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Title: Inside LightWave 7 (With CD-ROM) by Dan Ablan ISBN: 0-7357-1134-8 Publisher: New Riders Pub. Date: 28 December, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $59.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.58 (62 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Classic Lightwave text
Comment: After the recent lauch of LW 7 I was so pleased to already find the cornerstone of Lightwave books updated. What can I say, Dan Ablan has done it again!
The best word that describes this tome is "comprehensive!" Of all the computer books I have, this one is by far the fattest. It features everything you need: Detailed reference material and tutorials to make it all come together.
I don't know if I can recommend it fully to complete beginners in 3D AND Lightwave, but if you have just a tad of experience in either, this is your manual to learn this awesome and powerful animation package. From my point of view it is all you need.
Rating: 2
Summary: Overrated and Overpriced
Comment: First, I want to say this isn't a bad book. But considering what other people have said about it -- that it is the "LightWave Bible" -- I believe it is highly overrated and unquestionably overpriced. Nine times out of ten when I'm looking for something I'll find it in the manual (which is quite good) instead of in here. Especially as the index is almost completely useless.
The manual, not this book, is the definitive source for using LightWave. You should buy it only as an auxilary source of information. And only if you have money to burn.
Rating: 3
Summary: Good advanced book
Comment: This book is great for everything except modelling. It explains lighting, rendering, effects and everything else excellently. But the modelling info is very badly explained indeed. Since modelling is the first thing most users want to know, this is a real handicap.
If anyone says the chapter on organic modelling is worth the price alone that person must already have these skills down(and so it's not the fault of that person).
In fact, the chapter on organic modelling is quite simply useless to anyone but a very advanced Lightwave user.
The first chapters on modelling, which don't deal with specifically human modelling, are a nice introduction but other than that it's half as useless as the organic modelling chapter.
Overall it's definitely worth buying, but because of the pitiful modelling info I deducted two stars. I'm being harsh but if you think you'll learn hardly anything about modelling from this, you couldn't be further from the truth. I really wanted to give it 4 because I hate whining, but I couldn't bring myself to do it.
One of the most infuriating excuses people make to these fair complaints is "read the manual". The manual is almost useless for beginner character modellers and anyone who directs TOTALLY INNOCENT newbies to it is being very mean and unfair.
I recommend you buy this book as well as other books on the subject(mostly 10x better) of modelling.
Stay away from "LightWave 3D 7.0 Character Animation", there is insufficient info on the modelling aspect of human animation and the animation info is found in the next books.
I would highly recommend "Digital Character Animation 2: Essential Techniques" it's invaluable for newbies(although it won't show you specific Lightwave guide, it's universal to programs). In fact I would rate it necessary for beginners.
"3-D Human Modeling and Animation" is a great book which excellently explains the full process of modelling especially. I can't recommend it highly enough.
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Title: LightWave 3D 7.0 Character Animation (With CD-ROM) by Timothy Albee, Tom Roth ISBN: 1556229011 Publisher: Wordware Publishing Pub. Date: July, 2002 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
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Title: Lightwave 3D 7.5 for Windows and Macintosh (Visual QuickStart Guide) by Arthur Howe, Brian E. Marshall, Art Howe ISBN: 0321179129 Publisher: Peachpit Press Pub. Date: 19 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $21.99 |
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Title: Essential Lightwave 3d 7.5 by Timothy Albee ISBN: 1556222262 Publisher: Wordware Publishing Pub. Date: 02 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $44.95 |
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Title: The LightWave 7.5 Primer by Patrik Beck ISBN: 1584502223 Publisher: Charles River Media Pub. Date: 29 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
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Title: Lightwave Applied, Version 6.5 & 7 by Dave Jerrard, Joe Tracy, Jennifer Hachigian, Advanstar Marketing ISBN: 092987059X Publisher: Advanstar Communications, Inc. Pub. Date: October, 2001 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
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