Computer Graphics

The present book provides fundamentals of Computer Graphics and its applications. It helps the reader to understand: how computer hardware interacts with computer graphics; how it draws various objects, namely, line, circle, parabola, hyperbola, etc.; how realistic images are formed; how we see pictures move; and how different colors are generated from visible light. At every stage, detailed experiments with suitable figures are provided. More than 250 unsolved problems have been given at the end of chapters in the book. A large number of solved examples and programs in C are provided in the Appendices. New Features in this Edition: A new chapter on Segment . Coverage of illumination models and shading models. More discussion of algorithms. Addition of solved exercises at the end of chapters. Inclusion of computer graphics related mathematics. Contents: Foreword / Preface to the Second Edition / Introduction to Computer Graphics / Display Devices / Interactive Devices / Scan Conversion / 2-D Transformations / 2D Viewing Transformation and Clipping / 3-D Transformations / Projection / 3-D Viewing and Clipping / Hidden Lines and Hidden Surfaces / Bezier Curves and B-Splines / Animation / Multimedia / Color Models / Illumination Models and Shading Models / Appendices I / Appendices II / Index Audience: BCA, BE / B.Tech (CSE/IT), MCA and DOEACCB students.

Pradeep K. Bhatia is Professor, Department of Computer Engineering, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar (Haryana). He has 20 Years of academic, and research experience in the field of Computer Engineering. He obtained his M.Sc. (Mathematics) from M.D. University, Rohtak and Ph.D from Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar (Haryana). His areas of research are Software Quality, Software Metrics, Software Measure with Fuzzy Technique and COTS Computer Graphics. He has also authored ASP.NET for undergraduate and postgraduate courses. He is life time member of Academic Council, CSI, Information Journal of Information Processing.