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OpenGL 4.0 Shading Language Cookbook

You're reading from OpenGL 4.0 Shading Language Cookbook With over 60 recipes, this Cookbook will teach you both the elementary and finer points of the OpenGL Shading Language, and get you familiar with the specific features of GLSL 4.0. A totally practical, hands-on guide.

Product type Paperback

Published in Jul 2011

Last Updated in Feb 2025

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781849514767

Length 340 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

OpenGL

Concepts

Graphics Programming

Table of Contents (16) Chapters

OpenGL 4.0 Shading Language Cookbook

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewers

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Preface

1. Getting Started with GLSL 4.0 FREE CHAPTER

2. The Basics of GLSL Shaders

3. Lighting, Shading Effects, and Optimizations

4. Using Textures

5. Image Processing and Screen Space Techniques

6. Using Geometry and Tessellation Shaders

7. Shadows

8. Using Noise in Shaders

9. Animation and Particles

Index

Chapter 8. Using Noise in Shaders

In this chapter, we will cover:

Creating a noise texture using libnoise
Creating a seamless noise texture
Creating a cloud-like effect
Creating a wood grain effect
Creating a disintegration effect
Creating a paint-spatter effect
Creating a night-vision effect

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