Computer Graphics with OpenGL

The fourth edition of this undergraduate level computer graphics textbook includes new and updated information on OpenGL programmable shaders, new features of the OpenGL 4.x series and expanded support for additional programming languages such as Java and Python. Designed for a one- or two-semester non-entry level computer graphic design course, this volume covers both introductory principles of computer graphics, including hardware, software and the building blocks and theory of graphics as well as practical topics such as primatives, two- and three-dimensional viewing, illumination models, visible surface detection and color models. The volume includes over twenty complete graphics programs in C++ code and access to additional online information, including instructor resources, art slides and more code examples is provided. Hearn is a professor of computer science at the University of Illinois, Baker is the director of the media arts program at Indiana U.-P.U.I., and Carithers teaches at Rochester Institute of Technology. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Donald Hearn joined the Computer Science faculty at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1985. Dr. Hearn has taught a wide range of courses in computer graphics, scientific visualization, computational science, mathematics, and applied science. Also, he has directed numerous research projects and published a wide variety of technical articles in these areas.

M. Pauline Baker is on the faculty of the School of Informatics at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), where she is director of the Media Arts and Science program. She also directs the Visualization and Interactive Spaces Lab, part of the Pervasive Technology Institute at Indiana University. Before moving to Indiana, Prof. Baker was director of Visualization and Virtual Environments at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois. Prof. Baker holds a BS degree in Psychology (Cornell University), an MS degree in Education (Syracuse University), and a PhD in Computer Science (University of Illinois),

Warren R. Carithers joined the faculty of the Department of Computer Science at Rochester Institute of Technology in 1981. In addition to teaching many of the department's courses in computer graphics, Professor Carithers develops and teaches courses in a wide range of other areas including operating systems, computer architecture and organization, systems software, programming language design, and security.