CONTENTSChapter 1 Introduction to Computer Graphics 1.1 What is Computer Graphics? 1.2 Where Computer Generated pictures are Used 1.3 Elements of Pictures created in Computer Graphics. 1.4 Graphics display devices1.5 Graphics Input Primitives and Devices 1.6. Chapter Summary & Exercises 1.7. For Further Reading.Chapter 2 Getting Started Drawing Figures 2.1 Getting started making pictures 2.2 Drawing Basic Graphics Primitives 2.3 Making Line-drawings 2.4 Simple interaction with mouse and keyboard 2.5. Summary 2.6. Case Studies 2.7. For Further Reading.Chapter 3 Additional Drawing Tools 3.1. Introduction 3.2. World Windows and Viewports 3.3. Clipping Lines 3.4. Regular Polygons, Circles, and Arcs 3.5. The Parametric Form of a Curve. 3.6. Summary. 3.7. Case Studies 3.8. For Further Reading.Chapter 4 Vector Tools for Graphics 4.1. Introduction 4.2. Review of Vectors 4.3. The Dot Product.4.4. The Cross Product of Two Vectors. 4.5. Representations of Key Geometric Objects.4.6. Finding the Intersection of two Line Segments. 4.7. Intersections of Lines with Planes, and Clipping.4.8. Polygon Intersection Problems.4.9. Summary.4.10. Case Studies 4.11. For Further Reading.Chapter 5 Transformations of Objects 5.1. Introduction5.2. Introduction to Transformations5.3. 3D Affine Transformations5.4. How To Change Coordinate Systems5.5. Affine Transformations used in a Program.5.6. To Draw 3D Scenes Interactively with OpenGL.5.7. Summary.5.8. Case Studies.5.9. For Further Reading.Chapter 6 Modeling Shapes with Polygonal Meshes. 6.1. Introduction6.2. Introduction to Solid Modeling with Polygonal Meshes. 6.3. Polyhedra. 6.4. Extruded Shapes. 6.5. Mesh Approximations to Smooth Objects.6.6. Particle Systems and Physically Based Systems 6.7. Summary.6.8. Case Studies.6.9. For Further Reading.Chapter 7 Three-Dimensional Viewing 7.1 Introduction 7.2. The Camera Revisited. 7.3. To Specify a Camera in a program. 7.4. Perspective Projections of 3D Objects. 7.5. To Produce Stereo Views. 7.6. Taxonomy of Projections. 7.7. Summary 7.8. Case Studies 7.9. For Further Reading. Chapter 8 Rendering Faces for Visual Realism 8.1. Introduction8.2. Introduction to Shading Models8.3. Flat Shading and Smooth Shading.8.4. Adding Hidden Surface Removal.8.5. To Add Texture to Faces.8.6. To Add Shadows of Objects.8.7. OpenGL 2.0 & The Shading Language (GLSL) 8.8. Summary.8.9. Case Studies8.10. For Further Reading. Chapter 9 Tools for Raster Displays 9.1. Introduction9.2. Manipulating Pixmaps.9.3. Combining Pixmaps.9.4. Do It Yourself Line Drawing: Bresenham's Algorithm.9.5 To Define and Fill Regions of Pixels.9.6. Manipulating Symbolically-defined Regions.9.7. Filling Polygon-Defined Regions.9.8. Aliasing and Anti-Aliasing Techniques.9.9. Creating More Shades and Colors.9.10. Summary.9.11. Case Studies.9.12. Further ReadingChapter 10 Curve and Surface Design 10.1. Introduction10.2. Describing Curves using Polynomials.10.3. On Interactive Curve Design.10.4. Bezier Curves for Curve Design.10.5. Properties of Bezier Curves.10.6. Finding Better Blending functions.10.7. The B-Spline Basis Functions.10.8. Useful Properties of B-Spline Curves for Design.10.9. Rational Splines and NURBS Curves.10.10. A Glimpse at Interpolation.10.11. Modeling Curved Surfaces.10.12. Summary10.13. Case Studies.10.14. Further Reading.Chapter 11 Color Theory 11.1. Introduction11.2. Color Description11.3. The CIE Standard11.4. Color Spaces11.5. Indexed Color and the LUT.11.6. Color Quantization.11.7. Summary11.8. Case Studies11.9. For Further Reading.Chapter 12 Ray Tracing 12.1. Introduction 12.2. Setting Up the Geometry of Ray Tracing 12.3. Overview of the Ray-Tracing Process 12.4. Intersection of a Ray with an Object. 12.5. Organizing a Ray Tracer Application.12.6. Intersecting Rays with Other Primitives 12.7. To Draw Shaded Pictures of Scenes 12.8. Adding Surface Texture.12.9. Anti-aliasing Ray Tracings.12.10. Using Extents 12.11. Adding Shadows for Greater Realism.12.12. Reflections and Transparency 12.13. Compound Objects: Boolean Operations on Objects 12.14. Ray Tracing vs. Ray Casting12.15. Summary.12.16. Case Studies. 12.17. For Further Reading A1. Graphics Tools - Obtaining OpenGL. A2. Some Mathematics for Computer Graphics A2.1 Some Key Definitions for Matrices and their OperationsA2.2. Some Properties of Vectors and their operations.A2.3. Spherical Coordinates and Direction Cosines. A3. An Introduction to SDL: Scene Description Language A3.1. Syntax of SDLA3.2. Macros in SDL.A3.3. Extending SDL. A4. Fractals and The Mandelbrot Set A4.1. Introduction A4.2. Fractals and Self-Similarity A4.3. The Mandelbrot Set A5. Relative and Turtle Drawing. A5.1. To Develop moveRel() and lineRel().A5.2. Turtle GraphicsA5.3. Figures Based on Regular Polygons. ReferencesIndex