FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER GRAPHICS 2/E

This book offers a comprehensive treatment of computer graphics. It provides the fundamental mathematics used in graphics programs and covers the basics of the graphics pipeline, BSP trees, and ray tracing. The book addresses a wide range of advanced topics, including; NURBS, animation, color science, global illumination, subdivision surfaces, virtual reality, visualization, and others. The author provides enough detail to implement the ideas presented; the mathematics in the book stress a geometric point of view and are oriented toward clean implementation. Each chapter contains a set of exercises and references for further reading. The intended audience for the book is programmers with an undergraduate-level background in mathematics. Computer Graphics is suitable for a one- or two-semester course or for practitioners as a reference. No particular computer language or API is assumed; the book covers the material in a manner that will allow readers to quickly understand implementations in APIs such as OpenGL, Java3D, and Direct 3D.

1 Introduction 1
2 Miscellaneous math 15
3 Raster algorithms 51
4 Signal processing 71
5 Linear algebra 119
6 Transformation matrices 135
7 Viewing 159
8 Hidden surface elimination 177
9 Surface shading 191
10 Ray tracing 201
11 Texture mapping 239
12 A full graphics pipeline 259
13 Data structures for graphics 269
14 Sampling 279
15 Curves 301
16 Computer animation 347
17 Using graphics hardware 379
18 Building interactive graphics applications 401
19 Light 451
20 Color 465
21 Visual perception 477
22 Tone reproduction 521
23 Global illumination 547
24 Reflection models 561
25 Image-based rendering 577
26 Visualization 583