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hansn · January 11th, 2008

Hi-

I was looking at the "3ds Max 2008 Architectural Visualization Intermediate to Advanced"-book and have to state something:

-The sample-chapter one is allowed to read online is "Understanding Architectural Drawings", therefore does not reveal any information of what quality the technical and theoretical information in the book is - or does it

-Looking at the table of contents I see that out of 20 chapters ONE is about mental ray and the rendering progress.

I really don't want to mock anything here, especially because I adore the mostly breathtaking images you can find in the gallery of cgarchitect.com and therefore am always hunting for information how to improve my own work.

But I am not sure if a book that takes up more chapters to explain how to model a house (which is rather the 101 of modeling compared to vehicles or character-modeling) than to explain light, color, general approaches, etc. is really what aspiring viz-masters are looking for.

I personally would rather have the opportunity to sit down for a coffee with most of the people posting in the gallery and having them tell me what's really interesting: What's the missing magic between a so-so rendering and a great one. What are common mistakes? What are secret tricks?

A lot of people don't need another explanation of the modeling tools, the arch-and-design-shader or the mental-ray settings. They spent years to learn to understand and use the tools. They need help how to put their knowledge of a tool-set to better or great use.

Maybe I am wrong because I only could read the table of contents and one chapter of that book. If anybody can confirm that I am wrong, I would be more than happy to buy that book. Until that happens all masters here at cgarchitect have my open invitation for a coffee

Best,
Hans

January 11th, 2008	#2 (permalink)
hansn Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Brooklyn Posts: 5 Name: Hans Eberdorfer	Re: 3ds Max 2008 Architectural Visualization - Beginner to Intermediate Hi- I was looking at the "3ds Max 2008 Architectural Visualization Intermediate to Advanced"-book and have to state something: -The sample-chapter one is allowed to read online is "Understanding Architectural Drawings", therefore does not reveal any information of what quality the technical and theoretical information in the book is - or does it -Looking at the table of contents I see that out of 20 chapters ONE is about mental ray and the rendering progress. I really don't want to mock anything here, especially because I adore the mostly breathtaking images you can find in the gallery of cgarchitect.com and therefore am always hunting for information how to improve my own work. But I am not sure if a book that takes up more chapters to explain how to model a house (which is rather the 101 of modeling compared to vehicles or character-modeling) than to explain light, color, general approaches, etc. is really what aspiring viz-masters are looking for. I personally would rather have the opportunity to sit down for a coffee with most of the people posting in the gallery and having them tell me what's really interesting: What's the missing magic between a so-so rendering and a great one. What are common mistakes? What are secret tricks? A lot of people don't need another explanation of the modeling tools, the arch-and-design-shader or the mental-ray settings. They spent years to learn to understand and use the tools. They need help how to put their knowledge of a tool-set to better or great use. Maybe I am wrong because I only could read the table of contents and one chapter of that book. If anybody can confirm that I am wrong, I would be more than happy to buy that book. Until that happens all masters here at cgarchitect have my open invitation for a coffee Best, Hans