Kickass Java Programming: Cutting-Edge Java Techniques With an Attitude Book

Shows you how to incorporate incredible animations into your home page by using the advanced image processing library that's included on the CD-ROM. Gives you step-by-step instructions for creating small, yet powerful, applets that are better and faster than anyone else's, and "living backgrounds" that will impress and amaze. Highlights the benefits of rendering 2D and 3D animations after the image has been loaded. Teaches you how 3D works, and gives you important tips for speeding it up. Makes the "impossible" possible with real-time texture mapping in Java, fantastic transitions, and more. Helps you decide the most effective type of compression to use for the best efficiency, whether .gif or .jpeg.