Open GL Super Bible
(Publisher: Macmillan Computer Publishing)
Author(s): Waite group Press
ISBN: 1571690735
Publication Date: 08/01/96
- Introduction
- Foreword
- About The Authors
- Foreword
- Part I—Introduction To OpenGL
- Chapter 1—What Is OpenGL?
- Chapter 2—3D Graphics Fundamentals
- 3D Perception
- Coordinate Systems
- 2D Cartesian Coordinates
- Coordinate Clipping
- Viewports, Your Window to 3D
- Drawing Primitives
- 3D Cartesian Coordinates
- Coordinate Clipping
- Projections, The Essence of 3D
- Summary
- Coordinate Systems
- Chapter 3—Learning OpenGL With The AUX Library
- OpenGL: An API, Not a Language
- The AUX Library
- Dissecting a Short OpenGL Program
- The Includes
- The Body
- Display Mode: Single-Buffered
- Position the Window
- Create the OpenGL Window
- Clear a Window (Erase with a Color)
- Actually Clear
- Flush That Queue
- The Body
- Drawing Shapes with OpenGL
- Scaling to the Window
- Setting the Viewport and Clipping Volume
- Defining the Viewport
- Defining the Clipping Volume
- Keeping a Square Square
- Defining the Viewport
- Animation with AUX
- Finally, Some 3D!
- Summary
- Reference Section
- The AUX Library
- Chapter 4—OpenGL for Windows: OpenGL + Win32 = Wiggle
- Drawing in Windows Windows
- Using the Wiggle Functions
- Preparing the Window for OpenGL
- Return of the Bouncing Square
- Summary
- Reference Section
- Using the Wiggle Functions
- Chapter 5—Errors and Other Messages from OpenGL
- Chapter 2—3D Graphics Fundamentals
- Part II—Using OpenGL
- Chapter 6—Drawing in 3D: Lines, Points, and Polygons
- Drawing Points in 3D
- Drawing Lines in 3D
- Line Strips and Loops
- Approximating Curves with Straight Lines
- Setting the Line Width
- Line Stippling
- Approximating Curves with Straight Lines
- Drawing Triangles in 3D
- Building Solid Objects
- Setting Polygon Colors
- Hidden Surface Removal
- Culling: Hiding Surfaces for Performance
- Polygon Modes
- Hidden Surface Removal
- Other Primitives
- Four-Sided Polygons: Quads
- Quad Strips
- General Polygons
- Filling Polygons, or Stippling Revisited
- Polygon Construction Rules
- Subdivision and Edges
- Quad Strips
- Summary
- Reference Section
- Drawing Lines in 3D
- Chapter 7—Manipulating 3D Space: Coordinate Transformations
- Is This the Dreaded Math Chapter?
- Understanding Transformations
- Eye Coordinates
- Viewing Transformations
- Modeling Transformations
- The Modelview Duality
- Projection Transformations
- Viewport Transformations
- Viewing Transformations
- Matrix Munching
- What Is a Matrix?
- The Transformation Pipeline
- The Modelview Matrix
- The Identity Matrix
- The Matrix Stacks
- A Nuclear Example
- The Transformation Pipeline
- Using Projections
- Advanced Matrix Manipulation
- Summary
- Reference Section
- Understanding Transformations
- Chapter 8—Color and Shading
- What Is a Color?
- Light as a Wave
- Light as a Particle
- Your Personal Photon Detector
- The Computer as a Photon Generator
- Light as a Particle
- PC Color Hardware
- PC Display Modes
- Selecting a Color
- Windows Palettes
- Creating a Palette
- Do You Need a Palette?
- The Palette’s Structure
- The 3-3-2 Palette
- Palette Creation and Disposal
- Some Restrictions Apply
- The Palette’s Structure
- Color Index Mode
- Summary
- Reference Section
- Light as a Wave
- Chapter 9—Lighting and Lamps
- Light in the Real World
- Materials in the Real World
- Material Properties
- Adding Light to Materials
- Calculating Ambient Light Effects
- Diffuse and Specular Effects
- Adding Light to Materials
- Adding Light to a Scene
- Using a Light Source
- Which Way Is Up?
