Techniques for Computer Graphics

by David F. Rogers (Editor), Rae Earnshaw (Editor)

Overview

Reviews 8 key areas which are focal points for current de-
velopments. Theseare Design, Modeling, Image Generatiion,
Workstations, VLSI, HCI, Graphics Standards, and Electronic
Documentation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781461387152
Publisher:	Springer New York
Publication date:	11/10/2011
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1987
Pages:	512
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.04(d)

Table of Contents

1 Design.- Computer Graphics in Design.- Design in Computer Graphics: A Plea for Visual Literacy.- 2 Modeling.- Computational Geometry and Software Engineering: Towards a Geometric Computing Environment.- The Model for Graphics.- The Beta Spline.- A Model Driven Approach to CAD and Graphic Communication Networks.- Understanding the Preparation and Analysis of Solid Models.- 3.- The Use of Spatial Coherence in Ray Tracing.- Color Reproduction and Illumination Models.- 4 Workstations.- Advanced Engineering/Scientific Graphic Workstations.- 5 Hardware.- VLSI for Graphics.- Specialised Hardware for Computer Graphics.- Polygon Processing for VLSI Pattern Generation.- 6 Human-Computer Interface.- Human Factors of Input and Output Devices.- HCI and Research and Development in User Interface Design.- 7 Graphics Standards.- R & D—Issues and Trends Consequent Upon GKS and Related Standards.- 8 Documentation.- On-line Documentation.- Document Structures for Integrated Text and Graphics.- Author Biographies.