SOFTIMAGE | XSI v2.0 POWER CREATOR’S GUIDE The full description the super technique and basic functions of Ver2.0. Transition to XSI is OK with one book this from the 3D!
Price 5,600 yen + tax
Author Arene Raferye, Shigeru Araki, Takashi Umezawa, Kadoguchi Yoichiro, ANoriko Saito, Akira Sugiyama, Michael Arias, Rejean Gagne, Shinji Watanabe
Release Date May 2002
Total number of pages 408 pages
Issuance and sale Ltd. aspect Http://Www.FuGra.Tv/ (to a corporate aspect site)
ISBN ISBN4-7572-0924-X
hat tip to Todd Akita who sent me some pictures of the book. Todd adds “Screenshots are from an early Koji Morimoto-directed CM at Studio4c showing how they integrated traditional animation/CG.”
Wunnnnnnn…HuuuunnnnnndredAAAAAANNNNNNDDDDDD….EIGHHHHHHHTYYY!!!
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At first glance this looks more thorough than most of the books Western Softimage users had to put up with. Note to self: should have learned Japanese years ago when I actually had the chance… 😉
Yes, it looks interesting. But you never know until you get into it and start reading…
Michael Arias & of course Regean Gagne are names I recognize
there is also the poorly romanized “Alain Laferriere”. 🙂
Heh, so there is. I caught the poorly romanized “Rejean Gagne”, but I missed “Arene Raferye”.