OpenGL® Shading Language, Second Edition, extensively updated for OpenGL 2.0, is the experienced application programmer's guide to writing shaders. Part reference, part tutorial, this book thoroughly explains the shift from fixed-functionality graphics...

• Built on the solid foundation of the popular Unity 4.x Cookbook, the recipes in this edition have been completely updated for Unity 5
• Features recipes for both 2D and 3D...

Welcome to Practical Shader Development. This book is intended to be the gentlest introduction possible to the theory and practice of writing shaders for video games. Shader writing is a very large topic, and I can remember feeling very lost when I was starting out. My hope is that this book will help you avoid that same feeling and allow you...

Today’s OpenGL software interface enables programmers to produce extraordinarily high-quality computer-generated images and interactive applications using 2D and 3D objects,...

• Discover simple and advanced techniques for leveraging modern OpenGL and...

• This book will help you master the technique of physically based shading in Unity 5 to add realism to your game quickly through precise recipes
• From an eminent author, this book offers you the fine...

• Learn about shaders in a step-by-step, interactive manner
• Create stunning visual effects using vertex and fragment shaders
• Simplify your CPU code and improve your overall performance with instanced drawing through the use...

Graphics Shaders: Theory and Practice is intended for a second course in computer graphics at the undergraduate or graduate level, introducing shader programming in general, but focusing on the GLSL shading language. While teaching how to write programmable shaders, the authors also teach and reinforce the fundamentals of...