Zen of Graphics Programming: The Ultimate Guide to Writing Fast PC Graphics

Includes easy-to-follow techniques for programming leading-edge graphics including texture mapping, 3D animation, hidden surface removal, antialiasing, 3D shading, color modeling, and much more. Features a complete 3D, 256-color animation library you can use today to create amazing applications from games to virtual worlds to anything else your imagination will lead you to. Provides thousands of lines of C and assembly source code ready to drop into applications. Gives you the best high-level and low-level graphics programming advice and tips from the acknowledged master of PC graphics. Includes secrets of VGA programming you won't find anywhere else--ModeX, page flipping, color DACs, memory maps, palette animation, and 256-color modes.