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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 16pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Kitware is pleased to announce the
release of the Eleventh Edition of the <i>VTK User’s Guide</i>.<i> The VTK
User's Guide</i> is a companion text to <a href="http://kitware.com/products/books/vtkbook.html"><i><span style="color: rgb(11, 82, 139); text-decoration: none;">The VTK Textbook</span></i></a>;
while The<i> VTK Textbook</i> stresses algorithmic and data structure details,
the <i>VTK User's Guide</i> stresses how to use the software.</span><span style="font-family: Times;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 16pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Eleventh Edition features a new
chapter detailing VTK's information visualization functionality, including the
table, graph, and tree data structures required to represent non-spatial data;
enhanced details on 2D and 3D widgets and other forms of user interaction
required to create an exploratory visualization application; a new chapter on
geospatial visualization for geographically organized data; additional details on
time dependent and composite data; and a discussion of advanced rendering
techniques, including depth peeling for transparency.</span><span style="font-family: Times;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 16pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">As always, the VTK User’s Guide includes:</span><span style="font-family: Times;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 29pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A
description of the structured and unstructured data types supported by VTK.</span><span style="font-family: Times;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 29pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Details
on the pipeline architecture model.</span><span style="font-family: Times;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 29pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">An
overview of the rendering engine used to display data.</span><span style="font-family: Times;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 29pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Many
examples showing the use of various scalar and vector visualization and data
processing algorithms.</span><span style="font-family: Times;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 29pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Chapters
dedicated to image processing and volume rendering.</span><span style="font-family: Times;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left: 29pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Information
on how to write your own algorithms in VTK, including details on the VTK coding
style.</span><span style="font-family: Times;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Times;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Eleventh Edition of the VTK User’s Guide may
be purchased through Kitware's <a href="http://kitware.stores.yahoo.net/vtkuserguide.html"><span style="color: rgb(11, 82, 139); text-decoration: none;">secure online
store</span></a> or through Amazon (ISBN-13: 978-1-930934-23-8). Please contact
Kitware directly at <a href="mailto:sales@kitware.com"><span style="color: rgb(11, 82, 139); text-decoration: none;">sales@kitware.com</span></a> for
rates on purchases of 10 or more books.</span></p>
<br clear="all">David E DeMarle<br>Kitware, Inc.<br>R&D Engineer<br>28 Corporate Drive<br>Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662<br>Phone: 518-371-3971 x109<br>