Preface

Chapter 1:  Java Graphics Fundamentals in Two Dimensions

• Section 1.1  Vector Graphics and Raster Graphics
• Section 1.2  Two-dimensional Graphics in Java
  • 1.2.1  BufferedImages
  • 1.2.2  Shapes and Graphics2D
• Section 1.3  Transformations and Modeling
  • 1.3.1  Geometric Transforms
  • 1.3.2  Hierarchical Modeling

Chapter 2:  The Basics of OpenGL and Jogl

• Section 2.1  Basic OpenGL 2D Programs
  • 2.1.1  A Basic Jogl App
  • 2.1.2  Color
  • 2.1.3  Geometric Transforms and Animation
  • 2.1.4  Hierarchical Modeling
  • 2.1.5  Introduction to Scene Graphs
  • 2.1.6  Compiling and Running Jogl Apps
• Section 2.2  Into the Third Dimension
  • 2.2.1  Coordinate Systems
  • 2.2.2  Essential Settings
• Section 2.3  Drawing in 3D
  • 2.3.1  Geometric Modeling
  • 2.3.2  Some Complex Shapes
  • 2.3.3  Optimization and Display Lists
• Section 2.4  Normals and Textures
  • 2.4.1  Introduction to Normal Vectors
  • 2.4.2  Introduction to Textures

Chapter 3:  Geometry

• Section 3.1  Vectors, Matrices, and Homogeneous Coordinates
  • 3.1.1  Vector Operations
  • 3.1.2  Matrices and Transformations
  • 3.1.3  Homogeneous Coordinates
  • 3.1.4  Vector Forms of OpenGL Commands
• Section 3.2  Primitives
  • 3.2.1  Points
  • 3.2.2  Lines
  • 3.2.3  Polygons
  • 3.2.4  Triangles
  • 3.2.5  Quadrilaterals
• Section 3.3  Polygonal Meshes
  • 3.3.1  Indexed Face Sets
  • 3.3.2  OBJ Files
  • 3.3.3  Terraine and Grids
• Section 3.4  Drawing Primitives
  • 3.4.1  Java's Data Buffers
  • 3.4.2  Drawing With Vertex Arrays
  • 3.4.3  Vertex Buffer Objects
  • 3.4.4  Drawing with Array Indices
• Section 3.5  Viewing and Projection
  • 3.5.1  Perspective Projection
  • 3.5.2  Orthographic Projection
  • 3.5.3  The Viewing Transform
  • 3.5.4  A Simple Avatar
  • 3.5.5  Viewer Nodes in Scene Graphs

Chapter 4:  Light and Material

• Section 4.1  Vision and Color
• Section 4.2  OpenGL Materials
  • 4.2.1  Setting Material Properties
  • 4.2.2  Color Material
• Section 4.3  OpenGL Lighting
  • 4.3.1  Light Color and Position
  • 4.3.2  Other Properties of Lights
  • 4.3.3  The Global Light Model
  • 4.3.4  The Lighting Equation
• Section 4.4  Lights and Materials in Scenes
  • 4.4.1  The Attribute Stack
  • 4.4.2  Lights in Scene Graphs
• Section 4.5  Textures
  • 4.5.1  Texture Targets
  • 4.5.2  Mipmaps and Filtering
  • 4.5.3  Texture Transformations
  • 4.5.4  Creating Textures with OpenGL
  • 4.5.5  Loading Data into a Texture
  • 4.5.6  Texture Coordinate Generation
  • 4.5.7  Texture Objects

Chapter 5:  Some Topics Not Covered

Appendix:  Source Code for the Examples in this Book

David Eck, May 2010