The Focal Easy Guide to Combustion 4: For New Users and Professionals

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The Focal Easy Guide to Combustion 4: For New Users and Professionals
Gary M Davis (Paperback - Dec 17, 2005)
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Software programs are complex, the books that explain them shouldn't be. This thoroughly illustrated, full-color guide explains everything you need to know to get up and running quickly with Combustion. Get a jump-start learning the major features or the software without bogging you down with unnecessary detail.

The author shares his professional insight and extensive training experience to ensure you'll get the most out of all the professional paint, animation, editing and 3D compositing tools Combustion offers. Also featured are many workflow tips which show how to tap into the full power of Combustion 4 in your effects and motion graphics work.

For useful tips and tutorials, visit the book's companion site at www.focalpress.com/companions/0240520106

* Unique, fast introduction to Combustion 4, but relevant to all versions
* Concise color coverage, written by an experienced professional and trainer
* Ideal for professionals, new users and those migrating to Combustion from other compositing or effects packages
* Companion site with useful tips and tutorials can be found at http://www.elsevierdirect.com/companions/9780240520100

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3.5 Customer Rating

Dissapointing, not a good book on combustion., January 11, 2009
By Anthony Smith (Salt Lake City, Utah)
This book describes what things do and leaves the reader to fend for themselves. There are examples tutorials, but the problem is they are brief and do not do much to help one understand combustion itself. The whole book reads as if the author is giving you tips on how to make your compositions, without actually explaining, or giving further ideas on how a beginner could proceed.

Pros: Color pages make it nice to see whats going on. Author goes over interface a lot and defines terms well.

Cons: Examples are short, and do not explain very much. Reader is left to figure out ambiguous ideas and concepts, making it harder than need be for the new user.

Combustion 4 Fundamentals Courseware, is the best book about combustion. Isbn:0240807758
Combustion:Grounds Rules,-better book but has some errors.
Isbn:0766841456

3.0 Customer Rating

Dissappointed, November 30, 2007
By J. DOE (USA)
well, gives basic concepts, a quick read will give you an understanding of the gui, etc,etc...but in the end, online tutorials is the best way to go..
worth reading?...yes
worth 18 dollars plus shipping?...NO.

4.0 Customer Rating

Great book but the graphics................., September 10, 2007
By Phillip A. Lewis
Great book, I imagine it would be hard to write any book on such a complex program. My only gripe is the screen shots. Combustion's normal interface is black background with grey text, which is legible on a monitor, but almost unreadable in a book. So, next edition, use a different color scheme please!

2.0 Customer Rating

More of an instruction manual, than a how to book, January 6, 2007
By L. Auter (Madiosn, WI)
This book tells you what the various features are, but spends almost no time showing you how to put hem to any real use. I was hoping for a book full of tutorials, instead I got a little orange owner's manual for the software. It tells you how to do a few small excercises here and there, but by and large this is more a collection of features, than it is a book of instructional tutorials.

5.0 Customer Rating

Great wide range manuel, November 6, 2006
By Richard E. Yaybrough
This is a book for a tekie who wants to understand what options are available in Combustion and how they can be connected together. I am not in the field but am familiar with the terms and techniques used; this book is the best tool I've found for a simple "this is how you make it do this" explanation.