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Free Online Books

02/02/2013 by ARF

Here goes a list of links to freely available books online: OpenGL Shading Language (2nd edition) – old syntax, but still worth a visit. AI Game Development Algorithms in Game Programming Game Programming Gurus

Glow and Bloom – DevMaster series on shader effects

12/10/2012 by ARF

Glow and Bloom is the latest article on this great series that presents graphic effects with source code, theory, and a WebGL demo. The series already has 8 articles starting with the basics of lighting and exploring several effects. Many more are to be released according to the index.

Siggraph’s 2012 Slides and PDFs

10/10/2012 by ARF

Self Shadow has published a collection of links for the 2012 Siggraph’s materials. This includes courses, BOFs, talks, posters, etc… Also available is a collection of links for Siggraph 2011.

Advances in Real-Time Rendering in Games – Siggraph 2012 Slides

10/10/2012 by ARF

This course is the next installment in the established series of SIGGRAPH courses on real-time rendering. It presents the best graphics practices and research from the game-development community and provides practical and production-proven algorithms. The focus of the course is on the intersection between the game-development community and state-of-the-art 3D graphics research, and the potential … Read more

ShaderX Book Series

02/06/2011 by ARF

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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Game Programming Gems Series

02/06/201123/05/2011 by ARF

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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