Visual Basic(r) Graphics Programming: Hands-On Applications and Advanced Color Development, 2nd Edition | 
 enlarge | Author: Rod Stephens
Publisher: Wiley
Category: Book
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 466204
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Pages: 736
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.4
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 7.5 x 1.7
ISBN: 0471355992
Dewey Decimal Number: 006.6765
EAN: 9780471355991
ASIN: 0471355992
Publication Date: October 27, 1999
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Condition: Ex-library. Includes cd.
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Product Description
All the tools you need to create the full range of Visual Basic(r) color graphics applications
Expert Rod Stephens provides you with everything you need to add advanced graphics to your applications in this in-depth introduction to graphic programming with Microsoft Visual Basic. From images using as few as 16 colors to "true-color" applications that use more than 16 million, he shows you how to create the full range of color graphics applications. You'll learn how to use Visual Basic controls to create impressive graphic effects without having to buy expensive add-on products.
This book/CD-ROM package also explains how to integrate imaging, animation, and two- and three-dimensional graphics into an application. And you'll find the tools to manipulate color images, overlay one image on another, build scrolled windows, and much more.
The Second Edition covers:
* New API functions
* Bitmap image morphing
* New algorithms for hidden surface removal
* Print preview with multiple pages and scales
* Image processing, including high color and true color
* Examples of controlling animation using simulation
* New examples that demonstrate shape-distorting transformations
* New examples of fractals and tilings
* Gouraud shading, Phong shading, and texturing
* Ray tracing speed improvements
* Ray tracing for new kinds of objects
The CD-ROM includes:
* More than 400 complete, ready-to-run example programs
* Pictures to use with the example programs
* Images generated by the programs
* Color images of many of the figures from the book
* Source code for all example programs from the First Edition
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Great book, regardless of your programming language April 13, 2007
Eric W. Engler (Atlanta, GA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'm not a VB programmer, but I was able to understand the theory in this book, and I could easily work through the code examples to translate them into Delphi and C#. It's very hard to find a book (for any programming language) that explains 3D graphics in simple terms, and with useful code examples. Even though this book is getting a little dated, this book will still be among my highest recommendations for years to come. The basic theory does not change, even though programming languages evolve.
The Best VB 6 Graphics Programming Book January 9, 2005
M. H. Klee
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is an excellent book. It covers many aspects of Computer Graphics including Vector Graphics, Raster Graphics, Animation, Curves and Surfaces, 2D and 3D Transformations, and Rendering. Each chapter comes with lots of sample code on the CD. The underlying mathematics are also nicely explained.
I only wish their was a 3rd edition for VB.NET.
Excelent Reference on Graphics Work April 8, 2002
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book is very close to perfection in covering topics of the graphics manipulation, which up to the current times was an option of C/C++ developers ( as far as availability of information and samples). It's good for novice and seasoned developers alike.
Extremely good book July 12, 2001
Zoopax (STL Missouri USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you just HAVE to develop graphics apps in VB, this is your best bet.
Outstanding book! June 30, 2001
PABLO A VON RAESFELD P (Puebla, Puebla Mexico)
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
I am happy with my decision to buy this book, it has what I was looking for and even more than expected.Highly recomendable.
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