Direct3D ShaderX: Vertex and Pixel Shader Tips and Tricks (Wordware Game Developer's Library) - Softcover

Engel, Wolfgang

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1556220413 ISBN 13: 9781556220418

Publisher: Wordware Publishing Inc., 1996

Synopsis

3-D graphics development is an engaging, rewarding process that gives developers the opportunity to flex their creative muscles. However, it can also be intimidating to those on the outside. A follow-up to Direct2D , Direct3D tears down the barriers to entry. Requiring only a background in C++, author Chris Rose will guide you through the process of developing your own 3-D applications. This updated and expanded second edition of Book provides a user-friendly introduction to the subject, Taking a clear structural framework, it guides the reader through the subject's core elements. A flowing writing style combines with the use of illustrations and diagrams throughout the text to ensure the reader understands even the most complex of concepts. This succinct and enlightening overview is a required reading for all those interested in the subject . We hope you find this book useful in shaping your future career & Business.

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Synopsis

Vertex and pixel shader programming allows graphics and game developers to create photorealistic graphics on the personal computer for the first time. And with DirectX, programmers have access to an assembly language interface to the transformation and lighting hardware (vertex shaders) and the pixel pipeline (pixel shaders). This book begins with an introduction to vertex and pixel shader programming and moves on to a wide array of specialised shader tricks contributed by 27 experts in game and graphics programming. These range from character animation and lighting to photorealistic faces and non-photorealistic rendering. Special effects shaders are also presented, including those for such effects as bubbles, rippling water, animated grass, and particle flows. Book and CD.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wordware Publishing Inc.
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1556220413
• ISBN 13: 9781556220418
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 494
• Editor: Engel Wolfgang