Principles of Digital Image Synthesis

Andrew Glassner's contributions to computer graphics span 20 years. His work at Microsoft Research, Xerox PARC, the IBM Watson Research Labs, Bell Communications Research, and the Delft University of Technology has produced numerous technical articles on rendering theory and practice, animation, modeling, and new media. He currently creates new computer graphics tools at Microsoft Research. Among his recent work is Chicken Crossing, a 3D animated short film that has been shown internationally at film festivals and on television, and Dead Air, an interactive game for play over the Internet. Dr. Glassner is the author of the two volume bible, Principles of Digital Image Synthesis and 3D Computer Graphics: A Handbook for Artists and Designers. He has also edited An Introduction to Ray Tracing, and created the Graphics Gems series for programmers.

• 1 The Human Visual System 2 Color Spaces 3 Displays 4 Signals and Systems 5 Fourier Transforms 6 Wavelet Transforms 7 Monte Carlo Integration 8 Uniform Sampling and Reconstruction 9 Nonuniform Sampling and Reconstruction 10 Sampling and Reconstruction Techniques 11 Light 12 Energy Transport 13 Radiometry 14 Materials 15 Shading 16 Integral Equations 17 The Radiance Equation 18 Radiosity 19 Ray Tracing 20 Rendering and Images 21 The Future A Linear Algebra B Probability C Historical Notes D Analytic Form Factors E Constants and Units F Luminaire Standards G Reference Data