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OpenGL SuperBible

by: Wright, Richard S; Lipchak, Benjamin

OpenGL SuperBible

by: Wright, Richard S; Lipchak, Benjamin

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9780672326011
ISBN 10:
0672326019
Edition: 3rd
Format: Paperback w/CD
Copyright: 01/01/2005
Publisher: Sams
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In a world where everything from how we take pictures to how we get our food is designed to happen as quickly and easily as possible, it can take a lot longer to learn how to make it all work behind the scenes. Theories and concepts can weigh you down when all you really want to know is how to create, design and go. That's where OpenGL SuperBible comes in. Complete with supporting figures and a CD packed with free tools, demos and libraries,OpenGL SuperBiblesimplifies 3D programming concepts without wasting your time with programming theory. Mac and Windows users will both find this comprehensive hands-on guide helpful as you learn to program for games, visualization applications and multi-platforms. This is the ultimate resource for any new programmer.

Introduction	p. 1
Classic OpenGL
Introduction to 3D Graphics and OpenGL	p. 11
What's This All About?	p. 11
A Brief History of Computer Graphics	p. 11
A Survey of 3D Effects	p. 15
Common Uses for 3D Graphics	p. 21
Basic 3D Programming Principles	p. 24
Summary	p. 32
Using OpenGL	p. 33
What Is OpenGL?	p. 33
How Does OpenGL Work?	p. 41
OpenGL: An API, Not a Language	p. 44
API Specifics	p. 45
Platform Independence	p. 48
Animation with OpenGL and GLUT	p. 62
The OpenGL State Machine	p. 68
OpenGL Errors	p. 69
Identifying the Version	p. 71
Getting a Clue with glHint	p. 71
Using Extensions	p. 72
Summary	p. 74
Reference	p. 75
Drawing in Space: Geometric Primitives and Buffers	p. 89
Drawing Points in 3D	p. 90
Setting Up a 3D Canvas	p. 90
A 3D Point: The Vertex	p. 92
Draw Something!	p. 93
Setting the Point Size	p. 97
Drawing Lines in 3D	p. 100
Drawing Triangles in 3D	p. 109
Building Solid Objects	p. 112
Other Primitives	p. 122
Other Buffer Tricks	p. 132
Summary	p. 141
Reference	p. 142
Geometric Transformations: The Pipeline	p. 159
Is This the Dreaded Math Chapter?	p. 159
Understanding Transformations	p. 160
The Matrix: Mathematical Currency for 3D Graphics	p. 166
Using Projections	p. 178
Advanced Matrix Manipulation	p. 186
Moving Around in OpenGL Using Cameras and Actors	p. 193
Bringing It All Together	p. 196
Summary	p. 203
Reference	p. 204
Color, Materials, and Lighting: The Basics	p. 211
What Is Color?	p. 212
PC Color Hardware	p. 215
PC Display Modes	p. 216
Using Color in OpenGL	p. 218
Color in the Real World	p. 224
Materials in the Real World	p. 227
Adding Light to a Scene	p. 229
Using a Light Source	p. 234
Lighting Effects	p. 244
Putting It All Together	p. 250
Shadows	p. 258
Summary	p. 265
Reference	p. 266
More on Colors and Materials	p. 275
Blending	p. 275
Fog	p. 286
Accumulation Buffer	p. 289
Other Color Operations	p. 292
Summary	p. 294
Reference	p. 295
Imaging with OpenGL	p. 301
Bitmaps	p. 301
Pixel Packing	p. 309
Pixmaps	p. 310
More Fun with Pixels	p. 320
The Imaging "Subset"	p. 335
Summary	p. 353
Reference	p. 353
Texture Mapping: The Basics	p. 375
Loading Textures	p. 376
Mapping Textures to Geometry	p. 380
A Simple 2D Example	p. 383
Texture Environment	p. 390
Texture Parameters	p. 392
Texture Objects	p. 405
Summary	p. 416
Reference	p. 416
Texture Mapping: Beyond the Basics	p. 435
Secondary Color	p. 435
