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DarkJedi9
Feb 9th, 2001, 02:14 PM
Can anyone suggest some good tutorials for graphics programming? Without sounding too picky, I'm looking for a book that uses lots of examples, and possibly a sense of humor. Something in the style of Karl Moore would be ideal, but I'd settle for something close. Any ideas are welcome.
MoMad
Feb 9th, 2001, 03:12 PM
http://free-ed.net
Feb 9th, 2001, 03:43 PM
With the exception of a sense of humor, the book Teach yourself DirectX in 21 days would be nice.

Also, if you like Karl Moore, if you ask him, maybe he'd write one for you, and post it on this site.
DarkJedi9
Feb 9th, 2001, 08:17 PM
That would certainly be nice of him
MoMad
Feb 9th, 2001, 11:32 PM
WAIT WAIT WAIT

who's Karl Moore??
Feb 10th, 2001, 10:44 AM
The senior editor of VB-world.
Feb 10th, 2001, 10:55 AM
I just checked; his E-mail is karl@vb-world.net
DarkJedi9
Feb 10th, 2001, 08:27 PM
I dashed off a quick e-mail to him; you never know he may just write the book. :cool:
DarkJedi9
Feb 10th, 2001, 08:28 PM
Originally posted by MoMad
WAIT WAIT WAIT

who's Karl Moore??

He writes all the articles with the weird metaphors. He has a, say we say, unique sense of humor, but I find it entertaining and his tutorials are a heck of a lot more fun than MSDN stuff.
MoMad
Feb 10th, 2001, 08:28 PM
coool thanks. :)
Feb 12th, 2001, 12:03 AM
Visual Basic Graphics Programming. Rod Stephens (i
think). Wonderful book, has a lot of examples, humour,
and teaches you all of the basics (and even more of the
advanced stuff). It walks you through everything, and
teaches you all of the theory, so that it can be applied
later on. A very good book, all around.
Sastraxi
Feb 12th, 2001, 07:19 PM
Yes... I have that book too, I like the example of Using the API in that book. Although the 3D and Ray-Tracing are a bit too advanced for me right now... gotta brush up on my calculus and triginometry.... what a life...
CyberCarsten
Feb 14th, 2001, 07:16 AM
At www.vbexplorer.com , there are some good Games & Graphics tutorials...
DarkJedi9
Feb 14th, 2001, 02:17 PM
Originally posted by Zaei
Visual Basic Graphics Programming. Rod Stephens (i
think). Wonderful book, has a lot of examples, humour,
and teaches you all of the basics (and even more of the
advanced stuff). It walks you through everything, and
teaches you all of the theory, so that it can be applied
later on. A very good book, all around.

Actually, after starting the post but before coming back to check I had seen this book at amazon.com and thought it was a good candidate (sp?). Nice to see a few people agree.