3D Graphics

Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. INTRODUCTION; Visual Literacy; Advantages; TERA; A TERA Session; Exercises: Getting Started; Doing It Yourself: Geetting Started; 2. BASICS; Fundamentals; Hardware; File Formats; Rendering Concepts; Further Reading; Exercises; Doing It Yourself: Image Quality and Camera; Saving a File; Image Quality; Camera; 3. SURFACE ALGORITHMS; Polygon Appearance; Visibility; Shadows, Reflection, Refraction; Summary of Visual Cues; Exercises: Surface Cues; The Algorithms; Wireframe; Hidden-line; z-Buffer Algorithms; Raytracing; Cues to the Algorithms; Further Reading; Exercises: Surface Algorithms; Doing It Yourself: Shape, Size, Positioning; 4. Z-BUFFER SHADING; Visual Cues; Transitions; Highlight Shape; Summary of Visual Cues; Exercises: Char122-Buffer Shading Cues; The Algorithms; Phong Lighting Model; Constant Shading; Faceted Shading; Gouraud Shading; Phong Shading; Cues to the Algorithms; Further Reading; Exercises: Char122-Buffer Shading Algorithms; Doing It Yourself: Lights and Highlights; 5. SHADERS FOR RAYTRACING; Visual Cues; Exercises: Raytracing Shading Cues; Raytracing Revisited; Cues to the Algorithms; Further Reading; Exercises: Raytracing Shading Algorithms; Doing It Yourself: Reflection and Refraction; 6. TEXTURE MAPPING; Visual Cues; Two-Dimensional Texture Mapping; Algorithms for 2D Texture Mapping; Exercises: 2D Texture Mapping; More on 2D Texture Mapping; Problems with 2D Mapping; 3D Texture Maps; Noise; Conclusions; Further Reading; Exercises: 3D Texture Mapping; Doing It Yourself: Textures Galore!; 7. BUMP MAPPING; Visual Cues; How It's Done; Conclusions; Further Reading; Exercises: Bump Mapping; Doing It Yourself: Bumps; 8. LIGHTING; Light Types; Color; Visual Cues; Exercises: Simple Lighting; Toward Greater Realism; Visual Cues; The Radiosity Algorithm; Summary; Further Reading; Exercises: Radiosity; Doing It Yourself: Lighting; 9. FOOLERS; Shadows; Transparency; Environment Mapping; Conclusions; Further Reading; Exercises: Foolers; Doing It Yourself: Constructive Solid Geometry; 10. COST AND EFFECT; Scene Composition; Resolution and Antialiasing; Lighting; Computer Speed; Surface Algorithm; Char122-Buffer Shaders; Shaders for Raytracing; Rendering Speed; Animation; Conclusion; Exercises: Review; Doing It Yourself: Have Fun!; Sced; Breeze Designer; Rhino; APPENDICES; A. Visual Cues; B. Visual Identification; C. Answers to Selected Exercises; D. Installing TERA; Windows 95 and Windows 98; Windows NT; Macintosh Power PC; Windows 3.1; Irix, Sun, Linux; Bibliography; Index