How to Cheat in 3ds Max 2009: Get Spectacular Results Fast (How to Cheat in)

Need to solve problems quickly to develop creative projects within your time and budget? Want to hone your 3ds Max skills so you can concentrate on your modeling, lighting, texturing, and animation? Then How to Cheat in 3ds Max is for you! Michele Bousquet shows how to work from the problem to the solution - from the viewpoint of a CG artist who has been commissioned to create a job and is working to a deadline.

With her in-depth knowledge of the little-known secrets used by the pros to produce creative, professional artwork and animation, Michele is THE go-to guru for designers and animators who want to create great effects fast.

This accessible, practical book and CD package is such a goldmine of artistic inspiration, timesaving practical tips, tricks and step-by-step workthroughs that you'll wonder how you survived without it. Written for 3ds Max 2009 and backwards compatible with 3ds Max 2008.

-Author is well-respected Max authority - she shares her secrets on little-known tools that save a bundle of time

-Concise, step by step, focused, examples with everything on CD so that artists and designers can start toying right away.

-New title in proven How to Cheat series: solution-oriented, quick results.

-No need to learn the entire program to look like a pro - info is quick, task-oriented, with real-life creative solutions.



User review
Worst book ever
This is the worst book I ever read.
If you are one trying to learn 3ds max, you'll never get nothing from the book, if you want to know more about 3ds max you'll never get it from this ridiculous and superficial book.
The topics of the book are very good and should deserve much more explanations than just few very nontechnical words as the writer does.
Example: `if you need to add brightness to your scene add a light in the correct place.` What?
Nice thing of the book are the letters, very big and spaced, probably to fit the empty spaces.

User review
Informative and Useful
I am an industry professional and I have used 3ds Max software for almost ten years now. I have read and reviewed several 3ds Max books. This isn't the greatest 3ds Max book I've ever used, nor is it the greatest 'Cheat' book I've ever used, but it is a useful book. Because I have experience with this software I find the hints and cheats easy to use; an inexperienced user would find this book difficult and maybe even unusable. The author writes as if he and the reader are having a one-on-one discussion, and assumes the reader is fully aware of what he is talking about. It is not a, `click here, then click here` type of book, which is the usual format for a volume of tutorials. Instead this book reads like a guide book.

I would recommend this to anyone wanting to learn a few new tricks or improve their lighting, texturing or modeling skills with quick and easy mini-projects. I would not recommend this book to anyone looking for straight forward tutorials, or anyone who is not very familiar with the 3ds Max environment.

User review
Don't buy this if you are NEW to 3ds max!!!!!!
Beautiful book to be sure, however, NOT the book for beginners,,. at all!!! This is NOT a tutorial book for those who are looking for that. It's better suited for those who already have a pretty extensive knowledge of 3ds max.

User review
Short and sweet
As other reviewers have mentioned, this book is directed to users who already have some comfort with 3ds max. There is not a lot of hand-holding here. The book is ideal for someone getting back up to speed after some time away from the program or who is trying to fill in some gaps in existing knowledge.

The biggest plus of this book: NO EXTRA FLUFF. Most computer/software manuals, in my experience, at tons of garbage, pointless chummy chatter from `authors` -- all to justify the obscene prices.

This book is nice and concise. Very refreshing.

User review
Just what I ordered
What can I say? The book was shipped promptly and arrived before the posted date. The book was in great condition, as was described. Hassle free business, which I like.