a list of the books that I recommend

3D Graphics Books :: General Theory

"Digital Character Animation"

by George Maestri

(New Riders Press)

"Digital Lighting & Rendering"

by Jeremy Birn

(New Riders Press)

"Digital Texturing & Painting"

by Owen Demers

(New Riders Press)


3D Graphics Books :: Software Specific

"3Ds Max 4 Bible"

by Kelly L. Murdock

(New Riders Press)

"Mastering the Art of Production with 3ds max 4"

by Jason Busby, Michele Bousquet

(Autodesk Press)

" 3D Studio Max 3 Professional Animation"

by Angie Jones, Sean Bonney

(New Riders Press)

"3D Studio Max 2 Effects Magic"

by Greg Carbonaro, et al.

(New Riders Press)

"3D Studio Max 2.5 f/x and design"

by Jon A. Bell

(Coriolis)

"Inside LightWave 7"

by Dan Ablan

(New Riders Press)

"Lightwave Applied, Version 6.5 & 7"

by Dave Jerrard, Joe Tracy, Jennifer Hachigan

(Advanstar Communications)


2D Graphics Books :: Software Specific

"The Photoshop 6 Wow! Book"

by Linnea Dayton, Jack Davis

(Peachpit Press)

"Photoshop 6 for Windows Bible"

by Deke McClelland

(IDG Books)


Web Design Books :: General Theory

"www.Color"

by Roger Pring

(Watson Guptill)

"The Web Design Wow! Book"

by Jack Davis, Susan Merritt

(Peachpit Press)

"Web Style Guide"

by Patrick Lynch, Sarah Horton

(Yale University Press)

"Web Pages That Suck"

by Vincent Flanders, Michael Willis

(Sybex)


Web Design Books :: Software Specific

"Dreamweaver 4 Bible"

by Joseph W. Lowery

(IDG Books)

"Flash 5 Magic with ActionScript"

by J. Scott Hamilton, David J. Emberton

(New Riders)


Web Design Books :: Languages

"HTML Bible"

by Pfaffenberger & Gutzman

(IDG Books)

"JavaScript Bible"

by Danny Goodman

(IDG Books)

"XML Bible"

by Elliotte Rusty Harold

(IDG Books)

"JavaScript"

by David Flannagan

(O'Reilly)

"Dynamic HTML"

by Danny Goodman

(O'Reilly)