ShaderX

ATI Engineers contributed a number of chapters and sample code to the book ShaderX: Vertex and Pixel Shader Programming Tips and Tricks, edited by Wolfgang Engel. Now, all of these chapters are provided online for your reference.

• 3D Textures and Pixel Shaders
• Animated Grass with Pixel and Vertex Shaders
• Blending Textures for Terrain
• Bubble Shader
• Character Animation with Direct3D Vertex Shaders
• Crystal/Candy Shader
• Accurate Environment Mapped Reflections and Refractions by Adjusting for Object Distance
• Diffuse Cube Mapping
• Image Processing with 1.4 Pixel Shaders in Direct3D
• Non-Photorealistic Rendering with Pixel and Vertex Shaders
• Rendering Ocean Water
• Per-Pixel Strand Based Anisotropic Lighting
• Per Pixel Fresnel Term
• Rippling Reflective and Refractive Water
• Shadow Volume Extrusion Using a Vertex Shader
• Texture Perturbation Effects

ShaderX2

ATI has contributed a number of chapters and sample code to the books ShaderX2: Introductions and Tutorials with DirectX 9.0 and ShaderX2: Shader Programming Tips and Tricks With Directx 9.0, edited by Wolfgang Engel.

• Introduction to the DirectX® 9 High Level Shading Language
• Simulation of Iridescence and Translucency on Thin Surfaces
• Motion Blur Using Geometry and Shading Distortion
• Advanced Image Processing with DirectX® 9 Pixel Shaders
• Layered Car Paint Shader
• Real-Time Depth of Field Simulation
• Shader Development Using RenderMonkey™

ShaderX3

ATI has contributed a number of chapters and sample code to the book ShaderX3: Advanced Rendering With DirectX And OpenGL from Charles River Media. A sample chapter from the book is available below.

• Drawing a Crowd.