Overview
The popularity of special effects movies and the video game industry has introduced thousands of new terms, techniques, and software applications to both the computing professional and the general user. Unfortunately, these graphics creations represent a convergence of expertise from several different subject areas, resulting in a lack of familiarity with many terms. This unique dictionary includes over 4,000 definitions and illustrations from the computer graphics world, including those from digital filmmaking, animation, programming, mathematics, holography, photorealism, lighting, character creation, game development, modeling, and more.
Synopsis
The popularity of special effects movies and the video game industry has introduced thousands of new terms, techniques, and software applications to both the computing professional and the general user. Unfortunately, these graphics creations represent a convergence of expertise from several different subject areas, resulting in a lack of familiarity with many terms. This unique dictionary includes over 4,000 definitions and illustrations from the computer graphics world, including those from digital filmmaking, animation, programming, mathematics, holography, photorealism, lighting, character animation, game development, modeling, and more.
Booknews
Over 4,000 terms and phrases are defined and/or illustrated relating to such aspects of computer graphics as animation, game programming, wireless communication, networking, video and filmmaking, modeling, and photorealism. Entries also include commercial software packages and elements of them. The disk contains graphics, source codes, animations, additional figures, and full color versions of figures in the text. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)