-Teaches users how to create a complete short animation from building a model, adding materials, animation, and lighting, to rendering the animated sequence-Exp... » 

-Teaches users how to create a complete short animation from building a model, adding materials, animation, and lighting, to rendering the animated sequence-Explains and uses the key features of 3ds max 6, including new photometric lighting tools, spline animation tools, and the new EditPoly object-Covers the entire process of creating models, building an animation and rendering the output-Provides practical reference information for specific tasks-Includes a CD-ROM (Win) with all the tutorial files in beginning and finished states, and free plug-ins, demo programs, textures, sample models, and animations «