Computer Generated Colour

Author : Roy Hall
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781461235262

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Illumination and Color in Computer Generated Imagery by Roy Hall Pdf

In a very broad sense the historical development of computer graphics can be considered in three phases, each a giant step down the road towards "realistic" computer generated images. The first, during the late 1960's and early 1970's, can perhaps be characterized as the "wire frame" era. Basically pictures were composed of lines. Considerable em phasis was placed on "real time" interactive manipulation of the model. As models became more complex and as raster technology developed, eliminating the hidden lines or hidden surfaces from the image became critical for visual understanding. This requirement resulted in the second phase of computer graphics, the "hidden surface" era, that developed during the 1970's and early 1980's. The names associated with hidden surface algorithms read like a who's who of computer graphics. The cul mination of the hidden surface era and the beginning of the current and third era in computer graphics, the "rendering" era, was Turner Whitted's incorporation of a global illumination model into the ray trac ing algorithm. Now the goal was not just to generate an image, but to generate a realistic appearing image.

Author : Michael Rogondino,Pat Rogondino
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Color computer graphics
ISBN : 0207168229

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Computer Color by Michael Rogondino,Pat Rogondino Pdf

Author : Richard Jackson,Lindsay MacDonald,Ken Freeman
Publisher : Wiley
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1994-09-27
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0471933783

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Computer Generated Colour by Richard Jackson,Lindsay MacDonald,Ken Freeman Pdf

With the right software, anyone can create a colorful display on a computer. For a practical guide to getting it right, using color effectively?to communicate on screen, on different computers, or from computer to print?this book is ideal. It abounds with useful, jargon-free advice on the techniques and equipment, design and color choices faced by the programmer or software developer, computer novice or professional, using color in the presentation of computer-generated images. The authors give extensive information on how the eye sees color, how we describe and model color, and how the computer generates and displays it. Accessible, attractive, with color on every other page, numerous examples, line drawings, graphs and practical tips, this book will be invaluable to anyone wishing to use color on machines from humble PC to supercomputer. To demonstrate the true impact of color on screen the authors have also compiled a set of example illustrations available separately on CDI/Photo CD?. To order a copy simply return the reader-reply card in the book.

Author : Michael Rogondino,Pat Rogondino
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1990-07-01
Category : Design
ISBN : 0877017395

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Computer Color by Michael Rogondino,Pat Rogondino Pdf

Graphic designers, illustrators, artists, and printers in increasing numbers are turning to the creative possibilities of computer technology. Now there is a comprehensive reference guide specifically created to help these professionals keep pace with the rising demand for full-color, computer-generated graphics and illustrations. Full color throughout.

Author : Carolyn L. Kane
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2014-08-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780226002873

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Chromatic Algorithms by Carolyn L. Kane Pdf

These days, we take for granted that our computer screens—and even our phones—will show us images in vibrant full color. Digital color is a fundamental part of how we use our devices, but we never give a thought to how it is produced or how it came about. Chromatic Algorithms reveals the fascinating history behind digital color, tracing it from the work of a few brilliant computer scientists and experimentally minded artists in the late 1960s and early ‘70s through to its appearance in commercial software in the early 1990s. Mixing philosophy of technology, aesthetics, and media analysis, Carolyn Kane shows how revolutionary the earliest computer-generated colors were—built with the massive postwar number-crunching machines, these first examples of “computer art” were so fantastic that artists and computer scientists regarded them as psychedelic, even revolutionary, harbingers of a better future for humans and machines. But, Kane shows, the explosive growth of personal computing and its accompanying need for off-the-shelf software led to standardization and the gradual closing of the experimental field in which computer artists had thrived. Even so, the gap between the bright, bold presence of color onscreen and the increasing abstraction of its underlying code continues to lure artists and designers from a wide range of fields, and Kane draws on their work to pose fascinating questions about the relationships among art, code, science, and media in the twenty-first century.

