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A brief survey — I am considering writing a series of Tips 'n Tricks booklets for 3D Studio, and I would like to get a fair idea of how much interest there is. I would write the booklets in conjunction with Glenn Melenhourst in Melbourne. He's the one who did the Soy Life commercial with 3DS. Glenn has a lot of experience with graphic design and animation, and is one of the best 3DS users I have ever seen. He regularly produces photorealistic animation with 3DS. Each book would focus on a particular aspect of 3DS, such as lighting, morphing, textures/mapping, photorealism etc. and would include 3-5 exercises to illustrate several tips and shortcuts. The price would be somewhere around US$20 for each book. For those who want to see before they buy, we will upload a GIF or TGA onto CServe showing the scenes you will create with the exercises. If you see something you like and want to know how to do it, you could then purchase the appropriate book. Interested? Please respond here with any comments or questions, or privately on E-mail if you are shy. Also let me know if you have any "special requests". The outline is still open.