OpenGL Shading Language

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Addison-Wesley, 2004 - Computers - 565 pages

Praise for OpenGL® Shading Language

"OpenGL® Shading Language provides a timely, thorough, and entertaining introduction to the only OpenGL ARB-approved high-level shading language in existence. Whether an expert or a novice, there are gems to be discovered throughout the book, and the reference pages will be your constant companion as you dig into the depths of the shading APIs. From algorithms to APIs, this book has you covered."

Bob Kuehne
CEO, Blue Newt Software

"Computer graphics and rendering technologies just took a giant leap forward with hardware vendors rapidly adopting the new OpenGL Shading Language. This book presents a detailed treatment of these exciting technologies in a way that is extremely helpful for visualization and game developers."

Andy McGovern
Founder, Virtual Geographics, Inc.

"The OpenGL Shading Language is at the epicenter of the programmable graphics revolution, and Randi Rost has been at the center of the development of this significant new industry standard. If you need the inside track on how to use the OpenGL Shading Language to unleash new visual effects, and unlock the supercomputer hiding inside the new generation of graphics hardware, then this is the book for you."

Neil Trevett
Senior Vice President Market Development, 3Dlabs

"The author has done an excellent job at setting the stage for shader development, what the purpose is, how to do it, and how it all fits together."
Jeffery Galinovsky
Strategic Software Program Manager, Intel Corporation

The OpenGL® Shading Language, a high-level procedural shading language for OpenGL®, is the most important new development in graphics programming to emerge in years. OpenGL is the leading cross-platform 3D-graphics API, and the OpenGL Shading Language allows developers to take total control over the most important stages of the graphics-processing pipeline.

OpenGL® Shading Language 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 utilizing 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 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 features extensive examples of shaders and their underlying algorithms, including

  • Procedural texturing
  • Noise
  • Particle systems
  • Hatching
  • Analytic antialiasing
  • Image processing

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 quick reference to the API entry points that support the OpenGL Shading Language. An enhanced online index allows readers to quickly and easily search the entire text for specific topics.

From inside the book

 

Contents

Review of OpenGL Basics
1
Basics
33
Language Definition
63
Copyright

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Other editions - View all

OpenGL Shading Language
Randi J. Rost,Bill Licea-Kane,Dan Ginsburg,John Kessenich,Barthold Lichtenbelt,Hugh Malan,Mike Weiblen
Limited preview - 2009
OpenGL Shading Language
Randi J. Rost,Bill Licea-Kane,Dan Ginsburg
No preview available - 2009
OpenGL Shading Language
Randi J. Rost,Barthold Lichtenbelt
No preview available - 2004

Common terms and phrases

3Dlabs algorithm aliasing application BRDF built-in functions built-in uniform variables built-in variables bump mapping calling clamp clipping Color Plate command compiler component Computer Graphics const coord create data type defined ecPosition execution eye coordinates fixed functionality floating-point fragment processor fragment shader frame buffer gl_FragColor gl_Position gl_Vertex GLhandleARB GLint glLinkProgramARB graphics hardware information log integer interpolated Light Intensity Light Position light source link operation mipmap noise function OpenGL implementation OpenGL Shading Language parameters params returns passed perform pipeline pixel primitive procedural texture processing program object queried rasterization rendering RenderMan result sampler sampler2D shader objects SIGGRAPH source code specified specular stored string surface normal symbolic constant texture access texture coordinate texture map texture memory texture unit tion transformed uniform vec3 user-defined attribute variable varying float varying variables vec2 vec4 vector vertex array vertex attribute vertex position vertex processor vertex shader void

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About the author (2004)

Randi Rost is an ISV Manager in the Software and Solutions Group at Intel. Randy serves on the OpenGL ARB, led the 3Dlabs team responsible for defining and implementing OpenGL 2.0, and is one of the first programmers to design and implement shaders using the OpenGL Shading Language.

Bibliographic information

TitleOpenGL Shading Language
Graphics programming
AuthorsRandi J. Rost, Barthold Lichtenbelt
EditorsJohn M. Kessenich, Barthold Lichtenbelt
Editionillustrated
PublisherAddison-Wesley, 2004
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedNov 29, 2007
ISBN0321197895, 9780321197894
Length565 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Computers / Design, Graphics & Media / Graphics Tools
Computers / Design, Graphics & Media / Video & Animation
Computers / Languages / General
Computers / Programming / Games
Computers / Software Development & Engineering / Computer Graphics
  
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