Author: Gabriel Gambetta
Publisher: No Starch Press
ISBN: 1718500769
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Computer Graphics from Scratch demystifies the algorithms used in modern graphics software and guides beginners through building photorealistic 3D renders. Computer graphics programming books are often math-heavy and intimidating for newcomers. Not this one. Computer Graphics from Scratch takes a simpler approach by keeping the math to a minimum and focusing on only one aspect of computer graphics, 3D rendering. You’ll build two complete, fully functional renderers: a raytracer, which simulates rays of light as they bounce off objects, and a rasterizer, which converts 3D models into 2D pixels. As you progress you’ll learn how to create realistic reflections and shadows, and how to render a scene from any point of view. Pseudocode examples throughout make it easy to write your renderers in any language, and links to live JavaScript demos of each algorithm invite you to explore further on your own. Learn how to: Use perspective projection to draw 3D objects on a 2D plane Simulate the way rays of light interact with surfaces Add mirror-like reflections and cast shadows to objects Render a scene from any camera position using clipping planes Use flat, Gouraud, and Phong shading to mimic real surface lighting Paint texture details onto basic shapes to create realistic-looking objects Whether you’re an aspiring graphics engineer or a novice programmer curious about how graphics algorithms work, Gabriel Gambetta’s simple, clear explanations will quickly put computer graphics concepts and rendering techniques within your reach. All you need is basic coding knowledge and high school math. Computer Graphics from Scratch will cover the rest.
Computer Graphics from Scratch
Author: Gabriel Gambetta
Publisher: No Starch Press
ISBN: 1718500769
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Computer Graphics from Scratch demystifies the algorithms used in modern graphics software and guides beginners through building photorealistic 3D renders. Computer graphics programming books are often math-heavy and intimidating for newcomers. Not this one. Computer Graphics from Scratch takes a simpler approach by keeping the math to a minimum and focusing on only one aspect of computer graphics, 3D rendering. You’ll build two complete, fully functional renderers: a raytracer, which simulates rays of light as they bounce off objects, and a rasterizer, which converts 3D models into 2D pixels. As you progress you’ll learn how to create realistic reflections and shadows, and how to render a scene from any point of view. Pseudocode examples throughout make it easy to write your renderers in any language, and links to live JavaScript demos of each algorithm invite you to explore further on your own. Learn how to: Use perspective projection to draw 3D objects on a 2D plane Simulate the way rays of light interact with surfaces Add mirror-like reflections and cast shadows to objects Render a scene from any camera position using clipping planes Use flat, Gouraud, and Phong shading to mimic real surface lighting Paint texture details onto basic shapes to create realistic-looking objects Whether you’re an aspiring graphics engineer or a novice programmer curious about how graphics algorithms work, Gabriel Gambetta’s simple, clear explanations will quickly put computer graphics concepts and rendering techniques within your reach. All you need is basic coding knowledge and high school math. Computer Graphics from Scratch will cover the rest.
Publisher: No Starch Press
ISBN: 1718500769
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Computer Graphics from Scratch demystifies the algorithms used in modern graphics software and guides beginners through building photorealistic 3D renders. Computer graphics programming books are often math-heavy and intimidating for newcomers. Not this one. Computer Graphics from Scratch takes a simpler approach by keeping the math to a minimum and focusing on only one aspect of computer graphics, 3D rendering. You’ll build two complete, fully functional renderers: a raytracer, which simulates rays of light as they bounce off objects, and a rasterizer, which converts 3D models into 2D pixels. As you progress you’ll learn how to create realistic reflections and shadows, and how to render a scene from any point of view. Pseudocode examples throughout make it easy to write your renderers in any language, and links to live JavaScript demos of each algorithm invite you to explore further on your own. Learn how to: Use perspective projection to draw 3D objects on a 2D plane Simulate the way rays of light interact with surfaces Add mirror-like reflections and cast shadows to objects Render a scene from any camera position using clipping planes Use flat, Gouraud, and Phong shading to mimic real surface lighting Paint texture details onto basic shapes to create realistic-looking objects Whether you’re an aspiring graphics engineer or a novice programmer curious about how graphics algorithms work, Gabriel Gambetta’s simple, clear explanations will quickly put computer graphics concepts and rendering techniques within your reach. All you need is basic coding knowledge and high school math. Computer Graphics from Scratch will cover the rest.
