Visual Basic Graphics Programming 2nd Edition [Book & CD Rom]

by RodStephens (Author)

• New

  Paperback
  1999

  $50.42

  All the tools you need to create the full range of Visual Basic(r) color graphics applications
  
  Expert Rod Stephens provides you with everything you need to add advanced graphics to your applications in this in-depth introduction to graphic programming with Microsoft Visual Basic. From images using as few as 16 colors to true-color applications that use more than 16 million, he shows you how to create the full range of color graphics applications. You'll learn how to use Visual Basic controls to create impressive graphic effects without having to buy expensive add-on products.
  
  This book/CD-ROM package also explains how to integrate imaging, animation, and two- and three-dimensional graphics into an application. And you'll find the tools to manipulate color images, overlay one image on another, build scrolled windows, and much more.
  
  The Second Edition covers:
  New API functions
  Bitmap image morphing
  New algorithms for hidden surface removal
  Print preview with multiple pages and scales
  Image processing, including high color and true color
  Examples of controlling animation using simulation
  New examples that demonstrate shape-distorting transformations
  New examples of fractals and tilings
  Gouraud shading, Phong shading, and texturing
  Ray tracing speed improvements
  Ray tracing for new kinds of objects
  
  The CD-ROM includes:
  More than 400 complete, ready-to-run example programs
  Pictures to use with the example programs
  Images generated by the programs
  Color images of many of the figures from the book
  Source code for all example programs from the First Edition