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For anyone interested in computer graphics, I find Inigo Quilez's site (https://iquilezles.org/www/index.htm https://iquilezles.org/www/index.htm) more helpful
by Cmortoc 6y ago
For anyone interested in computer graphics, I find Inigo Quilez's site (https://iquilezles.org/www/index.htm https://iquilezles.org/www/index.htm) more helpful than most of the textbooks on my shelf.
- foo_barrio 6y agoThese types of sites are where I too learned most of the graphics programming I know. My favorite when I was young was "The good-looking textured light-sourced bouncy fun smart and stretchy page" still available here: * https://web.archive.org/web/20160519071801/http://freespace.virgin.net/hugo.elias/ https://web.archive.org/web/20160519071801/http://freespace....
- riggsdk 6y agoOh my... I had been searching for that page for ages... I couldn't remember what it was called. Thanks! That old gem is gold!
- pixelpoet 6y agoGood old Hugo Elias :) When I first visited the UK in 2003 I made a trip to London to visit him, guy bought me lunch at a Thai restaurant. Quality bloke, and yes we all (graphics programmers from that generation) learnt so much from his page.
- tempnowreal 6y agoIm very interested to learn about computer graphics but the more I look into it I kinda feel its a niche field and not much strutted resource or curriculum is available. Would you have any tips on where I should start?
- pavlov 6y agoFor 3D, the book “Physically Based Rendering” by Humphreys & Pharr is excellent. I think the entire text is free online nowadays.
- trevortheblack 6y agoThe full text is available here: http://www.pbr-book.org/ http://www.pbr-book.org/ The source is available here: https://github.com/mmp/pbrt-v3/ https://github.com/mmp/pbrt-v3/ The latest text has an additional author: Wenzel Jakob
- calaphos 6y agoIf you like some practical project I can highly recommend Day tracing in one weekend by Peter Shirley.