{"product_id":"jim-blinns-corner-jim-blinn-9781558604551","title":"Jim Blinn's Corner: Dixty Pixels","description":"\"All problems in computer graphics can be solved with a matrix inversion.\"--Jim BlinnJim Blinn is Back!\u003cb\u003eDirty Pixels\u003c\/b\u003e is Jim's second compendium of articles selected from his award-winning column, \"Jim Blinn's Corner,\" in \u003ci\u003eIEEE Computer Graphics and Applications\u003c\/i\u003e. Here he addresses topics in image processing and pixel arithmetic and shares the tricks he's uncovered through years of experimentation.Writing in the inimitable, engaging style for which he's famous, Jim's easy-to-understadn explanations and solutions make abstract concepts accessible to a broad audience. \u003cb\u003eDirty Pixels\u003c\/b\u003e is an invaluable resource for anyone in the computer graphics field.Teapots and MoreJim's contributions to computer graphics include the Voyager Fly-by animations of space missions to Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus; \u003ci\u003eThe Mechanical Universe\u003c\/i\u003e, a 52-part telecourse of animated physics; and the computer animation of Carl Sagan's PBS series \u003ci\u003eCosmos\u003c\/i\u003e. Jim developed many graphics techniques now in widespread use, among them bump mapping, environment mapping, and blobby modeling.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jim Blinn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1558604553\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781558604551\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Morgan Kaufmann Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.24h x 7.41w x 0.58d","brand":"Jim Blinn","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48587783799039,"sku":"9781558604551","price":63.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/jim-blinns-corner-jim-blinn-9781558604551","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}