ideas to use in their own creations. It is destined to become a classic!

Advanced Bryce Creations: Photorealistic 3D Worlds (Graphics Series)

Amorphium Pro (version 2) from Electric Image, represents cutting edge technology in 3D modeling and painting tools. Lauded as a ground breaking 3D tool, it has won many awards because of its incredible ability to handshake with all major 2D and 3D formats. This powerful package is widely used and to date, there are no third party books available on it. As the first book for Amorphium, The Amorphium Pro Handbook provides insights into all of the tremendous functionality this package offers. Using a wide variety of tutorials, users learn the basic project related interface navigation as well as the more complex and advanced features. An advanced section includes a variety of unique projects created by the author and other experienced Amorphium Pro users. These in-depth projects delve into the heart of Amorphium Pro to teach users how to enhance their models and animations.

The Amorphium Pro Handbook

Populate barren landscapes with far out vegetation; add clouds, sky, fog, or haze to your world; and learn how to animate environments these are just some of the creative possibilities you can explore with Bryce 5. Bryce 5 has evolved into a powerful 3D tool that combines power and ease of use and provides beginning to advanced users with a plethora of creative options. Using the guidance and tutorials found in the Bryce 5 Handbook, you can master the interface and new tools of Bryce, and take your 3D skills to the next level of mastery. Youill find helpful insights projects, and practice with a variety of topics and tools, including Primitives, Trees, Metaballs, Booleans, Terrain Models and Objects, the Materials Lab, The Deep Texture Editor, Atmospherics, Lights, Animation, and more. With the hands-on tutorials provided in The Bryce 5 Handbook, youill increase your 3D skills and learn how to reproduce the awesome power and reality of nature.

The Bryce 5 Handbook (Graphics Series)

This collection of essays uses the metaphor and symbolism of trees to speak about realms of the spirit, through the allegory of everyday experiences. At times, world mythologies are referenced to underline the direction and purpose of an essay, and to allow the reader to imagine and intuit their own comparative connections.

In the Company of Trees: Orbiting the Heart of the Sacred

Windswept House

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