Download or read book Graphics programming with GDI and DirectX written by Alex Polyakov and published by БХВ-Петербург. This book was released on 2005 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing a look ahead at some of the most promising innovations in graphics technologies, this guide covers the GDI+ graphical library, the .NET Framework platform, C#, and the DirectX library. Theoretical aspects of graphics, algorithms for solving common problems, and examples of their practical implementation are covered. The support of popular graphic file formats, such as BMP, GIF, TIFF, JPEG, EXI, PNG, ICO, WMF, and EMF, as well as bitmap redrawing with the application of the external alpha channel are discussed. Resizing, stretching, distorting, and rotating bitmaps are addressed in detail, as is gradient filling.
Download or read book Windows Graphics Programming written by Feng Yuan and published by Prentice Hall Professional. This book was released on 2001 with total page 1283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Currently, there aren't any good books on Windows graphics programming. Programmers looking for help are left to muddle their way through online documentation and API books that don't focus on this topic. This book paves new ground, covering actual graphics implementation, hidden restrictions, and performance issues programmers need to know about.
Download or read book Graphics Programming with GDI written by Mahesh Chand and published by Addison-Wesley Professional. This book was released on 2004 with total page 788 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: & All Windows programmers developing applications that deal with graphics, monitors, or printers need to use GDI+. & & There is little documentation available on GDI+. There are only two books on the market, and they are both introductory. & & The author uses real world examples and extensive sample code.
Download or read book Pro NET 2 0 Graphics Programming written by Eric White and published by Apress. This book was released on 2006-11-02 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *Adheres closely to original style/approach that made this book a best-seller in its previous incarnation *Functions as a practical guide for a business audience *Case-study contains the fully working source code to a real commercial product
Download or read book Tricks of the Windows Game Programming Gurus written by André LaMothe and published by Sams Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 1092 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Tricks of the Windows Game Programmin Gurus, 2E" takes the reader through Win32 programming, covering all the major components of DirectX including DirectDraw, DirectSound, DirectInput (including Force Feedback), and DirectMusic. Andre teaches the reader 2D graphics and rasterization techniques. Finally, Andre provides the most intense coverage of game algorithms, multithreaded programming, artificial intelligence (including fuzzy logic, neural nets, and genetic algorithms), and physics modeling you have ever seen in a game book.
Download or read book Beginning NET Game Programming in C written by David Weller and published by Apress. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * Adapted for C# by key Microsoft Insiders from a previous bestseller--Lead author is the .NET Game evangelist at Microsoft! * An easy-to-read, soup-to-nuts guide that helps you start programming games fast * Packed with code examples that are complete games, Beginning .NET Game Programming in C# includes an introduction to Managed DirectX 9 and is also an introduction to exciting advanced features of .NET, including the Speech API to generate voices, synchronizing mouth animations with generated sounds, the .NET Compact Framework, data access with ADO.NET, collision detection, and artificial intelligence. * Includes complete code listings and applications for all games included in the book: .Nettrix (a Tetris clone), .Netterpillars (a Snakes clone), River Pla.Net (River Raid clone), Magic KindergarteN., D-iNfEcT, and Nettrix II (for the Pocket PC) as well as a version of the classic game Spacewars and a "Twisty Cube" game that did not appear in the VB .NET version.
Download or read book Beginning NET Game Programming in VB NET written by David Weller and published by Apress. This book was released on 2004-09-20 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * Adapted to VB .NET by key Microsoft Insiders --Lead author is the .NET Game evangelist at Microsoft! * An easy-to-read, soup-to-nuts guide that helps you start programming games fast. * Packed with code examples that are complete games, Beginning .NET Game Programming in VB .NET includes an introduction to Managed DirectX 9 and is also an introduction to exciting advanced features of .NET, including the Speech API to generate voices, synchronizing mouth animations with generated sounds, the .NET Compact Framework, data access with ADO.NET, collision detection, and artificial intelligence. * Includes complete code listings and applications for all games included in the book: .Nettrix (a Tetris clone), .Netterpillars (a Snakes clone), River Pla.Net (River Raid clone), Magic KindergarteN., D-iNfEcT, and Nettrix II (for the Pocket PC) as well as a version of the classic game Spacewars and a "Twisty Cube" game.
Download or read book The Zen of Direct3D Game Programming written by Peter Walsh and published by Course Technology. This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is 1933 and the President and First Lady have just settled into the White House to face a nation in the depths of the Depression and a world on the brink of war. When the body of a White House police officer is discovered at the foot of the President's bedroom door ...