- Surface Normals
- Specifying a Normal
- Unit Normals
- Finding a Normal
- Setting Up a Source
- Setting the Material Properties
- Specifying the Polygons
- Surface Normals
- Lighting Effects
- Spotlights
- Shadows
- Lighting and Color Index Mode
- Summary
- Reference Section
- Materials in the Real World
- Chapter 10—3D Modeling and Object Composition
- Defining the Task
- Constructing a Model, One Piece at a Time
- A Makeshift Benchmark
- Improving Performance
- Summary
- Reference Section
- Constructing a Model, One Piece at a Time
- Chapter 11—Raster Graphics in OpenGL
- Drawing Bitmaps
- Pixmaps: Bitmaps with Color
- Drawing Pixmaps
- Remapping Colors
- Color Mapping Tables
- Scaling a Pixmap
- Panning a Pixmap
- Reading Pixmaps
- Copying Pixmaps
- Remapping Colors
- A Bitmap File Viewer
- About Windows Bitmap Files
- Reading the .BMP File
- Writing the .BMP File
- Printing the Bitmap
- Displaying the Bitmap
- Reading the .BMP File
- Summary
- Reference Section
- Pixmaps: Bitmaps with Color
- Chapter 12—Texture Mapping
- The Basics of Texture Mapping
- Defining Texture Images
- Drawing Textured Polygons
- Mipmapped Textures
- A Terrain Viewing Program
- Defining the Terrain
- Drawing Terrain
- Drawing the Scene
- Automatically Generating Texture Coordinates
- Flying Through the Terrain
- Drawing Terrain
- Summary
- Reference Section
- Defining Texture Images
- Chapter 13—Quadrics: Spheres, Cylinders, and Disks
- Drawing Points in 3D
- Part III—Advanced Topics and Special Effects
- Chapter 14—The OpenGL State Machine
- Basic OpenGL State Functions
- Saving and Restoring States
- Drawing States
- Depth Buffer States
- Stencil Buffer States
- Lighting States
- Texturing States
- Pixel States
- Depth Buffer States
- Reference Section
- Saving and Restoring States
- Chapter 15—Buffers: Not Just for Animation
- What Are Buffers?
- The Color Buffer
- The Depth Buffer
- Depth Comparisons
- Depth Values
- Applications of the Depth Buffer
- Another Application of the Depth Buffer
- Cutting Away Parts of a Scene
- Depth Values
- The Stencil Buffer
- The Accumulation Buffer
- Reference Section
- The Color Buffer
- Chapter 16—Visual Effects: Blending and Fog
- Blending
- Using Blending for Transparency
- Using Blending with Anti-Aliasing
- Using Blending for a Paint Program
- Using Blending with Anti-Aliasing
- Fog
- Revisiting the Terrain Viewing Program
- Summary
- Reference Section
- Using Blending for Transparency
- Chapter 17—Curves and Surfaces: What the #%@!&* Are NURBS?
- Curves and Surfaces
- Evaluators
- NURBS
- From Bazier to B-Splines
- Knots
- Creating a NURBS Surface
- NURBS Properties
- Define the Surface
- Trimming
- Knots
- Summary
- Reference Section
- Evaluators
- Chapter 18—Polygon Tessellation
- Complex Polygons
- Drawing Concave Polygons
- Drawing Complex Polygons
- Callback Functions
- Summary
- Reference Section
- Drawing Concave Polygons
- Chapter 19—Interactive Graphics
- Selection
- Naming Your Primitives
- Working with Selection Mode
- The Selection Buffer
- Picking
- Hierarchical Picking
- Working with Selection Mode
- Feedback
- An Example
- Summary
- Reference Section
- Naming Your Primitives
- Chapter 20—OpenGL On The 'Net: VRML
- Basic OpenGL State Functions
- Part IV—OpenGL with. . .
- Chapter 21—MFC-Based OpenGL Programming
- Isolate Your OpenGL Code
- Starting with AppWizard
- Get CView Ready for OpenGL
- Pixel Format and Rendering Context
- Handling Window Resizing
- Rendering the Scene
- CPalette Handling
- Summary
- Starting with AppWizard
- Chapter 22—OWL-Based OpenGL Programming
- Isolate Your OpenGL Code
- Starting with AppExpert
- Fleshing Out the Shell
- Pixel Format and Rendering Context
- Handling Window Resizing
- Rendering the Scene
- TPalette Handling
- Summary
- Starting with AppExpert
- Chapter 23—Visual Basic and 4GL-Based OpenGL Programming
- Low-Level Access Required
- The Magic of Objects
- Use and Operation of WaiteGL.OCX
- Installing and Using WaiteGL from VB 4.0
- Installing the OCX in Delphi 2.0
- Some Notes About the Source
- Summary
- The Magic of Objects
- Chapter 24—The Future of OpenGL and Windows
- Isolate Your OpenGL Code
- Chapter 1—What Is OpenGL?