OpenGL Shading Language: Third Edition

Randi J. Rost

ISBN 10: 0321637631 / ISBN 13: 9780321637635

Published by Addison-Wesley Professional, 2009

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Leichte Abnutzungen. This extensively updated edition is the experienced application programmer's guide to writing shaders, reflecting the advancements in OpenGL 3.1. It serves as both a reference and a tutorial, detailing the transition from fixed-functionality graphics hardware to programmable graphics hardware, alongside the new OpenGL API additions that facilitate this shift. By leveraging OpenGL and shaders in the OpenGL Shading Language, applications can enhance performance and achieve impressive graphics effects utilizing both the visual processing unit and the central processing unit. The book provides a comprehensive introduction to the OpenGL Shading Language (GLSL) and the new OpenGL function calls that accompany it, starting with the syntax and semantics of this high-level programming language. Following this foundation, it delves into shader creation and manipulation using the latest OpenGL function calls. The third edition features updated descriptions for the language and all GLSL entry points introduced in OpenGL 3.1, along with revised chapters on transformations, lighting, shadows, and surface characteristics. It includes shaders updated to OpenGL Shading Language Version 1.40, covering various algorithms such as traditional and procedural textures, image-based lighting, spherical harmonics, ambient occlusion, shadow mapping, and volume shadows using deferred lighting. The color plate section showcases the capabilities of the.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: OpenGL Shading Language: Third Edition
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0321637631
• ISBN 13: 9780321637635
• Binding: Softcover
• Edition: 3rd Edition
• Condition: As New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Computers & Internet

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Synopsis

OpenGL^® Shading Language, Third Edition, extensively updated for OpenGL 3.1, is the experienced application programmer’s guide to writing shaders. Part reference, part tutorial, this book thoroughly explains the shift from fixed-functionality graphics hardware to the new era of programmable graphics hardware and the additions to the OpenGL API that support this programmability. With OpenGL and shaders written in the OpenGL Shading Language, applications can perform better, achieving stunning graphics effects by using the capabilities of both the visual processing unit and the central processing unit.

 

In this book, you will find a detailed introduction to the OpenGL Shading Language (GLSL) and the new OpenGL function calls that support it. The text begins by describing the syntax and semantics of this high-level programming language. Once this foundation has been established, the book explores the creation and manipulation of shaders using new OpenGL function calls.

 

OpenGL^® Shading Language, Third Edition, includes updated descriptions for the language and all the GLSL entry points added though OpenGL 3.1, as well as updated chapters that discuss transformations, lighting, shadows, and surface characteristics. The third edition also features shaders that have been updated to OpenGL Shading Language Version 1.40 and their underlying algorithms, including

 

• Traditional OpenGL fixed functionality
• Stored textures and procedural textures
• Image-based lighting
• Lighting with spherical harmonics
• Ambient occlusion and shadow mapping
• Volume shadows using deferred lighting
• Ward’s BRDF model

 

The color plate section illustrates the power and sophistication of the OpenGL Shading Language. The API Function Reference at the end of the book is an excellent guide to the

API entry points that support the OpenGL Shading Language.

About the Author

Randi J. Rost was a core contributor to the development of the OpenGL Shading Language and the OpenGL API that supports it, as well as one of the first programmers to design and implement shaders using this technology. Randi works at Intel.

 

Bill Licea-Kane is chair of the ARB OpenGL Shading Language workgroup. Bill is a principal member of technical staff at AMD.