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Graphics Gems III by David Kirk Recommended

ISBN: 0-12-409670-0       Publisher: Academic Press       Pages: 631pp+disk       Price: £34-95

Categories:   graphics

Reviewed by Francis Glassborow in C Vu 5-5 (Jul 1993)

If your interest in graphics extends beyond merely scanning an image and using commercial tools to manipulate it then you should consider having this book and its predecessors on your reference shelf. I realise that you will not have much change (if any) out of £100 if you buy all three but if you value your time and wish to develop quality products using graphics it will be money well spent.

Actually, your programming could benefit greatly if you can find the time to work through each of the papers. In this way you will meet solutions to problems that you hadn't even realised you had. You can only ask the right questions when you have some idea of the potential range of answers. There are other fixes to speed problems than going and buying faster hardware. Graphics work being particularly resource hungry is a rich area for the well informed programmer to produce superior products for average level equipment.

This series of books should be part of the tools of your trade.