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I too have heard that 3D Computer Graphics by Alan Watt is a good book,
and I will probably purchase it.  

The Problem I have with Computer Graphics Principles and Practicies is
that I just do not have the mathematical skills behind me to understand a

lot of the notation used and a lot of things.  I have purchased book on
Linear Algebra, and several on geometry, but they do not help me with
understanding the notation that is used.  I am in Grade 12 of High
School, and an excellent math student, maybe you could recomend a book
that might help me learn some of the notation used in books like this?  
This fact has kept me from purchasing 3D Computer Graphics early, but I
guess i'll bite the bullet and get it.

Can anyone else out there recomend good books on either 3D Graphics, or
Mathematics that might help me, and other people out?

See ya later!

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I faced the same problem.
The best overall approach is persistence in reading everything you can, and not
being deterred by not understanding some of it.

I would affirm Watt's '3D Computer Graphics' as a good introduction, and
'Computer Graphics: Principles & Practice' as a follow-up.

There's a new book that covers image processing and other things aswell as 3D,
and contains a CD with code etc. I haven't read it yet but it looks good.
        'The Computer Image'
        - Watt, Policarpo
        (Addison Wesley 98)

As for maths, I spent some time in a bookshop a while ago and found that the
category 'engineering mathematics' contains the kind of general, background
maths useful for reading graphics material. The book I bought was the following
and I would say it's pretty good, however there are several similar things.
        'Engineering Mathematics : A Modern Foundation for ...'
        - Tony Croft, Robert Davison, Martin Hargreaves
        (Addison Wesley 1996)

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> The Problem I have with Computer Graphics Principles and Practicies is
> that I just do not have the mathematical skills behind me to understand a
> lot of the notation used and a lot of things.  I have purchased book on
...

> Can anyone else out there recomend good books on either 3D Graphics, or
> Mathematics that might help me, and other people out?

> See ya later!

Quote:> I faced the same problem.
> The best overall approach is persistence in reading everything you can, and not
> being deterred by not understanding some of it.
> I would affirm Watt's '3D Computer Graphics' as a good introduction, and
> 'Computer Graphics: Principles & Practice' as a follow-up.
> There's a new book that covers image processing and other things aswell as 3D,
> and contains a CD with code etc. I haven't read it yet but it looks good.
>    'The Computer Image'
>    - Watt, Policarpo
>    (Addison Wesley 98)
> As for maths, I spent some time in a bookshop a while ago and found that the
> category 'engineering mathematics' contains the kind of general, background
> maths useful for reading graphics material. The book I bought was the following
> and I would say it's pretty good, however there are several similar things.
>    'Engineering Mathematics : A Modern Foundation for ...'
>    - Tony Croft, Robert Davison, Martin Hargreaves
>    (Addison Wesley 1996)

thanks,
Don ;)

Dick Taylor

As for the view system #2 from pages 61-63... that Kraz is asking about...
post the Question... I'd like to take a look at it... and maybe someone can
help get that nagging feeling of wrongness out of your system.. :)

mXm
Carlos O'Donell Jr.
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    http://www.tc.cornell.edu/Visualization/Education/cs417/Watt_Errors.html

One of the errors occurs on p62, so that might be part of the problem.

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Yup thats the one on p.62 - I had suspected something was fishy about
it since if you set your view vector to point along the world x-axis
the whole thing falls apart - and its not supposed to do that.

anyways thanks for the help,
Don;)

Quote:>>Concerning Allan Watt's 3D Computer Graphics, have any of you been able to
>>derive the view system #2 from pages 61-63. It involves a look at vector
> and a
>>twist about the vector, however the matrix V which is the core of the
> transformation
>>sequence doesn't make any sense - I have tried several times to derive V
> but
>>have failed. Any of you been able to derive V?
> I don't know if this is relevant, but there is an errata for _3D Computer
> Graphics_ (2e).  It can be found at:
>     http://www.tc.cornell.edu/Visualization/Education/cs417/Watt_Errors.html
> One of the errors occurs on p62, so that might be part of the problem.
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> jfpoole - {}
> http://fluffy.ml.org/