[comp.graphics] New Book by Watt

markv@gauss.Princeton.EDU (Mark VandeWettering) (01/17/90)

In article <0ARD=|@rpi.edu> wrf@mab.ecse.rpi.edu (Wm Randolph Franklin) writes:
>My AW rep told me yesterday that the date is  now April.  There are also
>several other new graphics books out from AW, such as

>Alan Watt
>Fundamentals of 3D Computer Graphics

I picked up a copy of this book, and like it quite a bit.  Its got a good
treatment of a lot of different topics, and the suggestions for projects
are pretty neat.  It covers most important topics, like lighting models, 
colors, raytracing, radiosity, normal scan line algorithms, animation,
texture mapping.  Kind of an introductory level book, but overall quite
well done. 

It also includes source code in Pascal for a 3-D wireframe/zbuffer package.
All in all a good deal.

Mark