Forum: Carrara


Subject: Bookreview of the Carrara 5 Pro Handbook.

Ringo opened this issue on Mar 04, 2006 ยท 42 posts


mikedelaflor posted Wed, 08 March 2006 at 7:58 PM

MachineClaw, the funny thing is that I not only solicted requests from the user groups (search the Yahoo group) I also posted regular updates on the book and its contents. At that time I never heard anyone complain. And not many really bothered to make suggestions. And on the Hexagon issue that was a request from the group. The only people that worked with me on the contents were Bob and Charles at Eovia. I actually sent them the entire table of contents to get their feedback. I never intended to write a "manual" with tiny tutorials on each and every tool or new feature. That is why there is a manual. The book I wrote not only teaches how to use Carrara, but when you are done you understand how 3D works. Most books will teach you what buttons to push to get a result. That is simply not how I write or teach. For instance where else can you can an complete turorial on modeling an entire human being in Carrara and then learn to make them walk? Or where can you learn how to do lip synching in Carrara? I approached the book from a real-world, project based point of view. As I said in a previous response, I hear a lot of complaining but I don't see anyone stepping up to write this all inclusive, "magical" book that everyone is wishing for. It's real easy to critize. Mike