CompuServe Thread

Well, I think this book may be out of print, but, you may be able to find it at your local library. It's called "3D COMPUTER GRAPHICS – A USER'S GUIDE FOR ARTISTS AND DESIGNERS", by Andrew S. Glassner, on Design Press, a division of TAB BOOKS. They have an address listed as Design Press, Imprint of TAB BOOKS, 10 E.21 St., New York City, New York – 10010 Besides covering some of these rendering techniques, it also covers all the various other aspects involved in modeling, and animation. It does all this without needing a degree in quantum mechanics :). It's a down to earth discussion of all these things. Another source of information is a magazine called 3D ARTIST, which is a very good rag for this kind of stuff. It's dedicated primarily to micro-based modeling, and animation programs and techniques, primarily on the PC, but also covers MAC, and AMIGA platforms, as well. I hope this is of help to you. Speaking of LAMBERT shading (among others), I'll never understand why ADESK never offered LAMBERT shading in 3DS, for it's low-end quickie viewing, as oppsed to that USELESS wireframe rendering, but, if you're getting, or have, version 3, MATROX has a card that, once the driver for it is finished (if it isn't already), will offer REAL-TIME LAMBERT shading in 3DS! It'll be done in hardware, right in the card. Definitely cool!