Reflections and Shadows
Author: Saul Steinberg
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
As The New Yorker's genius cartoonist, Saul Steinberg was universally admired for his playful and profound images of the life and times of his adopted homeland, the USA. In Reflections and Shadows, the artist evokes an equally enchanting portrait of his own life, conjuring images from his childhood in poverty-stricken Romania, his artistic education in Milan and his first taste of freedom and opportunity, in Washington and New York. Written in collaboration with his close friend, the author Aldo Buzzi, Reflections and Shadows offers a wonderful insight into the life and work of one of the twentieth century's great talents.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
As The New Yorker's genius cartoonist, Saul Steinberg was universally admired for his playful and profound images of the life and times of his adopted homeland, the USA. In Reflections and Shadows, the artist evokes an equally enchanting portrait of his own life, conjuring images from his childhood in poverty-stricken Romania, his artistic education in Milan and his first taste of freedom and opportunity, in Washington and New York. Written in collaboration with his close friend, the author Aldo Buzzi, Reflections and Shadows offers a wonderful insight into the life and work of one of the twentieth century's great talents.
Dinotopia: Journey To Chandara
Author: James Gurney
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 1606601008
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Professor Denison and Bix, his dinosaur companion, are summoned to the forbidden empire of Chandara but, having lost their invitation, must travel penniless and in disguise through spectacular sights and memorable scenes. Includes a new afterword by the author.
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 1606601008
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Professor Denison and Bix, his dinosaur companion, are summoned to the forbidden empire of Chandara but, having lost their invitation, must travel penniless and in disguise through spectacular sights and memorable scenes. Includes a new afterword by the author.
Where Lily Isn't
Author: Julie Paschkis
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
ISBN: 1250773148
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 19
Book Description
Where Lily Isn't is Julie Paschkis and Margaret Chodos-Irvine's beautiful bereavement picture book celebrating the love of a lost pet. Lily ran and jumped and barked and whimpered and growled and wiggled and wagged and licked and snuggled. But not now. It is hard to lose a pet. There is sadness, but also hope—for a beloved pet lives on in your heart, your memory, and your imagination.
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
ISBN: 1250773148
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 19
Book Description
Where Lily Isn't is Julie Paschkis and Margaret Chodos-Irvine's beautiful bereavement picture book celebrating the love of a lost pet. Lily ran and jumped and barked and whimpered and growled and wiggled and wagged and licked and snuggled. But not now. It is hard to lose a pet. There is sadness, but also hope—for a beloved pet lives on in your heart, your memory, and your imagination.
Shadows of Being
Author: Jeffrey Andrew Barash
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3838214854
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
In a review of the work of Karl Jaspers composed several years before the publication of his book Being and Time, Martin Heidegger suggested that the philosophical orientations of his period had made a wrong turn and skirted by the fundamental path of thought. He suggested that instead of taking up a heritage of original questions, his contemporaries had become preoccupied with secondary issues, accepting as fundamental what was in fact only incidental. In the years that followed, Heidegger's promise to reorient philosophy in terms of the Seinsfrage, the question of Being, exercised a well-known influence on successive generations of thinkers on a global scale. The present book delves into the philosophical sources of this influence and raises the question whether Heidegger indeed made good on the promise to reveal for thought what is truly fundamental. In proposing this investigation, the author assumes that it is not sufficient to take Heidegger at his word, but that it is necessary to scrutinize what is posited as fundamental in light of its broader implications-above all for ethico-political judgment and for historical reflection. After addressing this question in the first part of the book, the second part examines the significance of Heidegger's reorientation of philosophy through the prism of its critical reception in the thought of Hannah Arendt, Emmanuel Levinas, and Paul Ricoeur.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3838214854
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
In a review of the work of Karl Jaspers composed several years before the publication of his book Being and Time, Martin Heidegger suggested that the philosophical orientations of his period had made a wrong turn and skirted by the fundamental path of thought. He suggested that instead of taking up a heritage of original questions, his contemporaries had become preoccupied with secondary issues, accepting as fundamental what was in fact only incidental. In the years that followed, Heidegger's promise to reorient philosophy in terms of the Seinsfrage, the question of Being, exercised a well-known influence on successive generations of thinkers on a global scale. The present book delves into the philosophical sources of this influence and raises the question whether Heidegger indeed made good on the promise to reveal for thought what is truly fundamental. In proposing this investigation, the author assumes that it is not sufficient to take Heidegger at his word, but that it is necessary to scrutinize what is posited as fundamental in light of its broader implications-above all for ethico-political judgment and for historical reflection. After addressing this question in the first part of the book, the second part examines the significance of Heidegger's reorientation of philosophy through the prism of its critical reception in the thought of Hannah Arendt, Emmanuel Levinas, and Paul Ricoeur.
