hy sebastian ... well this book is the reedition of inside softimage 3d . the book is exellent when you want to make your first step with the soft , and understand the "fundamentals" function. so you will discovered with good explication all the modeling , animating , lighting , and rendering tool ... i think this book is good for you if you are a beginner but if you are a good softimage user just forget it !!! for exemple if you want to learn high level thing like photorealism , human modeling , or hard thing it's just boring ...
well i have done great research one all information on softimage and here is the best thing to learn the soft :
Video Training : 7 tapes exist on softimage 3d
-secret of softimage by Birn = 1 tapes ,unvaible
-Realistic 3d Character by marafi = 2 tapes ,unvaible
-Character Kit 1 by galhager = 2 tapes ,
-Character kit 2 by galhager = 2 tapes ,
on www.cineframe.com
all those video are great and represent the best way to learn softimage . i've buy Secret of softimage , character kit 2 , and realistic 3d character on ebay for 119$ , i can 't make a copy it's vhs !!! but buy them !!!
Softimage Manual :
well one of the best thing for learn softimage is the softimage 3.8 complete box (under microsoft property!!!)
you have 14 huge manual on how to learn the soft those manual are great and i buy them with softimage 3.8 cd without flexlm for 100$ on ebay !!! just buy it !!!
Book publication :
well very few book on softimage
softimage 3d design guide = just ugly paper nothing to learn ... forget it !!!
Inside softimage 3d = softimage 3d fundamentals = exellent book on the fundamentals technik's !!! just buy it !!!
and it's all you can find on softimage 3d ... there is some tutorial on
mesmer.com
edhariss.com
3drender.com
softimage.com
but they are boring .... so you have here all the information you need ... just need patience to find all on ebay !!!
for your cd-rom it will be great if you can send me a copy , if there is no copyright !!! i live in france and here is my mail sebastiankaine@hotmail.com