- Hardcover: 392 pages
- Publisher: A K Peters/CRC Press; 3 edition (Jun 15 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1568811241
- ISBN-13: 978-1568811246
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 19.6 x 2.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 748 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #509,710 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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" ""This book is highly recommended as either a textbook for a course in computer graphics or as a reliable and wide-ranging handbook for those developing graphics applications. The book provides a firm foundation in the field that enables programmers to readily apply its content to a variety of graphics packages across a wide spectrum of platforms."" -Marlin Thomas, May 2006
""The book has become a common pendulum of computer graphics that covers all important subjects from scene graphics to l-systems from event governed programming to data visualization in a compact, clear and competent way. "" -Jorn Loviscach, May 2006" --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
""The book has become a common pendulum of computer graphics that covers all important subjects from scene graphics to l-systems from event governed programming to data visualization in a compact, clear and competent way. "" -Jorn Loviscach, May 2006" --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
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Extensively beta-tested in classrooms worldwide, this modern, comprehensive introduction to computer graphics will set the standard in teaching. It presents the mathematical foundations of computer graphics with a focus on geometric intuition, allowing the programmer to understand and apply those foundations to the development of efficient code. - The fundamental mathematics used in graphics programs - The basics of the graphics pipeline - BSP trees - Ray tracing - Surface shading - Texture mapping Advanced topics include: - Curves and surfaces - Color science - Global illumination - Reflection models - Image-based rendering - Visualization Extensive exercises and references for further reading enhance each chapter. An introduction for novices---a refresher for professionals.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
a must-have for anyone working in computer graphics,
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This review is from: Fundamentals of Computer Graphics, Second Edition (Hardcover)
I am a graduate student in computer science, and I had to choose a computer graphics book to prepare for a project that I was undertaking outside of my own field. As someone who is not very familiar with this area I had to ask some of my friends who are in CG, and most of them recommended me to get this book. I however picked the Hearn book and the red book (the OpenGL API book) to be sure.What I enjoyed most about this book is that its an excellent introduction for people starting from scratch, concepts are very clearly explained and the text is not polluted by unnecessary discussions of the API (unlike some other books). In addition, this book covers alot of advance ideas that are not covered in some other introductory CG books, so I think this text covers a large area and does a good job of it. I would recommend this book to anyone starting in the area of CG or experts who would like to have a reference, if you have the red book combined with this text I think you are ready to delve into the exciting area of CG. (about the errors in the text that some people have mentioned, the first thing i did when i got the book is to go through the errata list on the author's website and correct those errors). regards Houman
2.0 out of 5 stars
too many errors,
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This review is from: Fundamentals of Computer Graphics (Hardcover)
wayyyyyy too many mistakes and errors in the formulas and such. if it wasn't for this i'd give it a 4; it's a good book otherwise.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best low-level graphics book out there,
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This review is from: Fundamentals of Computer Graphics (Hardcover)
This is an AI-neutral book and has an especially excellent discussion of the graphics pipeline in general, and transforms and triangle scan conversion in particular. It also has a good treatment of BSP trees and ray tracing. My only complaint is that it talks little about animation. My favorite thing about it is that it uses very clean math, and none of it is gratuitous.
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