Good, but not great
I have extensive knowledge in 2-D animation using Adobe After Effects, but I wanted to get a little more info on modeling and using 3-D animation. The book consists of several exercises that you can work along with. Most of the "tutorials" are strictly, "do this, then do that", without much explanation as to "why" you're doing this. I would have liked more explanation of what certain modifiers, tags, options, etc did so that I could better identify situations in the future when it might be useful. Instead, you really end up just going for the ride. For someone with animation experience you can gain some good insight into 3-D animation and this book is a decent starting off point. I would hardly consider it a one-stop source, but it was good enough to get me started.
excellent support for Cinema 4D
This is probably the best source for self help with Cinema 4D. It is easy to follow, with minimal holes and very little left to the user to figure out on his own. Recommend.
I need to Know Now
This book is clearly for anyone who is in need of a quick read with brilliant illustrations that will motivate you to great motion ghaphics.
Waste of Time and Money
Everything about this book is amateurish. You can tell from the models that she uses as examples that she doesn't really know how to use the program, really what is a "Starlight Receiver"? The example movies on the DVD are in black and white with no sound. Unbelievable. Don't believe the hype this book is garbage.
Not what i was expecting
I'm really disapointed by this book. Was expecting a lot more after reading all those good reviews... This is only a step by step tutorials book. The author doesnt explain that much anything related to cinema 4D... I don't understand exactly what I am doing. The book is starting with those tutorials without at least explaining the basic of this software and the interface... I need first to understand the interface before being able to do anything else with this software and this is not the book that will help me out for sure... It's not by telling me to put a value somewhere in the attributes that I will actually understand WHY to put this value there...
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