Shader X7 (book)
by Ivan Mandzhukov · 03/10/2014 (3:08 am) · 7 comments
Hey everyone,
Recently I got the book Shader X7. Good to see our friend Pat Wilson is one of the authors.
http://www.shaderx7.com/TOC.html
In short:
The book is very well suited, mastering deferred rendering. Pat explains T3D's rendering in detail.
Many rendering technologies are explained, including indexed rendering.
For those who wish to understand something more behind T3D - get it!
At all the X books are the best. They are academic - suitable for graphics gurus. The content is quite good.
I hope you will enjoy it!
Recently I got the book Shader X7. Good to see our friend Pat Wilson is one of the authors.
http://www.shaderx7.com/TOC.html
In short:
The book is very well suited, mastering deferred rendering. Pat explains T3D's rendering in detail.
Many rendering technologies are explained, including indexed rendering.
For those who wish to understand something more behind T3D - get it!
At all the X books are the best. They are academic - suitable for graphics gurus. The content is quite good.
I hope you will enjoy it!
#2
03/10/2014 (11:06 am)
Oh its a book, lol, I think I'll check it out since shaders are one of the things holding me back! 
#3
Well how come I haven't heard of this before!?
03/10/2014 (4:27 pm)
Wait.. So this book is about T3D's shaders specifically?Well how come I haven't heard of this before!?
#4
It is a collection of 48 chapters, some of them are very "T3D oriented".
Since Pat is one of the T3D developers, we find very similar stuff on light prepass, conditioning(un-conditioning), Deferred shading in view space, etc..
I got mine from bookaxis.com , UK
03/11/2014 (1:37 am)
Not the whole book, several chapters only.It is a collection of 48 chapters, some of them are very "T3D oriented".
Since Pat is one of the T3D developers, we find very similar stuff on light prepass, conditioning(un-conditioning), Deferred shading in view space, etc..
I got mine from bookaxis.com , UK
#5
Here is the site - http://www.amazon.com/ShaderX7-Rendering-Techniques-Wolfgang-Engel/dp/1584505982/ref=dp_ob_title_bk
03/11/2014 (11:55 am)
You can also order it from amazon.com if you live in the states. :)Here is the site - http://www.amazon.com/ShaderX7-Rendering-Techniques-Wolfgang-Engel/dp/1584505982/ref=dp_ob_title_bk
#6
Last time I got a book from Amazon was shipped for 60 days with $25 shipping.
This is for a package below $100. Above $100 you have to pay additional taxes.
Delivery from UK is 4 days, 1-2 euro shipping.
03/11/2014 (12:33 pm)
Delivery from USA to Bulgaria is 40+ days :)Last time I got a book from Amazon was shipped for 60 days with $25 shipping.
This is for a package below $100. Above $100 you have to pay additional taxes.
Delivery from UK is 4 days, 1-2 euro shipping.
#7
07/12/2014 (9:23 pm)
great book, worth the price. good to know that Torque3D's lighting system is based on Wolfgang's earlier work, so hopefully it'll help with upgrades to Torque3D's lighting and shader models. 
Torque Owner Richard Hebblewhite
RareBit Interactive