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Kelly Murdock is a veteran author of the Illustrator & 3D Studio Max Bibles.

Kelly Murdock

By Martin Sitter

Kelly Murdock was recommended to me by my good friend Ted Padova over lunch one day, as I lamented to Ted about how hard it is to find world-class Illustrator trainers. "No problem," Ted Said, "I've got just the fellow for you ..."

After chatting a bit with Kelly, it became obvious that we needed to get him on board with our training system! Kelly Murdock has been authoring computer books for many years now. His book credits include various 3D, graphics, multimedia, and Web titles, including nine editions of the best-selling, 3ds Max Bible.

Other major accomplishments include Edgeloop Character Modeling for 3D Professionals Only, Maya 6 and 7 Revealed, LightWave 3D 8 Revealed, The Official Guide to Anime Studio, Poser 6 and 7 Revealed, 3D Game Animation For Dummies, gmax Bible, Adobe Atmosphere Bible, Master VISUALLY HTML and XHTML, JavaScript Visual Blueprint, and co-authoring duties on two editions of the Illustrator Bible (for versions 9 and 10) and four editions of the Adobe Creative
Suite Bible.

With a background in engineering and computer graphics, Kelly has been all over the 3D industry and still finds it fascinating. He’s used high-level CAD workstations for product design and analysis, completed several large-scale visualization projects, created 3D models for feature films and games, worked as a freelance 3D artist, and even done some 3D programming. He also teaches at the local university and is a frequent speaker at various conferences.

In his spare time, Kelly enjoys the outdoors while rock climbing, mountain biking, or skiing. And of course, making amazing tutorial-videos ...

Courses by Kelly Murdock

Reviews

Harold Ward wrote on January 16, 2014

Very clearly presented and helpful information. Highly Recommended.
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mkrpetdoc wrote on June 11, 2013

So clear, so well explained, so easy to follow. excellent job. Many other tutorials seem like sleight of hand, I'm following along fine and suddenly I'm lost. Not this.
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Hisham wrote on December 13, 2012

For absolute beginners, who have not touched any Adobe product before, this tutorial is not too bad. The first part goes over the interface and preferences and consumes a third of the total course. I am not quite sure if that was necessary. If you are somehow familiar with Adobe, you may want to skip the first third completely and start from almost the middle, even if you are a beginner.
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Steve wrote on March 31, 2012

I use a lot of software, but for the most part I use each application rarely. Going through tutorials once in a while is most useful in refreshing tips, methods and tricks. I think this is an excellent tutorial - really. Who cares what platform it was made on. It's the application we are studying, no?
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James B. wrote on April 18, 2011

Excellent tutorial for anyone wanting to expand their knowledge of Adobe Illustrator. This together with 102 brought me up to speed and I'm now flying! Literally an overnight transformation. Many thanks.
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Susan Hook/Hook Design wrote on June 25, 2009

I've been using Illustrator since 1993 and knew the older program like the back of my hand, but the new items introduced since CS were a bit of a mystery because I never had the time to tinker and investigate them. I didn't think I would get much from the lessons but these tutorials have surprised me with new bells and whistles and easy ways to do old tasks that I couldn't possibly have figured out without someone showing me the hows and wheres. The lessons are very easy to follow!
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neal Courtene-Jones wrote on June 25, 2009

Good course; narrative a bit erratic and a pity the tutorials I have watched so far are on Windows not MAC screen.
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Tim wrote on April 3, 2009

Another fantastic tool for less versed (technical) individuals like myself who are looking for alternate ways to better presentation of project proposals, reports, etc. A great way to keep up with the times when day to day work commitments don't necessarily lend themselves to further education involving traditional classroom environments. Enjoyable stuff. Like most tutorials from MacProVideo / DesignProVideo. Love most your Logic stuff too. Olav Basoski is probably up there with top tutorial wizards in keeping one's attention throughout - mixing electronica. Other than Martin of course.
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