TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lindley,Craig A.
TI  - Practical ray tracing in C
SN  - 0471573019 (acidfree paper : book/disk set) :
AV  - T385 .L5585 1992
U1  - 006.6 22
PY  - 1992///
CY  - New York
PB  - Wiley
KW  - Computer graphics
KW  - C (Computer program language)
N1  - System requirements for computer disks: IBM-compatible PC with 286 or higher processor, numeric coprocessor recommended; DOS; Borland C/C++ 2.0 or Turbo C 2.0 or later necessary to modify code; ASCII editor such as Borland's Sidekick; VGA or SuperVGA graphics adapter and color monitor (SuperVGA card needs 1 MB RAM to display 1024 by 768 images in 256 colors); VESA-compatible graphics card and v256.exe or other GIF viewing program required to display GIF image files; Includes bibliographical references (p. 477-478) and index; The science of ray tracing --
Background information --
Introduction to ray-tracing theory --
Color quantization and display of image data --
Graphics file formats and functions --
The art of ray tracing and gallery of images --
Basic ray-tracing techniques --
Image model discussions; CSE
N2  - The companion disks contain all of the source code developed in the book along with some images from the "Gallery of Images." Instructions for porting the DKBTrace ray-tracer code to different computer environments such as the Amiga, MAC, VAX etc. are included as files on the disks, but are not discussed in the text
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UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/onix05/92030223.html
UR  - http://www.worldcat.org/title/practical-ray-tracing-in-c/oclc/26400778&referer=brief_results
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