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Title ::   ShaderX4: Advanced Rendering Techniques
Format ::   Hard-Bound
Pages ::   575
MSRP ::   $59.95
ISBN ::   1-58450-425-0
Author(s) ::   Wolfgang Engel
Publisher ::   Charles River Media
Categories ::   3D Graphics, Applications
Pub Date ::   January 2006
Additional Info ::   Click Here For Additional Information
The ShaderX series provides a complete toolbox of cutting-edge advanced graphics hardware and software techniques for all levels of graphics programmers. With the increasing pixel shader power of current graphics cards, techniques that were once done on the CPU or simply avoided due to their expense are now possible, and this latest volume of the ShaderX series is filled with articles that provide methods for performing these techniques. The collection covers state-of-the-art, shader rendering techniques that will bring your graphics to a new level of realism. Throughout the book you'll find a plethora of all new, ready-to-use solutions and tools designed to save you valuable programming time, including simulating cloth on the GPU; global illumination approaches; snow rendering; procedural generation of textures; and tricks, tips, and techniques for super shader!


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