Thisbookisdesignedasastep-by-steptutorialthatcanbereadthroughfrombeginningtoend,witheachchapterbuildingonthelast.Eachsection,however,canalsobeusedasareferenceforimplementingvariouscameramodels,specialeffects,etc.Thechaptersarefilledwithillustrations,screenshots,andexamplecode,andeachchapterisbasedaroundthecreationofoneormoreexampleprojects.Bytheendofthefirstchapteryouwillhavecreatedtheframeworkthatisusedandimproveduponfortherestofthebook,andbytheendofthebookyouwillhaveimplementeddozensofspecialeffects,cameratypes,lightingmodelsandmoreusingthatframework.ThisbookismainlywrittenforthosewhoarefamiliarwithobjectorientedprogrammingandC#andwhoareinterestedintaking3DgraphicsoftheirXNAgamestothenextlevel.Thisbookwillbeusefulaslearningmaterialforthosewhoarenewtographicsandforthosewhoarelookingtoexpandtheirtoolset.Also,itcanbeusedbygamedeveloperslookingforanimplementationguideorreferenceforeffectsortechniquestheyarealreadyfamiliarwith.