In opposition to Mortier's book of highly debatable usefulness I'd take this book - Poser 4 Pro Pack f/x & Design by Richard H., Sr. Schrand, Steve Cooper, Chad Smith any day. from the entry on Amazon.com : About the Author Richard Schrand. has written numerous books including Canoma(R) Visual Insight, GoLive(R) 5 f/x and Design, Photoshop(R) 6 Visual Jumpstart, LiveMotio(R) n Visual Jumpstart, 3D Creature Workshop-2nd Edition, and The Macromedia(R) Web Design Handbook. Richard spent 28 years in the broadcast industry as Writer, Producer, Reporter, News Anchor, News Director, General Manager and Publicist receiving three Emmy awards, and numerous BPME (Broadcast Promotion & Marketing Executives) awards for writing and producing. Recently, he has created GRFX byDesign, a company specializing in 3D design and animation. Anyone with that kind of background on his resume will get my $$ over someone who's one step above a hack writer

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