Books

OpenGL Insights

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 Patrick Cozzy, Christophe Riccio (eds) Since I’m one of the authors of a couple of chapters in this book I’ll refrain from commenting on it. Check out the companion site, it is full of information, includes 5 sample chapters and all the companion source code. More information about this title at Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk

Cartoon Animation

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Preston Blair Preston Blair (1908-1995) was a Cartoon Animator who worked for Disney, MGM, Hanna-Barbera. He wrote many texts on the subject of cartoon animation, and  late in his life a book was published: “Cartoon Animation” that is sort of a compilation of all his work. The book is available for free in some websites, … Read more

Free C and C++ books

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Some freely available books, some out of print, some still available in online stores, others in plain HTML. Thinking in C++ 2nd Edition (2 Volumes) by Bruce Eckel – This is probably the most famous one. There is also a printed version on sale. An Introduction to GCC, by Richard M. Stallman – A GNU C … Read more

ShaderX Book Series

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Direct3D ShaderX: Vertex and Pixel Shader Tips and Tricks (2002)
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ShaderX2: Introductions and Tutorials with DirectX 9.0 (2003)
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ShaderX2: Shader Programming Tips and Tricks with DirectX 9.0 (2003)
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ShaderX3: Advanced Rendering with DirectX and OpenGL (2004)
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ShaderX4: Advanced Rendering Techniques (Jan. 2006)
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ShaderX5: Advanced Rendering Techniques (Dec. 2006)
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ShaderX6: Advanced Rendering Techniques (2008)
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ShaderX7 (2009)
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Series edited by Wolfgang Engel

The first three volumes are available in PDF from here.

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CFP for OpenGL Insights Book

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Patrick Cozzi and Christophe Riccio are calling for proposals for a new book, Game Programming Gems style, but dedicated to OpenGL, GL ES, and Web GL, i.e. to the GL world. The site for the CFP contains a list of possible themes for contributions. The deadline for proposals is the 15th of August.

Game Programming Gems Series

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Game Programming Gems I
Edited by Mark DeLoura. 2000
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Game Programming Gems II
Edited by Mark DeLoura 2001
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Game Programming Gems III
Edited by Dante Treglia, 2002
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Game Programming Gems IV
Edited by Andrew Kirmse, 2004
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Game Programming Gems V
Edited by Kim Pallister, 2005
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Game Programming Gems VI
Edited by Mike Dickheiser, 2006
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Game Programming Gems VII
Edited by Scott Jacobs, 2008
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Game Programming Gems VIII
Edited by Adam Lake, 2010
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GLSL – Orange Book

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Randi J. Rost, Bill Licea-Kane, Dan Ginsburg, John M. Kessenic, Barthold Lichtenbelt, Hugh Malan, Mike Weiblen This is the third edition of the orange book. It covers GLSL 1.4 and entry points from OpenGL 3.1. As usual the book is part tutorial, part reference. Very well written, clear and concise. Check out the companion site. … Read more

Real-Time Rendering

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Tomas Akenine-Moller, Eric Haines,Naty Hoffmann Bigger and Better than the previous editions. This book is becoming a reference on real time graphics. It covers a very large set of topics on CG. The companion site is also worth looking into. More information about this title at Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk