Visual Basic Graphics Programming - 2nd Edition by Rod Stephens (Paperback)

About the Book

Nearly all the source code has been revised to take advantage of VB's programming features and to support new color models. Learn new features, including VB's functionality, API functions, analytic geometry, ray tracing, image processing, and shape-distorting transformation. CD include complete source for all ready-to-use examples.

Book Synopsis

Hier kommt die langersehnte 2. Auflage des Bestsellers "Visual Basic Graphics Programming". Rod Stephens unterhält die Website - vb-helper.com -, die zu den führenden Visual Basic Websites zählt. In den vergangenen 12 Monaten gingen unzählige Nachfragen von Programmierern ein, wann denn endlich ein Band kommt, der sich mit fortgeschrittener VB Farbgraphik-Programmierung beschäftigt. Und hier ist er: Ein praktischer Leitfaden, der das komplette Spektrum der VB Farbgraphik-Anwendungen abdeckt, angefangen bei 16 Farben bis hin zu High-Colour- oder True-Colour-Anwendungen mit mehr als 256 Farben. Die beiliegende CD-ROM enthält den sofort einsetzbaren Quellcode für alle Beispiele aus dem Buch. (cat06/99)

From the Back Cover

All the tools you need to create the full range of Visual Basic(r) color graphics applications

Expert Rod Stephens provides you with everything you need to add advanced graphics to your applications in this in-depth introduction to graphic programming with Microsoft Visual Basic. From images using as few as 16 colors to "true-color" applications that use more than 16 million, he shows you how to create the full range of color graphics applications. You'll learn how to use Visual Basic controls to create impressive graphic effects without having to buy expensive add-on products.

This book/CD-ROM package also explains how to integrate imaging, animation, and two- and three-dimensional graphics into an application. And you'll find the tools to manipulate color images, overlay one image on another, build scrolled windows, and much more.

The Second Edition covers:
* New API functions
* Bitmap image morphing
* New algorithms for hidden surface removal
* Print preview with multiple pages and scales
* Image processing, including high color and true color
* Examples of controlling animation using simulation
* New examples that demonstrate shape-distorting transformations
* New examples of fractals and tilings
* Gouraud shading, Phong shading, and texturing
* Ray tracing speed improvements
* Ray tracing for new kinds of objects

The CD-ROM includes:
* More than 400 complete, ready-to-run example programs
* Pictures to use with the example programs
* Images generated by the programs
* Color images of many of the figures from the book
* Source code for all example programs from the First Edition

About the Author

Rod Stephens is a contract software engineer specializing in graphical user interface, algorithms, and database systems. He has published over 120 articles and nine books including Bug Proofing Visual Basic and Ready-to-Run Visual Basic Algorithms.