Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice

<h2 id="editions">Editions</h2>
<h3>First Edition</h3>
<p>The first edition, published in 1982 and titled <i>Fundamentals of Interactive Computer Graphics</i>, discussed the SGP library, which was based on <a href="/facts/Association_for_Computing_Machinery/abI2atlP">ACM</a>'s <i><a href="/facts/SIGGRAPH/gmRKkIlG">SIGGRAPH</a> CORE</i> 1979 graphics standard, and focused on 2D vector graphics.
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<h3>Second Edition</h3>
<p>The second edition,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> published 1990, was completely rewritten and covered 2D and 3D raster and vector graphics, user interfaces, <a href="/facts/Geometric_modeling/SGyQGku9">geometric modeling</a>, <a href="/facts/Spatial_anti-aliasing/od0SgvLy">anti-aliasing</a>, advanced <a href="/facts/Rendering_(computer_graphics)/YYxfnmAq">rendering algorithms</a> and an introduction to animation. The SGP library was replaced by SRGP (<i>Simple Raster Graphics Package</i>), a library for 2D raster primitives and interaction handling, and SPHIGS (<i>Simple <a href="/facts/PHIGS/dwR9wpv6">PHIGS</a></i>), a library for <a href="/facts/3D_computer_graphics/zlWW6eaF">3D</a> primitives, which were specifically written for the book.
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<h3>Second Edition in C</h3>
<p>In the second edition in C, all examples were converted from <a href="/facts/Pascal_(programming_language)/b3yvp8bF">Pascal</a> to <a href="/facts/C_(programming_language)/Ky2No763">C</a>. New implementations for the SRGP and SPHIGS graphics packages in C were also provided.
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<h3>Third Edition</h3>
<p>A third edition covering modern GPU architecture was released in July 2013. Examples in the third edition are written in C++, C#, <a href="/facts/Windows_Presentation_Foundation/KTs9FcFn">WPF</a>, <a href="/facts/GLSL/5yQ3WqTA">GLSL</a>, <a href="/facts/OpenGL/xQoMWePr">OpenGL</a>, G3D, or pseudocode.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a>
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<h2 id="awards">Awards</h2>
<p>The book has won a <a href="/facts/Game_Developer_(magazine)/1zEJqAeX">Front Line Award</a> (Hall of Fame) in 1998.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a>
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<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Foley, James D.; van Dam, Andries; Feiner, Steven K.; Hughes, John (15 June 1990). Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice (2nd ed.). Addison-Wesley. ISBN 978-0-201-12110-0. <a href="978-0-201-12110-0" target="_blank">978-0-201-12110-0</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>"Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice, 3rd Edition". <a href="http://cgpp.net/" target="_blank">http://cgpp.net/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>"Front Line Awards Hall of Fame Winners". Game Developer. Retrieved 2010-11-01. <a href="http://www.gdmag.com/frontlineawards/hof.html" target="_blank">http://www.gdmag.com/frontlineawards/hof.html</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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