AbstractIn this paper, some basics and advanced rendering methods in computer graphics are introduced. It takes a serious course to understand the principle and details of computergraphics. Here, I try to explain some basics and methods so that engineers and scientists not in the graphics specialty field will be able to understand graphics rendering methods and conceive applications with available means. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.This article is categorized under: Algorithms and Computational Methods > Computer Graphics