OpenGL newbie

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Hi there.

I never wrote a single line of code using OpenGL and now I am interested
in learn it. Wich is the best book for OpenGL? I’ve seen something about
OpenGL red book on the list. Would someone points one?
TIA

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Hi there.

I never wrote a single line of code using OpenGL and now I am interested
in learn it. Wich is the best book for OpenGL? I’ve seen something about
OpenGL red book on the list. Would someone points one?

If you type “OpenGL red book” into google the first lines of the
first result are “OpenGL Programming Guide or ‘The Red Book’”.

If you then type “OpenGL Programming Guide” into Amazon the first result
is the OpenGL red book, i.e.:

There is also the blue book, which is the reference guide.

There is also http://nehe.gamedev.net/

JamesOn Sun, 25 Jul 2004 15:39:16 -0300, j inacio wrote:
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http://fly.cc.fer.hr/~unreal/theredbook/On Jul 25, 2004, at 2:39 PM, j inacio wrote:

Hi there.

I never wrote a single line of code using OpenGL and now I am
interested in learn it. Wich is the best book for OpenGL? I’ve seen
something about OpenGL red book on the list. Would someone points one?
TIA

J Inacio

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you probly also want to check these out, esp the nehe tutorials, very useful
and informative

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Subject: [SDL] OpenGL newbie

Hi there.

I never wrote a single line of code using OpenGL and now I am interested
in learn it. Wich is the best book for OpenGL? I’ve seen something about
OpenGL red book on the list. Would someone points one?
TIA

J Inacio

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Thanks people :slight_smile:
I followed your advice and googled it…
I’ve found in pdf at gamedev.net
here is the url of it http://www.gamedev.net/download/redbook.pdf

see you,Em Mon, 26 Jul 2004 00:29:39 +0100, James Gregory escreveu:

On Sun, 25 Jul 2004 15:39:16 -0300, j inacio wrote:

Hi there.

I never wrote a single line of code using OpenGL and now I am
interested
in learn it. Wich is the best book for OpenGL? I’ve seen something about
OpenGL red book on the list. Would someone points one?

If you type “OpenGL red book” into google the first lines of the
first result are “OpenGL Programming Guide or ‘The Red Book’”.

If you then type “OpenGL Programming Guide” into Amazon the first result
is the OpenGL red book, i.e.:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0321173481/qid=1090794267/sr=8-1/ref=pd_ka_1/102-3862745-6284954?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

There is also the blue book, which is the reference guide.

There is also http://nehe.gamedev.net/

James

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I never wrote a single line of code using OpenGL and now I am interested
in learn it. Wich is the best book for OpenGL? I’ve seen something about
OpenGL red book on the list. Would someone points one?

The Red Book (Edition 2) for view or download
http://tassadar.physics.auth.gr/~chameleon/Books/index.php?key=opengl

The NeHe Samples (the best!)
http://nehe.gamedev.net/

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All of the above are the best things I can think of to learn OpenGL.
On a similar note, if you are interested in learning the concepts
behind 3D Graphics, Real Time Rendering, 2nd Ed. is very good!On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 16:36:09 +0300, <- Chameleon -> <cham_gss at hotmail.com> wrote:

I never wrote a single line of code using OpenGL and now I am interested
in learn it. Wich is the best book for OpenGL? I’ve seen something about
OpenGL red book on the list. Would someone points one?

The Red Book (Edition 2) for view or download
http://tassadar.physics.auth.gr/~chameleon/Books/index.php?key=opengl

The NeHe Samples (the best!)
http://nehe.gamedev.net/

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I didn’t see it mentioned, sorry if it was.

The NeHe tutorials are converted to SDL+OpenGL code over here
http://www.libsdl.org/opengl/OpenGL-intro-1.1.1.zip

have fun :slight_smile:

–jake

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I never wrote a single line of code using OpenGL and now I
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TIA

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The NeHe tutorials are converted to SDL+OpenGL code over here
http://www.libsdl.org/opengl/OpenGL-intro-1.1.1.zip

I think all of the SDL conversions were written by a guy using Linux. I
don’t think there are SDL tutorials for Windows or Mac OS X at NeHe.

The conversion of these tutorials all have problems out-of-the-box if
your platform requires SDL_main. Here are the steps you’ll need to take
to fix any of NeHe’s OpenGL tutorials. This happened to me like a month
ago so I apologize if I forgot any.

  1. init.cpp: locate and change int main(void) to int main(int argc,
    char **argv) or something compatible

Extra steps on Mac OS X:

  1. Makefile: Remove “-lg” and “-lglu.” In their place add “-framework
    OpenGL”

I will finish this when I get back I’m running late so sorry I couldn’t
finish this right away - let me know what platform you’re on if you get
this before i can finish it