Paperback: 368 pages
Publisher: Focal Press; 3 edition (October 24, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0240521269
ISBN-13: 978-0240521268

Review
"A detailed, step-by-step guide to creating your own universe. Once again, Pete Draper helps everyone use 3DS Max to the max!" --Mark Walsh, Supervising Animator, Pixar"'Deconstructing the Elements with 3ds Max' has become a standard, must-have tome for 3ds Max users of all levels. Pete Draper's many years of real-world production chops and ongoing industry writing are unmatched. The clear, step-by-step lessons of this book require no plugins and the final results are feature-film quality assets. I give it my highest mark for recommended learning and training resources pertaining to Autodesk 3ds Max."--Gary M. Davis, Autodesk 3ds Max Master 2007, 3D Animation & Compositing Specialist, Autodesk Media and Entertainment

"I am instantly blown away by the level of quality and professional content Pete Draper's new book contains. This book is very thorough in demonstrating professional and production quality tutorials and exercising production quality work, while being very informative and easy to follow. Definitely the secret weapon to keep in your work desk drawer to refer back to on a day-to-day basis! I thoroughly recommend this book both to beginners and advanced users alike, I am confident everyone will get a lot from this book!"--Allan McKay, VFX Supervisor

"This book is the definitive text on 3ds Max effects using Particles and Dynamics....Pete sets the standard."--Mark Gerhard, Imaginit Technologies, USA