Research/Project Work

Java
HCI
Web Authoring
Multimedia Authoring
Sound

Colour
Practical Graphics
Fractals
Anamorphic Images

I have tried to categorise these on-line references somewhat. See also the Java references page, which includes information about Java and graphics, and also the fractals references page.

Web pages

Edinburgh University's Graphics pages (image formats, sample code, utilities etc)

Paul Bourke's Personal Pages have a huge range of graphics information, including colour, file formats, geometry, fractals, textures, projections

efg's Image Processing Page (also with lots of useful links)

Fourier Transforms

FFT Links

Fourier and the Frequency Domain

Kevin Cowtan's Picture Book of Fourier Transforms

Raytracing

POVRay (Persistence of Vision Raytracer)

POVChem (POVRay used for molecular graphics)

Web Graphics Tools

FlameText.Com (online graphics generator, clipart, and more...)

Free Online Tools for the Webmaster

CoolText.Com (online graphics generator )

Media Builder (source for many online graphics tools)

WebFX (a web-based graphi cs effects generator)

Transparent GIF Service -- this can make your GIFs transparent for you!

The Internet Brothers have some assorted Graphics Tips

Books

I own copies of some of these books, which I have indicated. If you can't get these through your local bookshop, Amazon is a good online UK source, with book reviews and information as well as reasonable prices.

Title: 3D Computer Graphics
Author: Alan Watt
ISBN: 0201631865
Price: 32.99 from Amazon
Publisher: Addison Wesley
Year: 1993

An accessible book for people wanting to get into graphics programming. Topics include representation of objects, viewing systems, relfection and illumination models, rendering algorithms, shadows, textures, ray tracing, anti-aliasing, radiosity, animation

I have a copy of this book, which is available for loan, or if it's just a small section you're interested in I can photocopy that section for you.

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Topics include: rendering polygonal objects, reflection models, parametric representation techniques, anti-aliasing, shadows, textures, ray-tracing, animation. It goes into further detail than the book mentioned above.

I have a copy of this book, which is available for loan, or if it's just a small section you're interested in I can photocopy that section for you.

This is like a cookbook of graphics algorithm recipes. Topics covered are edge-detection, morphology, grey-level segmentation (including thresholds), texture, skeletonization, image restoration, wavelets, character recognition, symbol recognition, genetic algorithms.

I have a copy of this book, and the CD that comes with it (programs given in C code). The book and/or CD are available for loan, or if it's just a small section you're interested in I can photocopy that section for you.

An image processing book, with the examples written in Java. Not just basic graphics programming, there is more advanced material there too. This book doesn't use Java 2D or the Swing classes. CD included.
I have a copy of this book.

This book gives a guide to using the Java 2D API, which is a set of classes for advanced 2D graphics and imaging, encompassing line art, text, and images in a single comprehensive model.
I have a copy of this book.

An image processing book, from the very basics. Examples in C. Topics include basic image representation, edge detection, interpolation, tones, dithering, Fourier transforms, morphing, compression.
I have a copy of this book.

This is one from the University library, and like most books in there at the moment, it's quite old (1985). It's a compilation of various assorted papers on computer graphics. Two of the articles towards the end might be of interest, concerning human-computer interaction.