Computer animation and graphics--once rare, complicated, and comparatively expensive--are now prevalent in everyday life from the computer screen to the movie screen. Interactive Computer Graphics is the only introduction to computer graphics text for undergraduates that fully integrates OpenGL(R) and emphasizes application-based programming. Using C and C++, the top-down, programming-oriented approach allows for coverage of engaging 3D material early in the course so students immediately begin to create their own 3D graphics. Low-level algorithms (for topics such as line drawing and filling polygons) are presented after students learn to create graphics. This book is suitable for undergraduate students in computer science and engineering, for students in other disciplines who have good programming skills, and for professionals.

Chapter 1 Graphics Systems and Models
Chapter 2 Graphics Programming
Chapter 3 Input and Interaction
Chapter 4 Geometric Objects and Transformations
Chapter 5 Viewing
Chapter 6 Lighting and Shading
Chapter 7 From Vertices to Fragments
Chapter 8 Discrete Techniques
Chapter 9 Programmable Shaders
Chapter 10 Modeling and Hierarchy
Chapter 11 Procedural Methods
Chapter 12 Curves and Surfaces
Chapter 13 Advanced Rendering