Pro .Net 2.0 Graphics Programming

This book was well written and explained many of the graphic concepts in .NET. It also shows some of the oddities and resolutions. It is a good read if you are doing graphics programming.

'Pro .NET 2.0 Graphics Programming' by Eric White is a great GDI+ programming reference, first and foremost. With 400+ pages of content spread out amongst 14 chapters, the user will be able to get a solid look at GDI+ programming and learn how far Windows graphics programming has come. Chapter Overview 01. .NET Graphics Programming 02. Drawing Surfaces 03. Pens and Brushes 04. Text and Fonts 05. Images 06. GraphicsPaths and Regions 07. Clipping and Invalidation 08. Transformations 09. Printing 10. An Alternative Coordinate System 11. Architecture and Design of Windows Forms CustomControls 12. Design-Time Support 13. Scrolling 14. Mouse Events and Cursors There are no overwhelming book length examples which I think was a good decision made. Instead of building an app up step by step there are lots of little examples to drive the points home that the author wants to. The only gripe that I have (and have in the past with other Apress books) is the lack of color. With reduced printing costs and a book that has the title 'Graphics' to not have any color within is a poor choice by the publisher. Having said that, if you program with GDI+ and want to get a good handle on this technology, you will be hard-pressed to find a better book to learn from then this nice effort by Apress. **** RECOMMENDED

If you are looking for a book on how to create GDI graphics then this book is definitely for you. It covers every topic you need to create your graphic designs on forms and images. It does not go into detail on sending the image to a web page, but that is just serializing the image and there are many topics that can be found on Google that will show you that. The chapters are arranged by topic, it explains each sub topic with an example and at the end of the chapter it also explains how to improve performance! One extra thing this book has is a couple of chapters on how to write custom window forms controls. If you where ever thinking about designing you own controls this book is a must have on how to create custom controls from entry level through advance topics! One last thing don't think that this book is only for .NET 2.0 [...]

Excerpt from C# Online.NET (CSharp-Online.NET) Review: "For those who might want a book dedicated only to topics directly related to custom control development, there may be disappointment.... The coverage of GDI+ topics is exhaustive. This makes the book an excellent introduction and reference to GDI+."