Design and Implementation of 3D Graphics Systems

Content: Introduction  Computer Graphics  Scope and Applications  Methodology  System Architecture  Implementation and Extensions  Implementation Paradigm  Graphic Standards  Advanced Applications and Future Studies  Content  Supplemental Material         Objects and Graphics Devices  Graphics Objects  Graphic Devices and Representation  Classification of Graphics Devices  Graphics Workstations  The GP Graphics Package  Comments and References         Interaction and Graphical Interfaces  Creating Interactive Programs  Interaction Fundamentals  Interaction Mechanisms  Interface Objects  Toolkits Polygon Line Editor  Review  Comments and References         Geometry  Geometry for Computer Graphics  Euclidean Space  Transformations in Euclidean Space  Projective Space  Projective Transformations in RP3  Transformations of Geometric Objects  Comments and References         Color  Color Foundations  Device Color Systems  Color Specification Systems  Discretizing the Color Solid  Comments and References         Digital Image  Foundations  Format of the Image Representation  Image Coding  Comments and References         Description of 3D Scenes  3D Scenes  Language Concepts  An Extension Language  Sublanguages and Applications  Comments and References         3D Geometric Models  Foundations of Modeling  Geometric Primitives  Approximation of Surfaces and Polygonal Meshes  Polygonal Surfaces  Comments and References        Modeling Techniques  Foundations of Modeling Systems  Constructive Models  Generative Modeling  Comments and References         Hierarchies and Articulated Objects  Geometric Links  Hierarchies and Transformations  Groups of Objects  Animation  Comments and References         Viewing and Camera Transformations  The Viewing Process  Viewing Transformations  Viewing Specification  Comments and References         Surface Clipping for Viewing  Foundations of the Clipping Operation  Clipping Trivial Cases  Two-Step Clipping  Sequential Clipping  Comments of References         Rasterization  Foundations of Rasterization  Incremental Methods  Rasterization by Subdivision  Comments and References         Visible Surface Calculation  Foundations  Z-Buffer  Ray Tracing  The Painter\'s Algorithm  Other Visibility Methods  Comments and References    Local Illumination Models  Foundations  Light Sources  Local Illumination  Materials  Specification in the Language  Comments and References         Global Illumination  Illumination Model  Ray Tracing Method  The Radiosity Method  Comments and References         Mapping Techniques  Foundations  Texture Function  Texture Mapping  Bump Mapping  Reflection Mapping  Light Sources Mapping  Comments and References         Shading  Shading Function Sampling and Reconstruction  Sampling Methods  Basic Reconstruction Methods  Reconstruction of Texture Attributes  Imaging  Comments and References         3D Graphics Systems  System A  System B  System C  Projects         Bibliography     Index