The Cg Tutorial: The Definitive Guide to Programmable Real-Time Graphics

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Summary: Excellent Book for Artists and Graphics Programmers
Review: This is the perfect book for an artist who wants to get more technically involved with graphics development and anybody who wants to do graphics programming. Cg means C for graphics. It was specifically created to give programmers and artists greater freedom in graphics output. The code can compile to run on many operating systems including Windows, OS X, and X-box. The authors take you through the details of using the language to develop content. They also include exercises so you can test yourself and of great importance a CD.

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Summary: Good textbook
Review: Traditional graphics textbooks did not contain programmable real-time shading techniques. This book is a good example to fill in this gap. In my opinion, university can start a new course teaching programmable real-time shading....