Good books to learn Graphics Programming

[epicstruggle]

Hello,

Im looking at improving my knowledge in graphics programming. And am looking for good books and in what order should I learn them. What I mean is what topics should I learn and in what order.

Thank you for any and all assistance.
later,

 

[Saem]

You might wanna start with a healthy dose of math. A little bit of physics (optics to be exact) is nice as well.

After that I think there is a book called, Computer Graphics: Principles and applications, which is board favourite. Check out stuff on the web. I think it's gameprogramming.com which has great tutorials for OGL and SDL as well, me thinks.

 

[epicstruggle]

Thanks saem, for replying. Ive had 4 years of math (calc, diff eq, linear algebra, and few other), physics (optics) is an area that Im not strong in, so i might get something for it.
I think the site you meant was www.gametutorials.com
Thanks for suggesting that book. are current topics like shadows, shaders,... and such discussed in this book. I wouldnt consinder my self a newbie in graphics programming, I am pretty good at c++, and can create simple objects, with opengl. Thats where Id like to start picking up my knowledge. If there are any books sites that have tutorials, on:
stencil shadows/reflection, per pixel lighting, shaders,...
what other topics am i missing?

Hope you guys/gal can help me out.
thanks

 

[Simon F]

My recommendations include:

• "Computer Graphics. Principles and Practice". Foley et al. : (The graphics bible)
• "Advanced Animation and Rendering Techniques" Watt & Watt.
• "Real-Time Rendering" 2nd edition. Akenine-Möller & Haines.

The "Graphics Gems" series and Blinn's "Jim Blinn's Corner" books are also worthy of a look.

 

[Luke Philpot]

I recommend books that focus on one topic, not just OpenGL or DirectX or Raytracing or etc... since they generally do go into enough depth.