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The Visualization Toolkit: An Object-oriented Approach to 3-D Graphics
 
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The Visualization Toolkit: An Object-oriented Approach to 3-D Graphics (Hardcover)

by Will Schroeder (Author), Ken Martin (Author), Bill Lorensen (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 645 pages
  • Publisher: Prentice Hall; 2 edition (18 Dec 1997)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0139546944
  • ISBN-13: 978-0139546945
  • Product Dimensions: 24.5 x 18.6 x 4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 707,078 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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A revision of strong selling graphics title published in 1996. Features new release of VTK software, plus code in Java instead of Tcl. This is the first widely used visualization program to be written in Java. This version also has an interface to RenderMan, the most widely used commercial rendering software (used to make Toy Story).



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All you need to build state-of-the-art 3D visualization applications!

From weather maps to MRIs, from marketing to finance, 3D visualization technology is revolutionizing the way information is delivered. And the revolution has just begun. Breakthrough tools like the Visualization Toolkit (vtk) Release 2.0 make visualization more practical and powerful than ever.

This book delivers all you need to start building your own visualization applications:

A complete introduction to visualization architectures and image processing algorithms-including essential algorithms for contouring, surface smoothing, cutting, slicing, decimation, and Delaunay triangulation:

  • An extensive collection of real-world case studies.
  • A working architecture and software design techniques for applying visualization to business and technical problems.
  • The complete vtk Release 2.0 software tools-complete C++ class libraries and source code for visualization, plus Tcl-based prototyping libraries and Java bindings...all the software you need for Win95/NT, Solaris, HP-UX, Digital UNIX, and IBM AIX!

Learn how to leverage the power of vtk 2.0 to:

  • Build Web-based 3D visualization applications that take advantage of VRML, Java and Java3D.
  • Use volume rendering, which allows you to "see into" 3D datasets.
  • Use vtk's new 2D imaging pipeline to manipulate, display and combine 2D images into 3D datasets for further processing-and much more.

Advanced 3D visualization is now practical in an unprecedented range of applications. If you're a C++, Java or Tcl/Tk programmer, you need to understand these tools and technologies. Now's the time - and there's no better place to start than The Visualization Toolkit.



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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars excellent, don't bother with the cd, 25 Oct 1998
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The book comes with a CD of the software ( plus some documentation). However VTK is updated nightly ( and tested thoroughly too) so I would recommend skipping the CD and downloading the software straight from the internet.

The book itself is great, though, certainly indispensable if you want to use VTK.

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Next to useless if you actually want to learn to use VTK, 15 Jun 1999
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If you're looking for a book to learn to use VTK, this is practically useless. The language is explained only incidentally, and in very little detail. the book mostly concentrates on computer graphics theory (which is done much better in other books) and visualisation, which it treats fairly well.
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5.0 out of 5 stars It is a real tremendous resource visualizatıon enthusiasts, 13 Jul 1998
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Ever wanted to SEE your own ideas... Just go for it and spare this book some time. As for the possıbılıtıes, the sky the lımıts, whether scıentıfıc,educatıonal,presentatıonal reasons thıs book is your awaıted hunt.
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