Ray Dream Studio 5 for Windows & Macintosh (Visual QuickStart Guide) - Softcover

Kahn, Richard G.; Persidsky, Andre

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0201696711 ISBN 13: 9780201696714

Publisher: Peachpit Pr, 1998

Synopsis

Ray Dream Studio is one of the most popular 3D design tools on the market today. This guide, which covers Ray Dream Designer and Ray Dream Animator, leads the beginning student step by step through creating 3D objects, using shaders to apply materials to them, then setting up and lighting a scene. Additional chapters walk the reader through animating the image for a Web page, video output, or multimedia. Cover Title .

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Ray Dream Studio is one of the most popular 3D design tools on the market today. Its low price makes it attractive to people just getting started in 3D, and its extensive feature set has made it a regular component of the professional artist's toolbox. The Ray Dream 5 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide is the ideal companion for users in both categories. The book, which covers Ray Dream Designer and Ray Dream Animator, leads the beginning student step by step through creating 3D objects, using shaders to apply materials to them, then setting up and lighting a scene. Additional chapters walk the reader through animating the image for a Web page, video output, or multimedia.

The Ray Dream 5 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide will be especially useful for users upgrading from version 4--the book will follow close on the heels of the release of version 5 and will take special care to point out what's new. Professional artists will also want to keep a copy handy as a quick reference guide.

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Peachpit's "Visual Quickstart Guides" is an excellent series focusing on highly visual software for both Macintosh and Windows. Uses for the software range from 3-D modeling with Ray Dream, to paper-page layout with QuarkXpress, to web design with GoLive and NetObjects. The approach is excellent for both self-learning and classroom work. The editors match great illustrations with total concentration on accomplishing very specific tasks and a minimum of extraneous discussion. My students love this series because the books are much less long-winded than I am.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Peachpit Pr
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0201696711
• ISBN 13: 9780201696714
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304