What's on your shelf?

[epicstruggle]

What (graphics) programing books do you have on your bookshelf? (brownie points for actual pics of your bookshelf. )

epic
edit: spelling. thanks simon.

 

[Simon F]

What (graphics) programing books do you have on your bookshelf? (browny points for actual pics of your bookshelf. )

Don't you mean "brownie"?

Seriously though:

• Siggraph from 1983 to present.
• Siggraph 88 "Introduction to Raytracing"
• "Computer Graphics. Principles and Practice" (and the original edition)
• "Advanced Animation and Rendering Techniques"
• All three of the "Jim Blinn's corner" series (thanks MK for the correction)
• All 5 of the "Graphics Gems"
• (on walkabout) "Real-time Rendering" second edition (Hey,... I got a mention in it!)
• some other old ones as well

Also, a friend lent me "Droid Maker" which is proving to be a fascinating insight into some of the history of computer graphics with anecdotes about Jim Blinn, Ed Catmull, Alvy Ray Smith and many others.

 

[Mate Kovacs]

None. :|

All three of the "Jim Blinn's corner" serious

Don't you mean "series"?

 

[Nick]

Purely graphics related:

• Siggraph 2004
• Tricks of the 3D Game Programming Gurus
• Real-Time Rendering
• ShaderX 3
• ShaderX 2

Other computer related books worth mentioning:

• Modern Operating Systems
• Software Architecture in Practice
• Refactoring to Patterns
• Video Codec Design
• Modern Compiler Implementation in C
• The Unabridged Pentium 4
• Digital Integrated Circuits

 

[rendezvous]

Here are the books in my shelf, listed in no special order

* Real-Time Rendering, Möller & Haines, ISBN 1568811829
* 3D Games: Real-Time Rendering and Software Technology, Watt & Policarpo, ISBN 0201619210
* Physically Based Rendering : From Theory to Implementation, Pharr & Humphreys, ISBN: 012553180X
* Realistic Image Synthesis Using Photon Mapping, Jensen, ISBN: 1568811470
* Interactive Computer Graphics: A Top-Down Approach with OpenGL, Angel, ISBN: 0201748924
* OpenGL(R) Programming Guide: The Official Guide to Learning OpenGL.
* OpenGL(R) Reference Manual : The Official Reference Document to OpenGL

 

[Simon F]

None. :|
Don't you mean "series"?

Just checking you were awake (and proving I wasn't!!!)

Oh I also forgot

• Principles of Digital Image Synthesis (Glassner)... a two volume monster!
• Introduction to Ray Tracing (Glassner)
• Wavelets for Computer Graphics
• Seminal Graphics (various)
• CG101 (really a history book)
• Curves and Surfaces for CAGD. A practical guide (Farin)

 

[JHoxley]

I've only got a select few on my desk, the rest are in storage.

• Real-Time Rendering, 2nd Edition
• Realistic Ray-Tracing, 2nd Edition
• Advanced Global Illumination
• The Geometry Toolbox
• Practical Algorithms for 3D Computer Graphics
• Mathematics for 3D Game Programming and computer graphics, 2nd Edition
• Advanced Lighting and Materials with Shaders
• Programming Vertex and Pixel Shaders

I've also got a few general computing books - I'm working my way through "Code Complete, 2nd Edition" as/when I have the time.

When I've a little more money I plan on getting some of the more recent texts (the ShaderX and GPU Gems series).

Jack

 

[Neeyik]

Some common ones around it would seem My lot:

• PCI System Architecture - 4th Edition
• Advanced Animation & Rendering Techniques
• Jim Blinn's corner: A trip down the graphics pipeline
• AGP system architecture - 2nd Edition
• 3D Games - Real-time rendering & software technology
• 3D Studio MAX R3
• DirectX 9 graphics - the definitive guide to D3D
• Shader X2
• OpenGL programming guide
• PCI Express system architecture
• DirectX9 programmable graphics pipeline
• WinNT 4.0 - a professional reference
• WinNT - Microsoft resource kit
• Shader X
• Real-time rendering - 2nd edition
• Learn C++ in 24 hours (yes, honestly....sorry)

Hmm, time for a clear-out methinks...

 

[nutball]

• Graphics Gems I-V
• Digital Image Warping
• An Introduction to Ray Tracing
• PostScript Language Reference Manual
• OpenGL "Red Book"
• Delia Smith's Cooking For One (Single Sad-Man Edition)

 

[Simon F]

• Delia Smith's Cooking For One (Single Sad-Man Edition)

Does she have a good clipping algorithm?

I must admit this is on my bookshelf at home. It was a gift

 

[pocketmoon66]

That's me!

A prize I won Signed by Jen-Hsun Huang himself

 

[Humus]

ShaderX 2, 3 and 4.

 

[K.I.L.E.R]

ShaderX4 and Intro to Computer Graphics.

 

[Rys]

Didn't take my graphics books to Taiwan, but here's my list as best as I can remember it. Seems there's a lot of commonality with others:

Shader X series
GPU Gems 1 & 2
RTR, 2nd edition
Blinn's Corner
A D3D9 programmers guide by Microsoft Press
The Zen of D3D

 

[Simon F]

[
A prize I won Signed by Jen-Hsun Huang himself

Ha! My copy of Blinn's "Notation Notation Notation" is signed by the man himself

 

[Xmas]

At home and at work:
Computer Graphics - Principles and Practice (2nd Edition in C)
ShaderX3

Only at home:
GPU Gems 2
3D Game Engine Design
Advanced Animation and Rendering Techniques

 

[Diplo]

Dust.

And "101 Machine Code Routines for the ZX81".