"I think in the old days you got CG know how from a few books or you went to comp.graphics.algrithms where more experienced people would gladly explain stuff to

"I think in the old days you got CG know how from a few books or you went to comp.graphics.algrithms where more experienced people would gladly explain stuff to you." I think you also hardly could avoid being annoyed if you got it wrong, because the dynamic range of display devices was much smaller.