Advanced animation and rendering techniques: Theory and practice/ by Alan Watt and Mark Watt

Includes references and index.

Contents --Chapter1.Rendering polygonal objects --2.The theory and practice of light/object interaction --3.The theory and practice of parametric representation techniques --4.The theory and practice of anti-aliansing techniques --5.Shadow generation techniques --6.Mapping techniques:Texture and environment mapping --7.Procedural texture mapping and modelling --8.Ray tracing I:Basic recursive ray tracing --9.Ray tracingII':Practical ray tracing --10.Ray tracing III:Advanced ray tracing models --11.Radiosity methods --12.Global illumination models --13.Volume rendering techniques --14.Advanced rendering interfaces:shading languages and renderman --15.Overview and low-level motion specification --16.Animating articulated structures --17.Soft object animation --18.Procedural animation.