What are Shadows and Reflections?
Author: Robin R. Johnson
Publisher: Crabtree Classics
ISBN: 9780778705215
Category : Light
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
What happens when light is blocked? How can we redirect light? Readers will discover the answers to these questions and more in this fact-filled title. Readers will explore the properties of transparent, translucent, opaque, and reflective materials, and learn how to redirect light beams and create shadows. Teacher's guide available.
Publisher: Crabtree Classics
ISBN: 9780778705215
Category : Light
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
What happens when light is blocked? How can we redirect light? Readers will discover the answers to these questions and more in this fact-filled title. Readers will explore the properties of transparent, translucent, opaque, and reflective materials, and learn how to redirect light beams and create shadows. Teacher's guide available.
Shadow's Reflection
Author: Nicole R. Taylor
Publisher: Nicole R. Taylor
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Shadowed reflections and elemental omens. In whispers of ice, the unknown is awoken. As the darkness of the shadow entity fades from Stonebridge, June Morgan is trying to live a normal life. Well, as normal as a fledgling witch can manage. Under the guidance of skilled witch Elaine Parker, she delves deeper into the mysteries of elemental magic, striving to harness the untamed forces of nature. But old threats arise as a storm brews over the annual Stonebridge Christmas market, threatening to plunge June’s world into chaos. For reflected in the ice, is a shadow that has the power to unleash untold devastation upon the town. With time running out and the fate of the Stonebridge Witches hanging in the balance, June must confront the darkness lurking within winter’s chill before it's too late. Can she master her magic and save her home from darkened devastation, or will the melting ice herald the end of everything she holds dear? Shadow's Reflection is the second book of the Stonebridge Witches series. Will June be able to contain the elemental forces and protect those she loves, or will she buckle under the pressure? Only time, and winters chill, will tell.
Publisher: Nicole R. Taylor
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Shadowed reflections and elemental omens. In whispers of ice, the unknown is awoken. As the darkness of the shadow entity fades from Stonebridge, June Morgan is trying to live a normal life. Well, as normal as a fledgling witch can manage. Under the guidance of skilled witch Elaine Parker, she delves deeper into the mysteries of elemental magic, striving to harness the untamed forces of nature. But old threats arise as a storm brews over the annual Stonebridge Christmas market, threatening to plunge June’s world into chaos. For reflected in the ice, is a shadow that has the power to unleash untold devastation upon the town. With time running out and the fate of the Stonebridge Witches hanging in the balance, June must confront the darkness lurking within winter’s chill before it's too late. Can she master her magic and save her home from darkened devastation, or will the melting ice herald the end of everything she holds dear? Shadow's Reflection is the second book of the Stonebridge Witches series. Will June be able to contain the elemental forces and protect those she loves, or will she buckle under the pressure? Only time, and winters chill, will tell.
My Shadow's Reflection
Author: EDMUND. CLARK
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781911155157
Category : Photography, Artistic
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
This artist's book accompanies award-winning artist Edmund Clark's exhibition, In Place of Hate at Ikon Gallery.Clark's work links history, politics and representation, often through the medium of photography.For the past three years he has been Ikon's artist in residence at Europe's only entirely therapeutic prison, HMP Grendon, in Buckinghamshire. This exhibition is the culmination of his residency, comprising photography, video and installation.Contains powerful testimonies by some of the inmates of HMP Grendon.Edmund Clark: In Place of Hate at Ikon Gallery, Birmingham (6 December 2017 - 11 March 2018).Please note, this publication is the artist's book, rather than the catalogue.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781911155157
Category : Photography, Artistic
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
This artist's book accompanies award-winning artist Edmund Clark's exhibition, In Place of Hate at Ikon Gallery.Clark's work links history, politics and representation, often through the medium of photography.For the past three years he has been Ikon's artist in residence at Europe's only entirely therapeutic prison, HMP Grendon, in Buckinghamshire. This exhibition is the culmination of his residency, comprising photography, video and installation.Contains powerful testimonies by some of the inmates of HMP Grendon.Edmund Clark: In Place of Hate at Ikon Gallery, Birmingham (6 December 2017 - 11 March 2018).Please note, this publication is the artist's book, rather than the catalogue.
