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The complete package:
OpenFX
The aim of this book is to put the algorithms of computer graphics into a prac-
tical setting and make them usable. There can be no better way to do this than
by showing how this is done in a comprehensive application program with all the
features that one expects to find in a mainstream 3D animation tool. I have cho-
sen to do this by examin in g the open source application s u ite called OpenFX.
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It is mature software, having been in continual development for over 10 years. It
has a reputation of being robust and very comprehensive, and it has wide range
of support materials available on its OpenFX.org website. The co