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any good books???

Started by E-Coli Aug 31, 2004 at 7:17 PM 3 replies 700+ views

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Aug 31, 2004 at 7:17 PM

having just read "3D math primer for graphics and game development" im looking for a good book to follow on from this.im looking at "Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice in C" at the mo, but is this a good book? whats it go into? i read the reviews but they aint much help.any other books i should try??? btw im looking for books on theory of computer graphics and not really anything for an API. yay!thanks.

codemonster

Sep 1, 2004 at 12:23 PM

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Then it is definitly Real-Time Rendering, 2nd ed., Tomas Akenine-Möller, Eric Haines. Good book on theory (lighting for example) with lots of pointers to free resources in www.

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Macross

i second that! that book is truly a gem. it helped me a lot while working on my diploma thesis. it covers almost everything. really, it's a must-have :)

"Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice in C" is a good book, it covers lots of (important) basic stuff and it's definitely not amiss to read it. but it's kinda aged. so if you're into 3d programming, go for the book by akenine-möller/haines.

Drilian

Sep 2, 2004 at 12:50 AM

Thirded. Realtime Rendering follows me around the house as I move from room to room. It's the only book in my collection that spends no time on the bookshelf, since I'm almost always using it.

GPU Gems is a neat book too, though it may not be exactly what you're looking for. It's a whole set of tips/tricks for various graphical effects.

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