Practical Ray Tracing in C
Published on 9. November 1992
Book
Mixed media product
528 pages
978-0-471-57301-2 (ISBN)
Description
A practical introduction to ray tracing, which has been designed specifically for those new to the field of computer graphics. The accompanying diskette contains colour ray-traced images and two complete ray training programs, one of which is high speed.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Ill.
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 190 mm
Weight
992 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-57301-2 (9780471573012)
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Content
THE SCIENCE OF RAY TRACING. Introduction to Ray-Tracing Theory. A First Ray-Tracer Program. Color Quantization and Display of Image Data. Graphics File Formats and Functions. THE ART OF RAY TRACING AND GALLERY OF IMAGES. DKBTrace and the Image Development Process. Basic Ray-Tracing Techniques. Intermediate Ray-Tracing Techniques. Image Model Discussions. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. Further Reading. Glossary. The Companion Disks. RGB Color Tables. Index.