Book reviews of popular books about all phases of computer graphics: 3D, 3ds Max and other graphics, ActionScript, Adobe Illustrator, Alias Wavefront, Macromedia FreeHand, and painting books, Animation, art, Character Creation, Flash Remoting, FreeHand MX, Illustrator CS, Lightwave, Macromedia Flash MX, Macromedia FreeHand, Maya, Modeling, FreeHand MX, Painter, Reality J2EE, VectorWorks, Virtual Worlds, topics from user group leaders and members all around the world. You are encouraged to submit articles and reviews from your organization.
NEW: Graphics, & Art...
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AutoCAD: Professional Tips and Techniques - Build Your Skills with Hundreds of Helpful Ideas from Two AutoCAD Superstars
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Adobe Illustrator CS2 How-Tos - focused on the one-hundred most essential things anyone needs to know to use Illustrator CS2
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Learning Maya 7 Maya Unlimited Features - make complex Maya topics easy to grasp
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3ds Max 8 Bible - weighs in at more than 1,000 pages
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Maya Techniques: Hyper-Real Creature Creation +DVD - The Industry Expert's Guide to Modeling, Texturing, and Rigging in Maya
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Master Visually 3ds Max 8 - intermediate-to-advanced animation tasks using the latest version of 3ds max
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Adobe Illustrator CS2 How-Tos - At last... an excellent Illustrator "tips" book!
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Real World Adobe Illustrator CS2 - How do you define a serious Illustrator user? With this book, of course.
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Illustrator CS2 for Win & Mac (VQG) - Upgrad to CS2? Clueless in Illustrator... here's help
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Adobe Illustrator CS2 Classroom in a Book - Another great Classroom book from Adobe... learn it right!
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Just Enough AutoCAD 2006 - AutoCAD users rejoice... here's a quick, to-the-point, primer on the premier CAD set
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Adobe Creative Suite 2 Classroom in a Book - Here's the whole suite in the easy to learn classroom setting
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Artistic Techniques: Photoshop & Corel Painter - Another in the unique trilogy for photographers by photographers
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Maya At A Glance - This official Maya Press book is the first to use a visual approach to teach basic Maya techniques.
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3ds max 7 Bible - over 1,200 pages -- packed with everything you need to create professional-quality animations with Max.
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- Adobe Illustrator Idea Kit - Step-by-step instructions for projects using Illustrator
- Adobe Illustrator CS Classroom in a Book - Get access to the team behind Adobe Illustrator
- LightWave 8 Killer Tips - Collection of cool tips and hidden secrets for the LightWave
- Introducing Maya 6: 3D for Beginners - the ideal initiation to 3D and Maya
- Illustrator CS Accelerated: A Full-Color Guide - excellent guide to adobe illustrator CS in color
- Creating Striking Graphics with Maya and Photoshop - Creating Striking Graphics with Maya and Photoshop
- Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0 Idea Kit - learn Photomail, postcards, flyers, Web pages, Web galleries in Elements
- Apple Pro Training Series: Color Management in Mac OS X - the only Apple-certified tutorial on color management
- Adobe Illustrator CS Hands-On Training - Here's another hot one from the studios of Lynda Weinman
- Flash Hacks - Flash Hacks dives straight into all that's fun and creative
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- Maya At A Glance - This official Maya Press book is the first to use a visual approach to teach basic Maya techniques.
- Maya 4.5 Savvy - by John Kundert-Gibbs, Peter Lee, John L. Kundert-Gibbs
- The Painter 8 Wow! Book - by Cher Threinen-Pendarvis
- Inside Maya 5 - by Max Sims, Mark Adams, Erick Miller
- Introducing Maya: 3D for Beginners - by Dariush Derakhshani
- Learning Maya 5: Foundation - by Sybex, Alias Wavefront, Alias|Wavefront
- Maya Character Creation: Modeling and Animation Controls, First Edition - by Chris Maraffi
- Designing Virtual Worlds - by Richard Bartle
- Adobe Illustrator Idea Kit - by Barbara Mulligan, Jerome Holder
- Creating Emotion in Games : The Craft and Art of Emotioneering - by David Freeman
- Adobe Illustrator CS Classroom in a Book - by Adobe Creative Team
- The Art of Maya - by Alias Wavefront, Sybex
- Maya: Secrets of the Pros with CDROM - by John Kundert-Gibbs
- VectorWorks 10 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide - by Tom Baer
- Maya 4.5 for Windows and Macintosh: VQG - by Danny Riddell, Andrew Britt
- Maya 4.5 Fundamentals - by Jim Lammers, Lee Gooding
- Illustrator 10 Bible - by Ted Alspach, and Kelly L. Murdock (Author)
- Lightwave 3D 7.5 for Win & Mac - by Art Howe, Brian E. Marshall
- Macromedia FreeHand MX: VQG - by Sandee Cohen
- Macromedia FreeHand MX: Training from the Source - by Patti Schulze
- 3ds max 5 Bible - by Kelly L. Murdock (Author)
- 3ds Max 5 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide - by Michele Matossian
- Adobe Master Class: Illustrator Illuminated - by Ted Padova, Barbara Obermeier
Macromedia Flash & Actionscript
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