The Cg Tutorial: The Definitive Guide to Programmable Real-Time Graphics - Brossura

Fernando, Randima; Kilgard, Mark J.

 
9780321194961: The Cg Tutorial: The Definitive Guide to Programmable Real-Time Graphics
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ISBN 10: 0321194969 ISBN 13: 9780321194961
Casa editrice: Addison-Wesley Professional, 2003

Sinossi

"Cg is the key to unlocking the power of a new generation of programmable graphics hardware. This book is the definitive introduction to Cg, and will be essential for anyone programming high-quality real-time graphics. The Cg Tutorial will teach you to use Cg to create effects never before available for real-time applications."
--Larry Gritz, Author of Advanced RenderMan (Morgan Kaufmann, 2000)
"An important and timely book: Pixel-level procedural textures--animated clouds, fire, water, the whole bag of procedural tricks--finally go from the movie screen to the desktop. Access to computation of this power through a C-like language will usher in an exciting new era for the graphics community."
--Ken Perlin, Professor, New York University

Cg (C for graphics) is a complete programming environment for the fast creation of special effects and real-time cinematic quality experiences on multiple platforms. By providing a new level of abstraction, Cg lets developers more directly target OpenGL®, DirectX®, Windows®, Linux, Mac OS X®, and console platforms, such as the Xbox™, without having to program directly to the graphics hardware assembly language. Cg was developed by NVIDIA® Corporation in close collaboration with Microsoft® Corporation, and is compatible with both the OpenGL API and Microsoft's HLSL for DirectX 9.0.

 

The Cg Tutorial explains how to implement both basic and advanced techniques for today's programmable GPU architectures.

 

Major topics covered include:

  • 3D transformations
  • Per-vertex and per-pixel lighting
  • Skinning and key-frame interpolation
  • Environment mapping
  • Bump mapping
  • Fog
  • Performance optimization
  • Projective texturing
  • Cartoon shading
  • Compositing

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    The accompanying CD-ROM includes the tools needed to run the sample programs in the book.

    Le informazioni nella sezione "Riassunto" possono far riferimento a edizioni diverse di questo titolo.

    Informazioni sull?autore

    Randima (Randy) Fernando is Manager of Developer Education at NVIDIA.

    Mark J. Kilgard is a Senior Software Engineer at NVIDIA.

    Le informazioni nella sezione "Su questo libro" possono far riferimento a edizioni diverse di questo titolo.

    Editore
    Addison-Wesley Professional
    Data di pubblicazione
    2003
    Lingua
    Inglese
    ISBN 10 
    0321194969
    ISBN 13 
    9780321194961
    Rilegatura
    Copertina flessibile
    Numero edizione
    1
    Numero di pagine
    384
    Contatto del produttore
    non disponibile
    Persona responsabile
    GS1 Slovakia
    https://www.gs1sk.org

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