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Real-Time Rendering, Third Edition 3rd Edition

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  • Hardcover: 1045 pages
  • Publisher: A K Peters/CRC Press; 3 edition (July 25, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1568814240
  • ISBN-13: 978-1568814247
  • Product Dimensions: 1.8 x 6.2 x 9 inches
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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 starsperfect - concise, up-to-date review of realtime 3D graphics
By techno hermit on June 18, 2009
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This is my favorite 3D graphics book by a wide margin. The writing is clear, concise and quite up-to-date (assuming you have the most recent edition). Every page contains concise, unobtrusive references to 1200 excellent sources of information (books, articles, links). For example, if you see [987] in the text, just find entry [987] in the appendix to find the name of a book, article, link or PDF with more information.

What's best about this text is how well chosen and written are the topics. Their intention is always to describe the best up-to-date techniques to implement solutions to every aspect of real-time 3D graphics, with only enough general or historical discussion of each topic to provide a foundation to understand the current state-of-the-art. This is simply the perfect practical approach. Their complementary website is an absolute gold mine of references and advice.

If I could only buy one general book on 3D graphics, this would definitely be it. It is a perfect complement to special-purpose books on specific APIs (OpenGL or DirectX) or GPU shading languages (GLSL or CG or HLSL) that describe the specific graphics environment and software tools you need to implement your 3D applications. If your choice is OpenGL/GLSL, then "Realtime Rendering" is the perfect complement to the OpenGL SuperBible (4th~5th edition) and the OpenGL Shading Language (3rd edition).
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20 of 23 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 starsGreat! But Brief Approach
By Chunhyok Chong on March 4, 2009
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This book is a great collection of almost current practical rendering techniques.

Very basic theories/ideas for game engine, basis for game client programming as well as the necessary knowledge for understanding DirectX and OpenGL, in short, almost all stuffs of graphical rendering topics are covered by this book.

I think of that this book consists of three major parts by three different coauthors.
(But the consistency of the entire book content is kept well; the related issues in different sections/chapters are referred/linked with each other exactly.)

It covers,
BASIC SUFF AND LIGHT (Basic Vector Calculus, Basic Optical Science)
Basic logical tools for graphics - Matrix, Projection, Terminologies,
Basic graphics concepts - Aliasing, Morphing, Sensor, Color, Texture,
Characteristics of light - Spectrum of Light, Irradiance, Reflection/Refraction, etc.

RENDERING TECHNIQUE (More Artificial Technique)
Illumination, Shading, Mapping, Effects, Bill boarding, Fogging, Silhouette, Cartoon-Rendering, etc.

GEOMETRY AND PERFORMANCE
Line, Surface, Culling, LOD, Space Partitioning, Collision, Performance, GPU Pipeline, etc.

It cites a lot of references on graphics/rendering/shader books, mathematics, journals, treaties and articles on the both side of online and offline.
But the subjects/content of each section are written in brief and clear way to understand them due to that this book tries to avoid using complex formulae or equations.
Recommending to find/read the original references to get more details for those kind of formulae, this book focuses on the major flow of how the techniques are derived and applied to.Read more ›
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 starsMarvelous theory book on rendering
By J. S. Harbour on March 24, 2010
Format: Hardcover
This book is pricey because it's printed on high-quality gloss paper in FULL COLOR. Every illustration, screenshot, is in color, which makes it a real treat to read compared to the usual cheap photocopy paper used in most books. There is not a lot of actual source code in this book that you can apply to your own rendering system immediately, but the theory is extremely valuable from a higher point of view--such as someone working on their own engine and looking for every angle to increase quality and performance of their scenes. This is more of a textbook than a consumer-level programming book, as there is quite a bit of theory versus hands-on code listings--which is a good thing. I know this book is being used for CS courses, and though I have taught CS courses myself, I am no longer in academia. Thus, my perspective is now that of a hobby programmer. As such, I can still strongly recommend this awesome book which will increase your comprehension of rendering systems. However, I recommend having an applied book as well so you can put some of the techniques presented herein to the test (for instance, I might suggest the new edition of Game Coding Complete).
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 starsGreat
By K. Madsen on December 9, 2009
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Awesome book, it goes over as much rendering as humans know. If you want to know how to render something and it has been done before 2009, it's in the book. It gives a really good description of just about everything, I was happy to see how it has a section to go over the GPU architecture, and uses the Playstation 3 and XBox 360 as examples. Goes in great depth, you're able to implement stuff out of the book even though it doesn't give you code (just pseudo code). It goes over ray tracing techniques, intersections, optimization, and advanced techniques, which I was also happy about in a real-time book. Since getting the book, I stay updated on the blog and all the information on [...]. I have to say this book is a must have if you're into rendering!
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 starsGreat concept book
By Robert Cook on May 21, 2010
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I don't know if this book is for you if you are looking for 100% coding examples, but if that's what you're looking for you're probably not interested in Real-Time rendering seriously.

As far as the concepts go though it takes the ideas down to a very solid level of understanding.

My original use for this book was as a textbook over 2 years a go, but I still pull it out to this day.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

This is a must have book for everyone who wants to dig deeper into real-time rendering and games.

Published 9 months ago by Simonov Valentin
5.0 out of 5 starsEasy to recommend

It's the best book I've found for up-to-date information about GPU rendering. I'll second the comment of someone else on here that the bibliography is useful, but emphasize that... Read more

Published 9 months ago by Yooper
5.0 out of 5 starsgreat book

One of the best book that I can find on the market.

Published 10 months ago by Cao Jiayin
3.0 out of 5 starsthe remainder of the book wasn't useful to me

Online contents lead me to believe there was more on GPU hardware design (pipeline, caching, parallelism, etc.) than what is actually in the book. Read more

Published 11 months ago by Russell Powell
5.0 out of 5 starsBook becomes son's new bible! :)

This book is my son's new bible. He can't stop talking about it! 3rd year in college as Digital Media Major - I believe he has learned more from this one book then many others... Read more

Published 12 months ago by D. Saunders
1.0 out of 5 starsEmbarrassingly poor quality. How do I return this so that ...

Not readable on Kindle Cloud.

Embarrassingly poor quality.
How do I return this so that I can go spend my money someplace where I can actually open the book.

Published 18 months ago by ScarletCarson
5.0 out of 5 starsBest book for real-time rendering

This is the best book on real-time rendering currently available. Must-read for anyone in the field.

The binding and printing are also excellent.

Published 22 months ago by Soham
5.0 out of 5 starsawesome

i think its a really good book to have in your personal library. Even to have a look some day if you are bored, u can get some knowledge, methods and so on of the nowadays... Read more

Published 23 months ago by Gorka Mendieta Moreno
5.0 out of 5 starsPerfect Gift for my brother

I bought this for my brother Xmas based on his request. I am sure he enjoyed it which to a 5 star rating.

Published 23 months ago by bolo591
5.0 out of 5 starsMy Go-To

Best graphics book out there for real-time rendering. As a recent-grad engineer now working in the game industry as a graphics programmer, I constantly come back to this book for... Read more

Published on December 2, 2013 by Alex Tardif

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