I am puzzled as to why this book has received such negative reviews. Most of the disappointment has been directed at the print quality of the text. Some of the images are slightly lower resolution than what you may find elsewhere and the pages are thin, but the book is nearly 1200 pages and the image quality is perfectly fine. The text is clear and images serve their purpose. I have verified that I have received the first printing, so unless there were some major variations in the printing process, all I can say is that the dissatisfaction with the book is at least a little hyperbolic.
If you are on the fence about buying this book because of the negative reviews, I would urge you to reconsider. This is the book to buy if you are looking for an all-in-one source to learn about real-time graphics. If you are a game developer, software engineer, or just looking to learn more about this subject, you need to buy this book. It's the foundational text of the field. This edition in particular is very up-to-date, with huge additions over the previous edition including several chapters on real-time ray-tracing, volumetric rendering, and modern GPU architecture.
If you were like me and were uncertain about the book because of the print quality, I can say for myself that I have found these claims to be greatly exaggerated.
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I'd love to own this book because the content looks amazing. But I am about to return my second copy after returning the first. Both books I've received have had pages just fall out. The pages seems like they're not even bound. The attached picture depicts the quality of the first book received. I opened to the physically based shading section only to have the page slide out. It seems like every 15 pages or so has a loose page that will fall out. I suspect the entire inventory of books have this issue. Do yourself a favor, don't bother buying a hard copy of the 4th edition. If you've already ordered a copy, check around page 301 for loose pages. edit: I am changing my review from 1 start to what it is now. After reading a good portion of this book, the content really is amazing. It is such a shame that the hard copy is flawed.
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- Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2018
The content of this series is top notch. If you want to learn anything about realtime graphics and rendering form basics to advanced topics, you can't go without one of these books.
Fantastic Book, Absolutely Horrid Print Quality
Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2018
However, as other reviewers have noted, the 4th addition of Realtime Rendering is a joke in terms of print quality. After reading other reviews, I didn't think it would be that bad, but it literally does not compare to the 3rd edition I have sitting on my shelf. Really, it doesn't compare to ANY OTHER TECHNICAL BOOK I've bought in the last decade. Images are grainy and low resolution, color accuracy is poor, the TEXT IS NOT CLEAR (come on!), and the paper is so thin that just lightly turning pages can easily tear it. Compared to the previous edition which I've owned for years, I doubt this book will stand up to just a single read through. And when you put the two side by side and open up to similar pages, its just depressing.
I mean, seriously, I have many other books by CRC Press and they're usually top quality. I don't know why this one is so astronomically different.
Its unfortunate I have to give this book a 1 star review, I really have relied a lot on this series throughout my career as a professional software developer. But this book is absolutely not worth $89 + tax. If you want one of these, consider the 3rd edition. If you need the latest info, perhaps try the e version for half price. I may keep mine since I already have it and I'm reading through it. But at its current price and quality, I cannot recommend anyone else bother with this.
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- Reviewed in the United States on November 21, 2018
- Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2018
I'd love to own this book because the content looks amazing. But I am about to return my second copy after returning the first.
Buyer beware hard copy and open book after receiving.
Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2018
Both books I've received have had pages just fall out. The pages seems like they're not even bound. The attached picture depicts the quality of the first book received. I opened to the physically based shading section only to have the page slide out. It seems like every 15 pages or so has a loose page that will fall out. I suspect the entire inventory of books have this issue.
Do yourself a favor, don't bother buying a hard copy of the 4th edition. If you've already ordered a copy, check around page 301 for loose pages.
edit: I am changing my review from 1 start to what it is now. After reading a good portion of this book, the content really is amazing. It is such a shame that the hard copy is flawed.
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- Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2018
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- Patrick R.Reviewed in France on October 21, 2019
Outstanding content. Okay book support.
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