Inside, you'll gain lasting insights into the principles of computer graphics-not instruction in program-specific techniques but a deep and broad understanding of how to approach the visual world in terms of geometry, patterns, and relationships. And the story doesn't end there. To help you put this understanding to work, Glassner grounds these principles in dozens of detailed examples drawn from a wide variety of fields, ranging from traditional modeling and rendering, to more exotic subjects like tiling, Moire patterns, and more. Broad in scope yet rich in specifics, "Andrew Glassner's Notebook delivers stimulating challenges and even greater rewards.
* Collects three years' worth of insights and expands this original work with an all-new introductory chapter, corrections, updates, and clarifications.
* Filled with hundreds of full-color images.
* Carries traditional computer graphics techniques and applications into new territory, covering topics drawn from science, the arts, and other fields.
* Provides detailed information onbuilding beautiful and unusual physical models.
* Illustrates the realities of the research process, illustrating some of the dead ends encountered in the search for a good solution to a problem.
* Lets you avoid most math and clearly explains what little is required.
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