I recently bought a book called Inside 3D Studio Max that was published in 1996 (I realized that after i brought it home). I''m not sure what version it uses in the book, but I have the latest version (5.0). Has the interface for 3ds max changed a lot to where this book is not going to help me or should i still be able to use it with my current version?

There''s tons of new features in R5 that you definetly want to learn and take advantage of. I''d exchange the book for one that is written with the latest version of 3DS in mind, there''s no point to learning an older version of the program. A 7-year old program-specific computer book would be extremely outdated.

>>plectrum

I''d try to return it as well, but if you can''t still read it because many of the concepts will be the same. You just won''t learn about the new features.


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