A Reflection of Shadows: A Sexy Second-Chance Historical Fantasy Romance
Author: Anne Renwick
Publisher: Anne Renwick
ISBN: 1948359162
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Enjoy this story by historical fantasy romance author Anne Renwick where you'll unravel mysteries and defy conventions in a world where danger lurks around every corner. You’ll find forbidden romance, evil villains and mad science in these gaslamp and steampunk romances... A thief with golden eyes. The spy who loves her. A mad scientist who will break hearts to expose her secrets. Shunned for her odd eyes and an unnerving habit of slipping into shadows, Lady Colleen Stewart refuses to be caged—should she decide to marry, it’ll be for love and to a man of her choice. After all, she’d rather be racing over rooftops than waltzing across ballroom floors. So when the only man to ever tempt her heart invites her on a covert mission, she leaps into danger. Nicholas Torrington, Queen’s agent, is running out of time. While work has him chasing his tail, his sister grows increasingly ill, and Colleen, the woman he would make his bride, has acquired another, determined suitor. To coax his favorite thief back into his arms, he’ll break every rule and lead her through the underbelly of London on a hunt for a mad scientist and a cure for his sister. But the discovery of a burned-out laboratory provides more questions than answers, and they find themselves caught in a deadly game where they have become the prey. Surviving the ambitions of their pursuers will bring everything into sharp focus as they risk their very lives. STEP INTO THE ELEMENTAL WEB! A Reflection of Shadows is the third story in the Elemental Web Tales, although all books in the Elemental Web (Chronicles, Tales & Stories) can be read as standalones. For fans of steampunk and gaslamp fantasy romance like SL Prater, AJ Lancaster and Jacquelyn Benson, this is a STEAMY romance with a guaranteed happily ever after for women in STEM and the men who are their match.
Publisher: Anne Renwick
ISBN: 1948359162
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Enjoy this story by historical fantasy romance author Anne Renwick where you'll unravel mysteries and defy conventions in a world where danger lurks around every corner. You’ll find forbidden romance, evil villains and mad science in these gaslamp and steampunk romances... A thief with golden eyes. The spy who loves her. A mad scientist who will break hearts to expose her secrets. Shunned for her odd eyes and an unnerving habit of slipping into shadows, Lady Colleen Stewart refuses to be caged—should she decide to marry, it’ll be for love and to a man of her choice. After all, she’d rather be racing over rooftops than waltzing across ballroom floors. So when the only man to ever tempt her heart invites her on a covert mission, she leaps into danger. Nicholas Torrington, Queen’s agent, is running out of time. While work has him chasing his tail, his sister grows increasingly ill, and Colleen, the woman he would make his bride, has acquired another, determined suitor. To coax his favorite thief back into his arms, he’ll break every rule and lead her through the underbelly of London on a hunt for a mad scientist and a cure for his sister. But the discovery of a burned-out laboratory provides more questions than answers, and they find themselves caught in a deadly game where they have become the prey. Surviving the ambitions of their pursuers will bring everything into sharp focus as they risk their very lives. STEP INTO THE ELEMENTAL WEB! A Reflection of Shadows is the third story in the Elemental Web Tales, although all books in the Elemental Web (Chronicles, Tales & Stories) can be read as standalones. For fans of steampunk and gaslamp fantasy romance like SL Prater, AJ Lancaster and Jacquelyn Benson, this is a STEAMY romance with a guaranteed happily ever after for women in STEM and the men who are their match.
The Barking Ballad
Author: Julie Paschkis
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1534492607
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
A cheerful dog and kindly kitty became friends true and rare. Bark along to join the ditty of this unlikely pair: Bark! Bark! Bark! Meow!
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1534492607
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
A cheerful dog and kindly kitty became friends true and rare. Bark along to join the ditty of this unlikely pair: Bark! Bark! Bark! Meow!