Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice - Hardcover

Van Dam, Andries; Feiner, Steven K.; Hughes, John F.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0201848406 ISBN 13: 9780201848403

Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional, 1995

Synopsis

A guide to the concepts and applications of computer graphics covers such topics as interaction techniques, dialogue design, and user interface software.

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About the Author

James D. Foley (Ph.D., University of Michigan) is the founding director of the interdisciplinary Graphics, Visualization & Usability Center at Georgia Institute of Technology, and Professor of Computer Science and of Electrical Engineering. Coauthor with Andries van Dam of Fundamentals of Interactive Computer Graphics, Foley is a member of ACM, ACM SIGGRAPH, ACM SIGCHI, the Human Factors Society, IEEE, and the IEEE Computer Society. He recently...

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From the Back Cover

The best-selling book on computer graphics is now available in this C-language version. All code has been converted into C, and changes through the ninth printing of the second edition have been incorporated. The book's many outstanding features continue to ensure its position as the standard computer graphics text and reference.

By uniquely combining current concepts and practical applications in computer graphics, four...

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From the Inside Flap

"Interactive graphics is a field whose time has come. Until recently it was an esoteric specialty involving expensive display a hardware, substantial computer resources, and idiosyncratic software. In the last few years, however, it has benefited from the steady and sometimes even spectacular reduction in the hardware price/performance ration (E.G., personal computers for home or office with their standard graphics terminals), and from the development of...

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Preface

"Interactive graphics is a field whose time has come. Until recently it was an esoteric specialty involving expensive display a hardware, substantial computer resources, and idiosyncratic software. In the last few years, however, it has benefited from the steady and sometimes even spectacular reduction in the hardware price/performance ration (E.G., personal computers for home or office with their standard graphics terminals),...

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Edition details

• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0201848406
• ISBN 13: 9780201848403
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 1175
• Editor: Foley James D.