3d Studio Max R3 F/X and Design with Cdrom

From the Publisher: Discusses the latest enhancements to the software. Shows in a step-by-step format how to create advanced special effects, such as building a human face, modeling creatures, and more. Addresses MAX's compatibility with other products, such as NewTek LightWave 3D, Adobe Photoshop, and others. Provides tools to create such effects as animation, illusion, camouflage, illumination, simulation, and unusual effects such as optical processing to inverse kinematics.. Includes several effects-filled AVI-format animation files that describe ways to break each complex scene into its component shots. Written by Jon A. Bell, one of Hollywood's leading graphics and animation experts, whose credits include: Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Honey, I Blew Up the Kids, and Sega of America's "Jurassic Park", and "Wild Woody" games. The previous edition is a bestseller; in addition, the author brings insider's knowledge of the latest features. Contributors include well-known, Hollywood studio animators, such as James Green, Michael Span, and Scot Tumlin. Includes exclusive plug-in created by 3D Studio MAX co-creator Tom Hudson. Features a 48-page Color Studio that illustrates project results and designer capabilities. Provides custom MAX plug-in files, written by 3D Studio MAX co-creator Tim Hudson. Includes all of the MAX scene files, Material Editor settings, Material Libraries, texture maps, image file lists (IFLs), Photoshop ATN batch settings, and other files contained in the book's tutorial examples. Features various third party plug-ins. Contains additional original texture maps.