Guide to Graphics Software Tools

• Main Author: Chen, Jim X. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2003.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Software engineering.; Computer graphics.; Image processing.; Computer Science.; Computer Graphics.; Image Processing and Computer Vision.; Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems.

Many scientists in different disciplines realize the power of graphics, but are also bewildered by the complex implementations of a graphics system and numerous graphics tools. More often than not, they choose the wrong software tools and end up with unsatisfactory results. Hopefully, if we know how...

Table of Contents:

• A Shortcut to Computer Graphics Principles
• Objects and Models
• Transformation and Viewing
• Color and Lighting
• Blending and Texture Mapping
• Advanced Topics
• Computer Graphics Software Tools
• Low-Level Graphics Libraries
• Visualization
• Modeling and Rendering
• Animation and Simulation
• Virtual Reality
• Web3D Tools and Networked Environment
• 3D File Formats.