DirectX
®
9 Graphics:
The Definitive Guide
to Direct3D
®
Alan Thorn
Wordware Publishing, Inc.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Thorn, Alan.
DirectX 9 graphics : the definitive guide to Direct3D / by Alan Thorn.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-1-55622-229-7
ISBN-10: 1-55622-229-7 (pbk.)
1. Computer graphics. 2. DirectX. I. Title.
T385.T49576 2005
006.6'93--dc22 2005003234
CIP
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