Updated for the latest advances, algorithms, and hardware, this book teaches how to develop and test real OpenGL programs, step-by-step. Students learn through examples that are directly relevant to today's movies, games, Internet and interactive applications. They move from simple line drawings to increasingly complex techniques, including surfaces, shading, and NURBS. Equal weight is given in this edition to both modeling and viewing.

Table of Contents Contents:
1. Introduction to Computer Graphics
2. Initial Steps in Drawing Figures
3. Additional Drawing Tools
4. Vector Tools for Graphics
5. Transformations of Objects
6. Modeling Shapes with Polygonal Meshes
7. Three-Dimensional Viewing
8. Rendering Faces for Visual Realism
9. Tools for Raster Displays
10. Curve and Surface Design
11. Color Theory
12. Introduction to Ray Tracing

Appendix 1 Graphics Tools: How to Obtain and Install OpenGL
Appendix 2 Some Mathematics for Computer Graphics
Appendix 3 SDL: Scene Description Language
Appendix 4 Fractals and the Mandelbrot Set
Appendix 5 Relative and Turtle Drawing Index