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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

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ISBN-13: 978-1-55622-229-7

ISBN-10: 1-55622-229-7

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