Welcome to the Discreet[registered] Official Training Courseware for 3ds max 7[registered] software! Consider this book an all-access pass to the production and teaching experience of Discreets training experts. The lessons in the manual cover not only the new features found in 3ds max 7, but also their integration into the overall production workflow of using 3ds max. The training is designed for 3ds max users who want to enhance their skills, get familiar with new features, and quickly master how to utilize them. How you work through the tutorials is up to you. This unique two-in-one package contains: training DVD-ROM with animated modules in AVI format; an instructor demonstrates each step; and a book that clearly documents each tutorial. Contents include: Modeling, Materials, Inverse Kinematics/Scripting, Animation, Lighting, Rendering, and Compositing. Learn from the production and training expertise of Discreet Courseware Developers, Training Specialists, and Certified Trainers who contributed to this manual. It includes a training DVD!

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Welcome to the Discreet® Official Training Courseware for 3ds max 7® software! Consider this book an all-access pass to the production and teaching experience of Discreets training experts.

The lessons in the manual cover not only the new features found in 3ds max 7, but also their integration into the overall production workflow of using 3ds max. The training is designed for 3ds max users who want to enhance their skills, get familiar with new features, and quickly master how to utilize them.

How you work through the tutorials is up to you. This unique two-in-one package contains:
Training DVD-ROM with animated modules in AVI format. An instructor demonstrates each step.
A book that clearly documents each tutorial.

Contents:
Modeling, Materials, Inverse Kinematics/Scripting, Animation, Lighting, Rendering, and Compositing

Learn from the production and training expertise of Discreet Courseware Developers, Training Specialists, and Certified Trainers who contributed to this manual. For information about other Learning Tools products from Discreet, visit www.discreet.com/training.

* Includes a training DVD!
* Discreet-authorized training

Good Book...Bad Timing

I purchased this book 2 weeks ago which happened to be the same time that AutoDesk released it’s free 3ds max 7.5 update to current subscribers. This update includes hair and fur as well as a newer version of Mental Ray. This is where the problem with this books tutorial dvd comes in. Almost everyone of the files I opened from the cd gave me several .dll errors or mental ray version mismatch error rendering the dvd useless. So without any of the files that the lessons in the book refer to it’s very difficult to learn any of the material that this book was intended for. If you are using 3ds max 7 and not 7.5 then this would probaly be a good book for you. But free hair and fur and a new cloth engine is your trade off.