I know bits and pieces of C++, mainly through programming in other languages, fiddling with Shake/Nuke plugins and so on.. but I've never actually went out my way to learn it.
Can anyone recommend a practical C++ tutorial, preferably with some relation to VFX or image processing?
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Andrew Bunday
Since you've mentioned you previously fiddled with shake/nuke and asked about tutorials involving image processing then I'd suggest that after learning the basics to then have a look around on the internet for tutorials involving OpenCV.
Its used a fair amount by uni's and the like for teaching the principles around working with image processing and computer vision whilst being able to use function calls to implement some of the math rather than bogging you down with it.
It does mean however that you won't be learning the esoteric intricacies of the various SDKs which you may or may not like.
OpenCV looks perfect, thanks! http://www.cs.iit.edu/~agam/cs512/lect-notes/opencv-intro/index.html seems like a decent overview, although is likely outdated (from 2006)
Julian Mann
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You'll probably get better advice than this ;) but here's what I did: picked up a copy of "Sam's, Learn C++ in 21 days". (I think they have a "24 hours" version too, but don't expect that to work) - I worked through until I got to day 10 or 11 and then started playing with the maya devkit examples. I did a few more chapters of the book after that, but it was enough to get going.
Tobias Kussel
I have to second that. Learn the basics and then understand the examples provided with the various SDKs.
boomji_73
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hi boomji – we appreciate your participation, however please add comments as comments and not as answers. cheers.
i wanted to do that initially but to my embarrassment cant find the option to do so on others posts(not in the FAQ either)
You can only comment on answers once you get 50 reputation points (see http://www.vfxoverflow.com/faq ). It’s a feature of the StackExchange engine, to stop spam.. It can be annoying, but there’s not really any good way around this