Download or read book Special Effects Game Programming with DirectX written by Mason McCuskey and published by Course Technology. This book was released on 2002-01 with total page 913 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book teaches readers everything they will need to know about seventeen awesome effects for game programming; including dynamically generated landscapes, fog, motion blur, and environment mapping. Detailed explanations of each trick, along with easily dissected sample code, allow readers to turn their games from everyday doldrums into bleeding edge eye candy.
Download or read book Graphics Programming in C written by Mark Walmsley and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A quick and clear introduction to graphics programming under Windows 98 without encumbering the reader in a mass of extraneous details. The application of object oriented techniques to graphics programming is a principal theme throughout the text and many illustrative coding examples in C++ are provided. The main topics include: message-based programming; window management; working with C++ objects; Windows 98 GDI; pens, brushes, bitmaps and palettes; sprite animation; wire-frame and polygon-fill images; assembly language programming; 3D vector geometry; perspective projections; hidden pixel removal; colour shading and texture mapping; virtual world simulation.
Download or read book Managed DirectX 9 written by Tom Miller and published by Sams Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Managed DirectX was released with the latest version of the core DirectX libraries in DirectX9. It enables developers using the new .NET languages (i.e. C#, VB.NET, etc.) to develop rich multimedia applications with DirectX. Unfortunately the Managed DirectX runtime was released without adequate documentation, and developers are having a hard time figuring out the best way to write managed applications. This book covers how to use the Managed DirectX objects, how they differ from the core DirectX libraries, and how to create these rich multimedia applications in C#. It also covers in depth graphics techniques and the new high-level shader language shipping with DirectX9.
Download or read book DirectX 3D Graphics Programming Bible written by Julio Sanchez and published by Wiley. This book was released on 2000-06-12 with total page 812 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Microsoft DirectX 7 gives you the APIs you need to create cutting-edge Windows 3D games and simulations using C or C++. With helpful tutorials, plenty of illustrations, and a minimum of math, this unique guide shows you how to master these APIs and take your graphics programming to the next level, whether you're an animation beginner or a veteran game developer.
Download or read book Real time 3D Rendering with DirectX and HLSL written by Paul Varcholik and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book DirectX 9 User Interfaces written by Alan Thorn and published by Wordware Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2004 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Companion CD included with Paint Shop Pro 8 evaluation edition!Interfaces strongly affect how an application or game is received by a user, no matter which cutting-edge features it may boast. This unique book presents a comprehensive solution for creating good interfaces using the latest version of DirectX. This involves building an interface library from the ground up. Divided into three sections, the book discusses the foundations of interface design, the construction of a feature-rich interface library, and the creation of a fully functional media player in DirectShow.
Download or read book Introduction to 3D Game Programming with DirectX 10 written by Frank D. Luna and published by Jones & Bartlett Publishers. This book was released on 2008 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Introduction to 3D Game Programming with Direct X 10 provides an introduction to programming interactive computer graphics, with an emphasis on game development, using DirectX 10. The book is divided into three main parts. Part I explores basic mathematical tools, Part II shows how to implement fundamental tasks in Direct3D, and Part III demonstrates a variety of techniques and special effects."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book Introduction to 3D Game Programming with DirectX 9 0c written by Frank Luna and published by Jones & Bartlett Publishers. This book was released on 2006-06-07 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction to 3D Game Programming with DirectX 9.0c: A Shader Approach presents an introduction to programming interactive computer graphics, with an emphasis on game development, using real-time shaders with DirectX 9.0. The book is divided into three parts that explain basic mathematical and 3D concepts, show how to describe 3D worlds and implement fundamental 3D rendering techniques, and demonstrate the application of Direct3D to create a variety of special effects. With this book understand basic mathematical tools used in video game creation such as vectors, matrices, and transformations; discover how to describe and draw interactive 3D scenes using Direct3D and the D3DX library; learn how to implement lighting, texture mapping, alpha blending, and stenciling using shaders and the high-level shading language (HLSL); explore a variety of techniques for creating special effects, including vertex blending, character animation, terrain rendering, multi-texturing, particle systems, reflections, shadows, and normal mapping;f ind out how to work with meshes, load and render .X files, program terrain/camera collision detection, and implement 3D object picking; review key ideas, gain programming experience, and explore new topics with the end-of-chapter exercises.
Download or read book 3D Graphics Programming for Windows 95 written by Nigel Thompson and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces the basic concepts of Direct3D with engaging hands-on projects. Solid solutions are given to basic, real world 3D programming problems. The book teaches Windows programmers how to apply the Direct 3D API to accomplish typical 3D graphics objectives.