Author : Leonid Yaroslavsky,Jaakko Astola
Publisher : Bentham Science Publishers
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781608050796

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Introduction to Digital Holography by Leonid Yaroslavsky,Jaakko Astola Pdf

"This eBook is a collection of comprehensive and cutting edge book articles written by leading experts on digital signal and image processing in general, and specifically book written by one of pioneers of digital holography, one of the foremost branches o"

Author : B. Drum
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 545 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9789401105071

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Colour Vision Deficiencies XII by B. Drum Pdf

From the 98 presentations of the XIIth Symposium on Colour Vision Deficiencies, 61 were selected after peer review and revision by the authors. In addition to these contributions this volume contains a cumulative index to all authors in the IRGCVD proceedings since the first one in 1968, including the present volume. The contents include contributions on basic questions of anatomical and electrophysiological organisation of the neural pathways underlying colour vision; and on ways in which disturbances of these pathways can produce acquired colour vision deficiencies. Further contributions deal with genetics and congenital red--green colour deficiencies and colour vision testing. The resulting publication contains much of interest to basic vision scientists as well as to specialists in colour vision deficiencies.

Author : Richard J. D. Tilley
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2010-12-20
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0470974761

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Colour and the Optical Properties of Materials by Richard J. D. Tilley Pdf

Colour and the Optical Properties of Materials carefully introduces the science behind the subject, along with many modern and cutting-edge applications, chosen to appeal to today's students. For science students, it provides a broad introduction to the subject and the many applications of colour. To more applied students, such as engineering and arts students, it provides the essential scientific background to colour and the many applications. New to this Edition: The chapter framework of the first edition will be retained, with each chapter being substantially rewritten and some material would be relocated. Some chapters will be rewritten in a clearer fashion, e.g. There have been no significant advances in the understanding of rainbows recently, but the text could be clarified and improved. Colour has been an important attribute of many nano-particle containing systems, such as quantum dots. This aspect will be included, e.g. the colour of gold ruby glass, described in Chapter 5 as part of scattering phenomena now is better treated in terms of gold nanoparticles and surface plasmons. This would probably be transferred to Chapter 10 and considered in tandem with the colour of metals such as copper, silver and gold. A similar state of affairs applies to silver nanoparticles and polychromic glass. Some chapters will include extensive new material, e.g. Chapter 8, colours due to molecular processes [organic LEDs etc], and Chapter 12, Displays, [touch screen technologies]. For all chapters it would be intended to take into account the current scientific literature up to the time of submission – say up to the end of 2009. The end of chapter Further Reading sections would reflect this up-to-date overview. The end of chapter problems will be strengthened and expanded.

Author : Elena Manferdini,Jasmine Benyamin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2023-12-18
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781000907957

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Full Spectrum by Elena Manferdini,Jasmine Benyamin Pdf

Colour is architecture’s sharpest tool in the box. It has indexed everything from the feminine, cosmetic and vulgar to the pure, intrinsic and embodied. Colour has played a central role in the history of architecture. From the polychromy of the ancients to the great white interiors of high modernism. The figurative flourishes of postmodernism to the embedded sublime of contemporary building systems and facades. In contemporary architecture, colour has emerged as something powerful, both a mode of working and a political proposition. The second digital age has brought a fundamental shift in how architects engage colour. Employing the full range of colour puts forth a projective mode of action. It aids the democratisation of visual culture: opening the field to enable subjectivities, bring in new references and embrace new voices. This book explores the function of colour in contemporary architecture and argues it is not to present a vision of an idealised other world, but to prompt new imaginaries. Take in the full spectrum. Features: 100 Architects, Maya Alam, David Batchelor, Galo Canizares, Courtney Coffman, Fala Atelier, Marcelyn Gow, Sauerbruch Hutton, Sam Jacobs, Carolyn Kane, Guto Requena, Paulette Singley, Amanda Williams and Mimi Zeiger.

Author : Phil Green,Lindsay MacDonald
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09-23
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780470854136

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Colour Engineering by Phil Green,Lindsay MacDonald Pdf

As colour imaging takes on increasing importance in a range of products and technologies, colour fidelity across different media has become essential. This book has arisen from the need for a specialist text that brings together key developments in colour management technology and findings from the colour engineering research community. Edited by highly regarded specialists in colour management systems, Colour Engineering introduces the reader systematically to the art of constistent quality of image reproduction - regardless of the monitor or graphic user interface employed. Features: a thorough review of the elements of colour science that apply to colour imaging. a comprehensive analysis of methods for characterizing devices in the colour imaging chain. a review of the key topics in colour management. the different approaches to implementing colour systems at some of the leading exponents in the imaging industry. This authoritative book depicting the latest developments in colour imaging, written by a group of authors at the forefront of research in this exciting and fast-moving field will appeal to students as well as practitioners of the new discipline of colour engineering. The Society for Information Display (SID) is an international society, which has the aim of encouraging the development of all aspects of the field of information display. Complementary to the aims of the society, the Wiley-SID series is intended to explain the latest developments in information display technology at a professional level. The broad scope of the series addresses all facets of information displays from technical aspects through systems and prototypes to standards and ergonomics

