Overview
- Complete presentation of the topic; introduces all the major transformations and projections used in computer graphics
- Written in a clear, easy to understand style, geared toward non-expert professionals and students who want to understand the chief techniques and methods employed in these key areas of computer graphics
- Includes a 12 page colour appendix
- Answers to many of the exercises are provided
- A complementary website
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It is probably a coincidence that the three main terms discussed in this book, namely transformations, projections,and perspective, are ambiguous. Here is what the dict- nary has to say about these terms. Transformation (a) The act or an instance of transforming. (b) The state of being transformed. A marked change, as in appearance or character, usually for the better. Mathematical transformation. (a) Replacing a variable in an expression by its value. (b) Mapping a mathematical space onto another or onto itself. In geometry. Moving, rotating, re?ecting, or otherwise systematically deforming a geometric ?gure (discussed in this book). In linguistics. (a) A rule to convert a syntactic form into another. (b) A sentence or sentential form derived by such a rule; a transform. In genetics. (a) The change undergone by a cell upon infection by a cancer-causing virus. (b) The alteration of a bacterial cell caused by the transfer of DNA from another bacterial cell, especially a pathogen. Projection The act of projecting or the condition of being projected. (a) An object or part thereof that extends outward. (b) Spiky projections on top of a fence. (c) A projection of land along the coast. A prediction or an estimate of a future situation, based on current data or trends. (a) The process of projecting a recorded image onto a viewing surface. (b) An image so projected.
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Transformations and Projections in Computer Graphics
Authors: David Salomon
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-620-9
Publisher: Springer London
eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London 2006
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-84628-392-5Published: 08 September 2006
eBook ISBN: 978-1-84628-620-9Published: 21 January 2007
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 290
Number of Illustrations: 182 b/w illustrations, 16 illustrations in colour
Topics: Computer Graphics, Image Processing and Computer Vision, Visualization, Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) and Design, Media Design