Read what Mike Kroes said in his review of this book for Creativecow.net
"As an overview of an industry, from history, through
technical constraints, cross-platform techniques, and including
planning,design and creative considerations, this book is unparalleled"

so regardless of your computer platform or particular software - 2D or 3D, this book will help you make the most of your creative efforts.

This website, best viewed with a maximised screen (resolution 1024 x 768), gives you step-by-step illustrated tutorials for 3DS Max, Photoshop, Photoshop Elements (soon!), Dreamweaver, Flash and Director. View animations that are featured in the book's case study chapter. There are also links to useful CGI websites with loads of extra resources.