Acknowledgments

Much thanks goes to Mark Gerhard for pitching this book to Wiley, for being a supportive mentor through this process, and for being my technical editor. Thank you to Mariann and Jen at Wiley for your patience, and for helping me through this process. I have learned a lot, and it has been a great experience.

Thanks to the many developers at mental images and Autodesk for producing a complex and interesting set of products which have occupied my time for endless hours, and hopefully will continue to do so for many years to come.

Thanks to my students at the College of Lake County and the members of the Chicago AAUGA for keeping me on my toes, and giving me an audience to work out my mental ray and 3ds Max presentations. Thanks for ...

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