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The companion DVD

This book’s DVD contains all the files required for the tutorials that appear in the techniques section of the book. Also, there are demo versions of 3ds max 8 and Combustion 4 so that these tutorials can be completed by anyone, even those that do not already have the software. There are also links to the website of this book’s publisher, Elsevier, the author’s website, and a simple monitor calibration routine.

The DVD should run automatically, but if you have Autorun disabled on your computer, it will not begin automatically. If this is the case you can run the software by double-clicking the startHere.exe file located on the root of the DVD. The instructions for using the DVD are very self-explanatory and anyone who can ...

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