List of Contributors.

Introduction.

1  General Issues.

Computer Graphics Principles (McConnell).

Graphic Design in New Media (O'Connell).

Color as a Language of Design (O'Connell).

Display Monitor (Raikes).

Interactive Input Devices (McConnell).

Graphics Standards (Carson).

Image Compression (Motta, Rizzo and Storer).

Computer Vision (Walters).

Image Processing (Trivedi).

2  Entertainment.

Computers in the Entertainment Industry (Anderson revised by Wilson).

Computer Art (Lovejoy).

Arcade Games (Reid-Green).

Videogames (Reid-Green and Herman).

Computer Animation (Hodgins and O'Brien).

3  Science and Engineering.

Scientific Applications (Reilly).

Scientific Visualization (Rhyne).

Biocomputing (Witten).

Medical Imaging (Huang).

Computerized Tomagraphy (Herman).

Geographic Informaton Systems (GIS) (Goodchild).

Fractals (Saupe).

Computational Geometry (Skiena).

Computer-Aided Design/Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAD/CAM) (Flachsbart, Shuey and Peters).

Conmputer-Aided Engineering (MacKrell and Herzog).

4  Other Applications.

User Interface (Jacob).

Virtual Reality (Cockayne).

Artificial Life (Liekens).

Multimedia (Little).

World Wide Web (Berghel).

Desktop Publishing (Brown).

Markup Languages (Ressler).

Simulation (Smith).

5  Seven Specialist Profiles.

Carolina Cruz Neira, Iowa State University.

Mike Goslin, Walt Disney Imagineering.

Jessica K Hodgins, Carnegie Mellon University.

Jan Moorman, The 401 (k) Company.

Holly Rushmeier, IBM TJ Watson Research Center.

Gary Tarolli, NVIDIA.

Michael Ragsdale Wright, Artist.

6  Web Resources.

Index.