A guide to industry graphics standards for personal computers that explains various PC graphics environments and graphics programming principles. The author discusses the features and operations of the Super VGA, VGA, XGA, 8514/A, and EGA graphics standards and tutors the reader on how to write programs that support and take advantage of the popular chip sets and graphics boards supporting those standards. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
Richard F. Ferraro is an internationally known inventor, author, and consultant in computer graphics. He and partner Marco Brandestini invented the award winning Nikon Coolscan™ Scanner. He is the author of the best-selling Programmeris Guide to the EGA, VGA and SuperVGA Cards and Learn 3D Graphics Programming on the PC. Mr. Ferraro provides design, training, and patent and copyright consulting services in computer graphics, image processing, and image data compression. He can be reached through Addison-Wesley at ferraro@awl.com.
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