Graphics Shaders Theory and Practice |
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| Author:
| Bailey, Mike
Cunningham, Steve |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4398-6515-6 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2009 |
| Publisher: | A K Peters, Limited
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| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | USD $89.95 |
Book Description:
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Programmable graphics shaders, programs that can be downloaded to a graphics processor (GPU) to carry out operations outside the fixed-function pipeline of earlier standards, have become a key feature of computer graphics. This book is designed to open computer graphics shader programming to the student, whether in a traditional class or on their own. It is intended to complement texts based on fixed-function graphics APIs, specifically OpenGL. It introduces shader programming in...
More DescriptionProgrammable graphics shaders, programs that can be downloaded to a graphics processor (GPU) to carry out operations outside the fixed-function pipeline of earlier standards, have become a key feature of computer graphics. This book is designed to open computer graphics shader programming to the student, whether in a traditional class or on their own. It is intended to complement texts based on fixed-function graphics APIs, specifically OpenGL. It introduces shader programming in general, and specifically the GLSL shader language. It also introduces a flexible, easy-to-use tool, glman, that helps you develop, test, and tune shaders outside an application that would use them.