Author : Roy Osborne
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781326459710

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Books on Colour 1495-2015: History and Bibliography by Roy Osborne Pdf

Updated to 2020, BOOKS ON COLOUR 1495-2015 offers quick and easy reference to 2,500 authors and editors and over 3,000 titles published by them. Following a concise historical survey of colour literature, authors are listed in an A-Z directory, together with titles, dates and places of publication, and translations for non-English titles. Biographical references are included where known. Chronological indexes of authors precede the bibliographical listing and alphabetical indexes of authors follow it. Publications are categorised under 27 general headings: Architecture, Chemistry, Classification, Colorants, Computing & Television, Decoration, Design, Dress & Cosmetics, Dyeing, Flora & Fauna, Food, Glass, History, Lighting, Metrology, Music, Optics, Painting, Perception, Philosophy, Photography & Cinema, Printing, Psychology, Symbolism, Terminology, Therapy, and Vision.

Author : Maureen Stone
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-19
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781466578333

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A Field Guide to Digital Color by Maureen Stone Pdf

Maureen Stone's field guide to digital color presents a survey of digital color with special emphasis on those fields important for computer graphics. The book provides the foundation for understanding color and its applications, discusses color media and color management and the use of color in computer graphics, including color design and selecti

Author : Phil Green
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2010-03-22
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780470058251

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Color Management by Phil Green Pdf

Color Management serves as a comprehensive guide to the implementation of the ICC (International Color Consortium) profile specification, widely used for maintaining color fidelity across multi-media imaging devices and software. The book draws together many of the White Papers produced by the ICC to promote the use of color management and disseminate good practice; the ICC specification has become widely accepted within the color industry, and these papers have been updated, expanded and edited for this collection. Other chapters comprise material that will go on to form future ICC White Papers, as well as some original content. The ICC review process ensures that the material and recommendations included are collaborative, reflecting the input of the wide community of color and imaging scientists and developers who make up its membership. Readers can be assured of the best advice for achieving optimum results. Provides an overview of color management in applications and the role of ICC profiles in a color reproduction system. Presents user guidelines on color measurement procedures and discusses measurement issues for media such as optically-brightened papers and inkjet prints. Offers comprehensive guidance on the latest version of the specification and the application of the perceptual rendering intent with its reference gamut. Examines the construction and benefits of different types of ICC profiles, and sets out compliance test considerations, implementation notes and evaluation of profile quality. Includes a glossary of terms. This book is written for color and imaging scientists developing, implementing and using color management systems within a range of imaging devices and software. Senior undergraduate and postgraduate students will also find the book of use.

Author : Tracy Diane,Tom Cassidy
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2009-02-12
Category : Design
ISBN : 9781405143776

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Colour Forecasting by Tracy Diane,Tom Cassidy Pdf

The colour forecasting process is a major driving force in the fashion and textile industries but is complex, highly intuitive and little understood. This textbook for students of fashion and design discusses the development of the various driving forces of fashion, when colour forecasting began and how it has developed to its present day state. Colour terminology and some of the more subjective tools used by colour forecasters are explained, and their strengths and weaknesses are compared. Also, a model is given of the colour forecasting process and this is discussed in detail. Finally, readers are shown how forecasting methodologies are used to develop 'colour stories'.

Author : M.G. Helander,T.K. Landauer,P.V. Prabhu
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 1582 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1997-08-18
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0080532888

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Handbook of Human-Computer Interaction by M.G. Helander,T.K. Landauer,P.V. Prabhu Pdf

This completely revised edition, of the Handbook of Human-Computer Interaction, of which 80% of the content is new, reflects the developments in the field since the publication of the first edition in 1988. The handbook is concerned with principles for design of the Human-Computer Interface, and has both academic and practical purposes. It is intended to summarize the research and provide recommendations for how the information can be used by designers of computer systems. The volume may also be used as a reference for teaching and research. Professionals who are involved in design of HCI will find this volume indispensable, including: computer scientists, cognitive scientists, experimental psychologists, human factors professionals, interface designers, systems engineers, managers and executives working with systems development. Much of the information in the handbook may also be generalized to apply to areas outside the traditional field of HCI.