The Official Luxology modo Guide provides product designers, graphics artists, architects, and game developers with an A-Z tutorial for tapping into the phenomenal creativity of the modo 3D software. It offers a guide to the many tools of modo 201/202?explaining how they function and what they are capable of. However, this book serves as more than a simple extension of your modo manual. You won?t just read about the technical features of modo?you?ll dive right in and create your own projects as you progress through the book. Now you can harness the power of this amazing 3D software product!

very easy intro to Modo

There are almost no books out there that explain how to use the interface of a 3D app that dont leave you scratching your head even after youve gone through all the button pushing instructions. This book is a major exception to that, without any effort at all you will get a well grounded understanding of the Modo interface. The reason I only gave it 4 stars is that I felt the modeling in the book was low quality, for example just a bunch of extruding and beveling to make a lego block, and the stop light was just softselect extruding. I quickly canceled my order for Dan Albans modeling videos when I saw the modeling in this book.

Modo

Very good introduction to Modo 201/202/203. A must have. Comes with DVD with professional training.

Holy Crap!

modo was hard to learn. I got this book and damn! Dan Ablan makes it look really really easy. Once I got into it, I couldn’t stop. Within a few hours, I was modeling on my own, texturing and rendering. I finally understand how the action centers work and how to navigate the interface. I especially like the bonus videos on the DVD that comes with the book. I hope he writes another one but for now I got myself the 3D [...]. There’s so much I’ve learned that I might write the next one!

You can do better

In short: even as a beginner, you’ll barely get as much out of this as you’d get from watching the free tutorials that come with Modo. Page layout isn’t very good for connecting concepts with with illustrations. Description of processes is too lengthy and not to the point. I don’t want to hear useless banter, I want to know what the tools do and how to use them. Fast. The book doesn’t cover even 1% of the tools/functionality of Modo. This book didn’t prepare me for making things on my own, just for making the objects described in the book.

The build quality of the book is the worst I’ve ever experienced. Pages literally fall out of the book as you turn the pages.

Very Well Done

This book is a great help in learning Modo. It is well illustrated and the instruction is very clear. It does not repeat the help system and reference guide as some books do. The DVD that comes with it is also great.

Great Book!

I’m somewhat new to 3D modeling, texturing, lighting, and rendering...the basic tenants of modo. Dan Ablan’s book takes you painlessly from start to finish with several different projects to get you introduced to the differences in 3D with modo. I have not had any problems with the book quality, and in fact the book is extremely well done, better than others in the genre. If I had any complaints, they would be about wanting a second, more detailed book on more advanced techniques. Once you learn the foundations of how to use modo effectively with this book, you’ll be craving to get the photo-realistic renders that only modo can provide! I can’t recommend a better way to start off with modo and the world of 3D!

Perfect beginner/intermediate book for modo 201/202!

I am new to 3D modelling, though have many years of experience with other computer graphics applications such as Photoshop, etc.

While I have only had modo 202 for about 2 weeks when I received this book on Monday, and had followed some of the Luxology tutorials, I was not able to grasp everything that was going on, as some of the tuts were for the prior major release of modo and the interface has changed a bit. However , after reading through the first third of the book and following along through all the tutorials, things are really making sense now... I am already starting to draw my own stuff and know what I am doing (more or less :-).

The best part about this book is that it does not assume the reader knows anything about 3D modelling, and gets you going very quickly, but also appears to be very well written for someone experienced with another 3D modelling app without being too repetitious, though this is just my newbie opinion.

Worth every dollar!

-ELP

A must have for modo artists

I teach a year long 3D course using modo and Lightwave and the first thing I tell my students is to buy Dan’s book to aid in their steep learning curve. Dan’s work is always clear and productive. He translates production concepts into real projects and provides the reader with a clear objective from following the book. What makes this even more special is that its in color and the quality of the book is outstanding, probably one of the best that we have in our library. This book is a must have for any modo artists with an emphasis on beginners and intermediate users. Thanks Dan and we look forward to 301!

SIGH.................

I AM ABSOLUTELY DISAPOINTED !!!
BUT before I start bombarding I would like to say that WHOEVER made the entire book failed! No, not you Dan, is just that I waited for almost 3 months for this book and when it arrived, I was very excited to jump into it, but the problem raised when the pages started to fall OFF FROM MY NEW BOOK, one by one. No, I never throw my books to my desk or to anyone. I treat my books very well and with respect. Specially books that are written by Dan.
They are simple great. HOWEVER, I had to use sticky tape to tape my pages in between and that is a really bad thing. Every time I flip a page it was always like touching a new born baby, soft and slow (no, I didn’t get to the extreme of using gloves). Anyway!
Although I learnt hips with the book, thanks again Dan for the brilliant book, but I also got frustrated in the same time as there are a lot of unnecessary talking. Also, there is a lot of repeating stuffs over and over the pages...... well, you can say that this does that and that does this once, twice... but keep repeating all the time I felt weird this approach.
Watching it through a DVD is cool, but having to read the same thing over and over and over the repeating stuff is quite tiring and it puts me off. I am aware that the book was entirely written for beginners, but come on... and I’m a beginner in modo by the way.
I am looking forward to see future books of modo to come out, but make sure that the pages are REALLY GLUED and won’t fall off please. I would rather wait for another month but I won’t have to stick them together and now my book looks.....sigh....... And don’t repeat the same thing over and over and over... too much unnecessary jargon. I am not referring to Dan’s sense of humor, in which, I find it great and funny as usual. The other stuff.

Signed, - Duque -

Before you even open modo for the first time, I would highly recommend picking up this book!

The Official Luxology modo Guide is an awesome tool for anyone looking to get to know modo quickly and easily. Dan Ablan’s no-nonsense style of writing cuts right to the point of learning modo with tutorials that get even a new user familiar with the toolset and features of this powerful program. What I enjoyed especially is Ablan’s tone is always conversational, and not filled with technical jargon that can sometimes be overwhelming in other books. Also, thankfully, the book is printed in high quality COLOR! Books published in black and white on the topic of a visual media have always been ones that I personally pass up on the shelves.

Before you even open modo for the first time, I would highly recommend picking up this book!

Professional training at its best

Dan Ablan, the author and instructor of the Modo Signature Courseware from 3Dgarage, has followed up quite nicely with his new book, "Luxology modo Guide". Whether you’re a newcomer to Modo or a trained professional, you will be hard pressed to find training as clear, concise, and enjoyable as the tutorials found in the Luxology modo Guide.

Without putting you to sleep with paragraphs buried in theory, Dan Ablan instead helps you learn the ropes of Modo by directly interacting with the program through project-based tutorials. As a result, you will more likely walk away after completing the book with a better understanding and working knowledge of Modo then had you put yourself through the drudgery of theory laden prose. While theory is useful, it is better left inside the program’s manual then revived tirelessly throughout a book.

In addition to the tutorials in the book, a DVD that holds 5-1/2 hours of video tutorials can be found in the back of the book. Some of the videos are continuations of tutorials found in the book, and some are tips and techniques that will help you get a better handle on using Modo long after you’ve put the book down.

If you really want to get up and running in Modo, not to mention actually having fun creating within this 3D package, then I couldn’t stress enough how important it is that you pick up a copy of this book. I can pretty much guarantee it that you will be glad you did.