High Resolution Computer Graphics Using C. (Computer Science Series)

Following the author's successful Practical Introduction to Computer Graphics, this new comprehensive textbook of computer graphics exploits the full range of techniques and effects that recent advances in computer hardware technology now make possible. Soundly organised as a teaching text, the book is intended for undergraduate courses, and takes the reader with a limited background in computing and mathematics to a state-of-the-art level in computer graphics. FORTRAN 77 and Pascal editions of this text are also available. ' ... with the assumption that the reader has an elementary knowledge of C, and of the principles of Cartesian co-ordinate geometry, this book will make an ideal basis for a three-term undergraduate course in computer graphics.' Toby Howard, Times Higher Education Supplement Front Matter....Pages i-ix Familiarisation with Programs, Graphics Devices and Primitives....Pages 1-26 Data Structures....Pages 27-47 An Introduction to Two-dimensional Co-ordinate Geometry....Pages 48-63 Matrix Representation of Transformations in Two-dimensional Space....Pages 64-89 Techniques for Manipulating Two-dimensional Objects....Pages 90-122 Three-dimensional Co-ordinate Geometry....Pages 123-146 Matrix Representation of Transformations in Three-dimensional Space....Pages 147-167 The Observer and the Orthographic Projection....Pages 168-179 Generation of Model Data....Pages 180-204 Simple Hidden Line and Surface Algorithms....Pages 205-220 Perspective and Stereoscopic Projections....Pages 221-230 A More General Hidden Line Algorithm....Pages 231-243 A More General Hidden Surface Algorithm....Pages 244-252 Three-dimensional Clipping....Pages 253-263 Shading....Pages 264-302 Shadows, Transparent Surfaces and Reflections....Pages 303-321 Analytic Representation of Three-dimensional Space....Pages 322-335 Projects....Pages 336-346 Back Matter....Pages 347-381 A practical description of techniques for producing computer-generated pictures, aiming to enable the reader to attempt most tasks in graphics. Based on a third year undergraduate course its main purpose is to set the groundwork of computer graphics. High Resolution Computer Graphics Using C. (Computer Science Series)