CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PREFACE -- 1 VISUAL COMMUNICATION, GOOD DESIGN, AND AESTHETICS -- 2 REALISM, PHOTOREALISM, AND WHEN BEING CONVINCING IS BEST -- 3 TECHNICAL ISSUES: THE DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT AND DELIVERY MEDIA -- 4 MATERIALS: TECHNOLOGY AND USE -- 5 SHADERS -- 6 MATERIAL CREATION INTERFACES -- 7 IMAGE MAPS AND PROCEDURAL MAPS -- 8 PULLING IT TOGETHER: INITIAL TUTORIAL -- 9 LIGHT AND SURFACES -- 10 COMPLEX MATERIALS -- 11 MAPPING AND UNWRAPPING -- 12 RENDERING -- A ABOUT THE CD- ROM -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.