Tricks of the Graphics Gurus/Book and Disks [Paperback]

Dick Oliver (Contributor)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1993

Expert tips for creating and using graphics! Teaches readers about basic concepts, general algorithms, and techniques for programming graphics.
-- Covers fractals, animation, modeling, 2-D and 3-D graphics, ray tracing, and morphing
-- Special section written by the cover designer explains how the cover was created
-- Includes 2 disks containing all the programs and files needed to run all the graphics in the book

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Expert tips for creating and using graphics! Teaches readers about basic concepts, general algorithms, and techniques for programming graphics.Includes 2 disks containing all the programs and files needed to run all the graphics in the book "Icons identify expert secrets. Covers fractals, animation, modeling, 2-D and 3-D graphics, ray tracing, and morphing. Special section written by the cover designer explains how the cover was created". Covers IBM & Compatibles. -- Sams Pub.

Product Details

• Paperback: 800 pages
• Publisher: Sams Publishing; Pap/Dskt edition (July 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0672303086
• ISBN-13: 978-0672303081
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.2 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,166,278 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This book isn't targeted to the serious programmer, January 27, 2005

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This review is from: Tricks of the Graphics Gurus/Book and Disks (Paperback)

It is more like a preview of the topics of 3D graphics. The usefulness of this book is 1 from a scale from 1 to 10. Dont buy this book if you are a serious about lerning 3d graphics!

However if you just like to look at nice pictures and isn't serious about doing 3d graphics. Then this book is for you.

2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars gamelan.com is better!, July 6, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Tricks of the Graphics Gurus/Book and Disks (Paperback)

This is a good book for people who are interrested in computer graphics, but not for programmers who wants to make fancy programs. This book covers some of the mathematics behind the graphics but it doesn't covers everything that you want to know. If you want to program computer graphics with this book you definitly have to buy another book to compensate the missing parts in this one...

..or better, buy another book...