MORE UPDATES JUST MADE 5/11/99
Why write a book about computer graphics? Hasn't it all been said already?
Well, actually no; there has never been a resource guide written in plain language for all levels of users. Nor has there ever been a comprehensive history written about the people and companies that formed this industry.
This book contains both of these things....and much more.
So who should read this book and what should they get out of it?
€Students and CG beginners of all ages (from grade school on up) Get a comprehensive list and description of entry level software tools , where to get them, and how they work with each other. (Including great online shareware links) Detailed demo reel guidlines and job descriptions too.
€Current CG professionals: Read first person accounts from those who created the very tools and companies that so many people may take for granted today. (Think it's tough working today? Read about life before SGI and the Mac, how about before raster graphics or before frame buffers?)
€Related professionals who want to understand the basics of CG: Clear and concise definitions of all the terms, concepts and tools of CG. Every teacher, manager, producer, director, writer, and studio executive will benefit by having an accurate, handy resource to refer to.
Computer graphics today is so all pervasive, that it will benefit everyone to become more familar with its basic concepts. (No matter how long you've been working with computer graphics, there is always something new to learn.)
Main Chapters:
"Insert" mini-chapters and appendix will include:
-Please pass on the URL location of this page to anyone else you think may like to be included in this project.
-The book will be published by NewRiders in time for SIGGRAPH/99, with many never before published full color photos.
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Allan DeBevoise allendb@primenet.com , Alvy Ray Smith alvys@microsoft.com , Matt Arrott arrott@ix.netcom.com , Art Durinski Art_Durinski@novo.com , Norm Badler badler@central.cis.upenn.edu , Richard "Doc" Baily baily@netcom.com , bert@rhythm.com , John Bertron berton@lucasdigital.com , Bo Gehring bgehring@rbd.com , Bill Kroyer billk@rhythm.com , bjorke@botzilla.com , bleitner@microcadam.com , Jim Blinn blinn@microsoft.com , Brad DeGraf brad@protozoa.com , busch90210@aol.com , Bill Villarreal bvillarreal@dreamworks.com , Carl Rosenthal carl@pdi.com , Carl Frederic carlf@lucasdigital.com , Charlie Gibson charlie@rhythm.com , Christophe Hery chery@lucasdigital.com , cheryl@rhythm.com , chinn@fa.disney.com , clark@rhythm.com , ClaudiaSig@aol.com , Con Pederson con@metrolight.com , Carl Machover CMachover@aol.com , Craig Zerouni craig@sgrail.com , crh3@rga.com , Charles Csuri csuri@cgrg.ohio-state.edu , Lary Cuba cuba@well.com , cwr@red.com , dan@rhythm.com , dave@tricon.net , Dave@Yost.com , Dave Sieg dave@zfx.com , david@rhythm.com , davidg@metrolight.com , davidson@well.com , Diana Walczak diana@kwcc.com , dgordon@algorithmic.com , dcox@ncsa.uiuc.edu , Doug McMillan dougm@lucasdigital.com , Dan Philips dphilips@dreamworks.com , Ed Kramer edk@lucasdigital.com , ehoffer@mit.edu , Emily Nagle Green egreen@forrester.com , Eileen O'Neil eon@pixar.com , ericg@fa.disney.com , Edward Zajec ezajec@mailbox.syr.edu , fchism@seattle.sgi.com , footagenow@aol.com , Frank Vitz frank@vitz.com , freeman@caip.rutgers.edu , FX51@aol.com , Gary Demos garyd@alumni.caltech.edu , gavin@reboot.com , georgia@rhythm.com , ggarb@worldnet.att.net , gherman@sidefx.com , Harold@spicenet.net , Ian Chisholm idc@dneg.com , isaac@cis.compuserve.com , jaggy@netcom.com , jaller@aw.sgi.com , Jeff Kleiser jeff@kwcc.com , jimm@spimageworks.com , John Paul Docherty jpdoc@globalnet.co.uk , John Wash john@bluesky-vifx.com , John Hughesjohn@rhythm.com , john@sbst.com , Joseph Goldstone joseph@lucasdigital.com , jrapley@indy.spicenet.net , jwhit@earthlink.net , Jim Kristoff jwk@metrolight.com , Josh Pines jzp@lucasdigital.com , Jim Kajiya kajiya@microsoft.com , kayjayem@flash.net , keith@rhythm.com , Dr. Kenneth C. Knowlton kenk@quickbuy.com , kerry@rhythm.com , Kim@Aldis.co.uk , kim@sidefx.com , kleve@netcom.com , Kevin Rafferty kraff@lucasdigital.com , Kevin Tureski ktureski@aw.sgi.com , lance@anim.dreamworks.com , larryy@pobox.com , Jeff Light light@lucasdigital.com , Liza Keith liza@netcom.com , L.luther@acm.org , london_chapter@siggraph.org , Loren Carpenter loren@pixar.com , lstead@alum.mit.edu , malone@nichimen.com , marcel@netlink.mlinet.com , Marc Levoy levoy@cs.stanford.edu , Mark Sylvester marks@aw.sgi.com , maxine@eecs.uic.edu , mayerson@sidefx.com , Matt Elson melson@gte.net , Matt Elson melson@xo7.com , Michael Ferraro michael@possibleworlds.com , michael@rhythm.com , Michael Wahrman michaelw@wahrman.com , min@rhythm.com , Mitsuru Kaneko mits@mkcompany.co.jp , mgibson@d2.com , Martin Newell mnewell@Adobe.COM , ned@ngreene.com , Nancy St.John nsj@redshift.com , Pat Hanrahan hanrahan@cs.stanford.edu , patk@bvve.disney.com , pauli@engr.sgi.com , Paul Brown paul@paul-brown.com, paul@rhythm.com , paul@totalmedia.com , Ken Perlin perlin@nyu.edu , Paul Heckbert ph@cs.cmu.edu , phb@sidefx.com , pifbosc@earthlink.net , Porl@mill.co.uk , primateprod@earthlink.net , Robert Abel rabel1@mediaone.net , randyr@rhythm.com , ray@rfx.com , richard@rhythm.com , Rod Bogart rgb@lucasdigital.com , roger@3dschool.com , ron@metrolight.com , roy@joey.com , Rod Paul rpaul@anim.dreamworks.com , Robert Taylor rtaylor@rhythm.com , ruhoff@pactitle.com , Doug Smythe smythe@lucasdigital.com , Serge Sretschinsky sret@pacbell.net , Sherry McKenna sherry@oddworld.com , Phil Sherwood sherwood@accessone.com , Mark Stetson stetsonm@d2.com , Sonya Shannon sonya@artware.com , Stefen Fangmier stefen@lucasdigital.com , steve_goldberg@fa.disney.com , tandym@earthlink.net , Thadeus Bier thad@hammerhead.com , tim@spimageworks.com , tlm@microsoft.com , Terrence Masson tman@lucasdigital.com , Tom DeFanti tom@uic.edu , Pauline Tso tso@rhythm.com , Craig Upston upson@protozoa.com , Steve Upstill upstill@pixar.com , Craig Upson upson@best.com , Wayne Carlson waynec@cgrg.ohio-state.edu , whitney@isdn.net , wicinas@well.com , willa@lucasdigital.com , wolfwimr@west.net , wyndham@gwha.com , Christina Hills xtina@lucasdigital.com , ycsung@alumni.caltech.edu , Zsoka@ZsokaStudio.com