Anisotropic Filtering	p. 438
Texture Compression	p. 440
Texture Coordinate Generation	p. 443
Multitexture	p. 457
Texture Combiners	p. 465
Summary	p. 467
Reference	p. 467
Curves and Surfaces	p. 477
Built-in Surfaces	p. 478
Bezier Curves and Surfaces	p. 487
NURBS	p. 501
Tessellation	p. 508
Summary	p. 518
Reference	p. 519
It's All About the Pipeline: Faster Geometry Throughput	p. 547
Model Assembly 101	p. 548
Display Lists	p. 563
Measuring Performance	p. 567
Vertex Arrays	p. 574
Summary	p. 596
Reference	p. 596
Interactive Graphics	p. 611
Selection	p. 612
A Feedback Example	p. 627
Summary	p. 634
Reference	p. 634
OpenGL Everywhere
Wiggle: OpenGL on Windows	p. 643
OpenGL Implementations on Windows	p. 644
Basic Windows Rendering	p. 647
Putting It All Together	p. 658
Windows Palettes	p. 669
OpenGL and Windows Fonts	p. 679
Full-Screen Rendering	p. 685
Multithreaded Rendering	p. 689
OpenGL and WGL Extensions	p. 690
Summary	p. 725
Reference	p. 725
OpenGL on MacOS X	p. 743
The Basics	p. 743
Using the AGL and Carbon APIs	p. 744
Using the Cocoa API	p. 775
Summary	p. 788
Reference	p. 788
GLX: OpenGL on Linux	p. 793
The Basics	p. 793
The OpenGL Extension for the X Window System	p. 797
Creating Bitmap Fonts for OpenGL	p. 812
Offscreen Rendering	p. 825
Using the Motif Library	p. 839
Summary	p. 855
Reference	p. 855
OpenGL: The Next Generation
Buffer Objects: It's Your Video Memory; You Manage It!	p. 865
First, You Need Vertex Arrays	p. 867
Migration to Buffer Objects	p. 872
Loading Data into Buffer Objects	p. 874
A Few Loose Ends	p. 881
Summary	p. 882
Reference	p. 882
Occlusion Queries: Why Do More Work Than You Need To?	p. 891
The World Before Occlusion Queries	p. 892
Bounding Boxes	p. 895
Querying the Query Object	p. 900
Summary	p. 903
Reference	p. 903
Depth Textures and Shadows	p. 907
Be That Light	p. 908
A New Kind of Texture	p. 913
Draw the Shadows First?!	p. 913
And Then There Was Light	p. 914
Two Out of Three Ain't Bad	p. 925
A Few Words About Polygon Offset	p. 926
Summary	p. 927
Reference	p. 928
Programmable Pipeline: This Isn't Your Father's OpenGL	p. 931
Out with the Old	p. 932
In with the New	p. 936
Introduction to Shader Extensions	p. 940
Summary	p. 944
Low-Level Shading: Coding to the Metal	p. 945
Managing Low-Level Shaders	p. 946
Instruction Sets	p. 950
Variable Types	p. 954
Input and Output Modifiers	p. 961
Resource Consumption and Queries	p. 963
Shader Options	p. 966
Summary	p. 967
Reference	p. 967
High-Level Shading: The Real Slim Shader	p. 981
Managing High-Level Shaders	p. 982
Variables	p. 987
Expressions	p. 991
Control Flow	p. 995
Summary	p. 999
Reference	p. 999
Vertex Shading: Do-It-Yourself Transform, Lighting, and Texgen	p. 1015
Getting Your Feet Wet	p. 1015
Diffuse Lighting	p. 1018
Specular Lighting	p. 1021
Improved Specular Lighting	p. 1024
Per-Vertex Fog	p. 1032
Per-Vertex Point Size	p. 1037
Customized Vertex Transformation	p. 1040
Vertex Blending	p. 1043
Summary	p. 1049
Fragment Shading: Empower Your Pixel Processing	p. 1051
Color Conversion	p. 1052
Image Processing	p. 1061
Lighting	p. 1072
Procedural Texture Mapping	p. 1083
Summary	p. 1103
Further Reading	p. 1105
Other Good OpenGL Books	p. 1105
3D Graphics Books	p. 1105
Web Sites	p. 1106
Glossary	p. 1107
OpenGL ES	p. 1113
Reduction of Data Types	p. 1113
Totally Gone	p. 1114
Greatly Reduced Functionality	p. 1115
Texture Mapping	p. 1115
Raster Operations	p. 1115
Lighting	p. 1115
Conclusion	p. 1116
Index	p. 1117
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