A favorite of 3ds Max artists from beginners to pros!

Why is 3ds Max Bible a perennial bestselling favorite? Because whether you're a beginner looking for a tutorial to get you up to speed your first day or an expert needing a reference to Max's advanced features, it's all here. Loaded with advice, professional tips, and more than 150 step-by-step lessons, this is the most comprehensive reference-tutorial on 3ds Max on the market, and the one you'll turn to again and again.

• Organize and blend sequences with the new Animation Layers feature
• Explore Sun and Sky, Car Paint, and other new mental ray shaders
• Combine and divide objects with ProBoolean and ProCutter
• Create more accurate dynamic animations with updated reactor tools
• Add greater realism with enhanced and integrated hair and fur tools
• Reference objects, materials, and controllers with XRef

Animate a dancing cartoon moose

Isolate mapping surfaces with the Quick Planar map button

Add realistic motion to your model's hairstyle

What's on the DVD?

You'll find before-and-after example files for every tutorial in the book. The DVD also includes:

• Models and textures to customize for your own designs
• Rendered AVI files of animations used in the tutorials
• All the Max files for every tutorial
• Adobe tryout versions of After Effects(r), Photoshop(r) CS2, Illustrator(r) CS2, and Premiere Pro

• Learning the Max Interface
• Working with Objects
• Modeling
• Materials and Maps
• Cameras and Lighting
• Animation
• Dynamic Animation
• Characters
• Rendering
• Post Processing
• MAXScript and Plug-Ins