Real-Time 3D Rendering with DirectX and HLSL: A Practical

Real-Time 3D Rendering with DirectX and HLSL: A Practical Guide to Graphics Programming (Game Design)

Get Started Quickly with DirectX 3D Programming: No 3D Experience Needed

This step-by-step text demystifies modern graphics programming so you can quickly start writing professional code with DirectX and HLSL. Expert graphics instructor Paul Varcholik starts with the basics: a tour of the Direct3D graphics pipeline, a 3D math primer, and an introduction to the best tools and support libraries.

Next, youâ€™ll discover shader authoring with HLSL. Youâ€™ll implement basic lighting models, including ambient lighting, diffuse lighting, and specular highlighting. Youâ€™ll write shaders to support point lights, spotlights, environment mapping, fog, color blending, normal mapping, and more.
Then youâ€™ll employ C++ and the Direct3D API to develop a robust, extensible rendering engine. Youâ€™ll learn about virtual cameras, loading and rendering 3D models, mouse and keyboard input, and youâ€™ll create a flexible effect and material system to integrate your shaders.

Finally, youâ€™ll extend your graphics knowledge with more advanced material, including post-processing techniques for color filtering, Gaussian blurring, bloom, and distortion mapping. Youâ€™ll develop shaders for casting shadows, work with geometry and tessellation shaders, and implement a complete skeletal animation system for importing and rendering animated models.

You donâ€™t need any experience with 3D graphics or the associated math: Everythingâ€™s taught hands-on, and all graphics-specific code is fully explained.
Coverage includes

â€¢Â Â Â The Direct3D API and graphics pipeline
â€¢Â Â Â A 3D math primer: vectors, matrices, coordinate systems, transformations, and the DirectX Math library
â€¢Â Â Â Free and low-cost tools for authoring, debugging, and profiling shaders
â€¢Â Â Â Extensive treatment of HLSL shader authoring
â€¢Â Â Â Development of a C++ rendering engine
â€¢Â Â Â Cameras, 3D models, materials, and lighting
â€¢Â Â Â Post-processing effects
â€¢Â Â Â Device input, component-based architecture, and software services
â€¢Â Â Â Shadow mapping, depth maps, and projective texture mapping
â€¢Â Â Â Skeletal animation
â€¢Â Â Â Geometry and tessellation shaders
â€¢Â Â Â Survey of rendering optimization, global illumination, compute shaders, deferred shading, and data-driven engine architecture
Country USA
Manufacturer Addison-Wesley Professional
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2014-05-03
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Addison-Wesley Professional
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2014-05-03
Format	Kindle eBook

Real-Time 3D Rendering with DirectX and HLSL: A Practical Guide to Graphics Programming (Game Design)

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