I like vectorman's more because there are more textures and better colors...its more soothing to the eye.

Great! Thank you!

Does anyone have a recommendation for a flatbed scanner? Im looking for one thats less than $100, good for photos and documents, and has good software for it. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.

When you say "textures" , do you mean procedural textures or bitmap textures? Does the book contain any tutorials on how to make shaders using the hypergraph? Shaders like metal or anything else that...

peterTheHero, where did you order it? I want the new one for maya 5. Thanks.

Or are those settings set by default? I just cant find those options anywhere. Thanks.

Could someone help me with this?

How do I:

1)Create a Lambert material with Shading Group turned on, and
2) How do I make a ramp shader with New Texture Placement turned off?

I dont...

I can say that xp isnt very good. I am having unusual issues with xp that should just never happen. I cant play quicktime movies, even though i have qt installed. No error message pops up. Task...

Like you said, I want to learn how to construct my own shaders. Glass, crystals, mirrors, metals, marble and more. I also want to know why I am doing each step in the tutorial. I know A|W sells a DVD...

has anyone read this book? I hear its good. Does it cover the hypershade component in-depth? Thanks.

Tom