Photoshop for 3D Artists, Vol. 1 Paperback – June 7, 2011

I was really surprised at the quality of the book in every way, the content is inspiring, and relevant for people wanting to use textures for their 3d models or matte paintings. The book gives tons of techniques for you to start texturing your 3d models or matte paintings in no time. One thing that should be noted regarding the techniques used in the book from what I've noticed so far, is that most of it uses photo sourced content to create the textures and photoshop tricks. There's not much emphasis on painting textures which is a little bit of a shame. Although there are tons of other books on painting already out there, and it's easy to implement into this workflow. This is probably the best book on the subject I've come upon in the past few yrs, awesome job to everyone involved!

I wanted a book like this for many years and I am glad that I have bought this one. The book includes a lot of useful techniques to enhance your renders. It includes many different articles by different 3D/2D professionals about previsualization and post-production. I especially liked the articles by Richard Tilbury which showed how to use different adjustment layers to alter the mood of the image, how to turn a render into an underwater scene, how to add fire, sparks, glows, and how to make a space background.I agree with some other reviewers though that there could have been a little more emphasis on texturing and particularly on using brushes and other painting techniques. There are two chapters on texturing. One of them is about texturing hard surfaces in an alley scene and the other is texturing a fantasy character (the one on the cover of the book). Both of these chapters concentrate on manipulating photos. I would have liked to see some chapters on painting skin textures and other organic surfaces. I also would have liked to see a little more about adjusting the lighting and other aspects with the help of render layers and render passes, but there is only one rather short chapter on that topic. Most of the book deals with how to use photos in your post-production, even to the extent of substituting a lot of things that I would prefer to do in 3D. For example pasting parts of photos into your PSD file (like parts of buildings, textures, smoke, etc) and manipulating them to make them part of your scene. These are interesting techniques for sure and you can learn a lot from them, I just prefer to do some of these in my 3D program. But I'm sure a lot of people would enjoy those chapters, too.Another small gripe I have is that the book does not come with a CD or DVD, so if you want to get some of the files, you have to look up the web address in the book, type it in your browser and download the files one by one. I also agree with the reviewer who mentioned that some of the pictures with text are a little small and hard to read.All in all it's a very useful book land I am sure that it will be a great resource for many years to come.

For people like me who know what they're doing some great information in it.Give it to my brothers kids. They are 11 and 12 the 12 year old has started to use the book anyway my brother makes games for a living so we know we're doing . You can look at the game name is ravaged on Steam or [...] and have some fun.

This is one of those must have references that is full of tips and techniques for new and old 3D modellers. It's clear and concise and I'd recommend it to anybody involved in the 3D industry or just doing 3D for interest. The Photoshop information in the book is very informative and is sure to be a big help for everybody.

I haven't gotten to put any of this book to good use, but I've read it front-to-back quite a few times.I'm pretty impressed with how much information and knowledge is packed into it.It's full of helpful tips to aid the budding 3D artist.

My husband been longing to this book, so i decided to get it for him., he was so happy when he received it, that is why i rated it 5 stars..

Awesome!

This book is very deceptive and misleading. I am very disappointed at the lack of resources. As an example, not a single digital image of any object on the front cover is included. Plus some instructions are vague and incomplete. The book is mostly a ready only book and since the bulk of the material doesn't include digital files you simply cannot open it in Photoshop and try out some of the methods to see if you're doing it correctly. It was a waste of time and money for me.Generously giving you two stars for effort.