Lightwave 3D 8 Character Animation: .

It was in time, great conditions and packaged in good condition. Like a boss. Im here in Vigo (Galicia) happy with my book, I just want a cup of wine, and a appetizer and sit to practice this tricks.

The book is excellent, and the material on the CD is excellent. The book was as advertised. I recommend it.

This book is 482 pages long, and the second half of it is not Lightwave-(or even 3D)-specific: general concepts of animation like follow-through, squash-and-stretch, etc. Everything in this section has been said before, and more eloquently, in many other books on the topic of animation. The first half (which IS Lightwave-specific) is a step-by-step tutorial for building a rather esoteric IK rig for a humanoid character. I didn't find it helpful--nothing in the exercises seems designed to expand the reader's understanding, it's just a recipe for reconstructing Albee's rig. I suspect any reader without a previous understanding of how bones work in Lightwave will be completely frustrated. If you're a beginner looking for a technical resource to animating in Lightwave, this is definitely *not* it. Any potential buyers should browse through a copy before buying this.