| Jim Blinn's Corner: Dixty Pixels Contributor(s): Blinn, Jim (Author) |
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ISBN: 1558604553 ISBN-13: 9781558604551 Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers OUR PRICE: $57.56 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1998 Annotation: The original graphics guru, Jim Blinn, returns with a second compilation of the best columns from "Jim Blinn's Corner", his regular column in "IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications". He has developed many widely used graphics techniques, including bump mapping, environment mapping, and blobby modeling. He shares his most useful graphics tips and tricks, many of which have never before been addressed. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Computers | Computer Graphics - Computers | Desktop Applications - Design & Graphics |
| Dewey: 006.6 |
| LCCN: 97044811 |
| Series: The Morgan Kaufmann Computer Graphics |
| Physical Information: 0.58" H x 7.41" W x 9.24" (1.00 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: All problems in computer graphics can be solved with a matrix inversion.--Jim Blinn Jim Blinn is Back Dirty Pixels is Jim's second compendium of articles selected from his award-winning column, Jim Blinn's Corner, in IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications. Here he addresses topics in image processing and pixel arithmetic and shares the tricks he's uncovered through years of experimentation. Writing in the inimitable, engaging style for which he's famous, Jim's easy-to-understadn explanations and solutions make abstract concepts accessible to a broad audience. Dirty Pixels is an invaluable resource for anyone in the computer graphics field. Teapots and More Jim's contributions to computer graphics include the Voyager Fly-by animations of space missions to Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus; The Mechanical Universe, a 52-part telecourse of animated physics; and the computer animation of Carl Sagan's PBS series Cosmos. Jim developed many graphics techniques now in widespread use, among them bump mapping, environment mapping, and blobby modeling. |