OpenGL SuperBible · Comprehensive Tutorial and Reference · 7th Edition by Sellers, Graham -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

About This eBook Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Page Contents Figures Tables Listings Foreword Preface

The Architecture of the Book What’s New in This Edition How to Build the Examples Errata Note from the Publisher

Acknowledgments About the Author Part I: Foundations

Chapter 1. Introduction

OpenGL and the Graphics Pipeline The Origins and Evolution of OpenGL

Core Profile OpenGL

Primitives, Pipelines, and Pixels Summary

Chapter 2. Our First OpenGL Program

Creating a Simple Application Using Shaders Drawing Our First Triangle Summary

Chapter 3. Following the Pipeline

Passing Data to the Vertex Shader

Vertex Attributes

Passing Data from Stage to Stage

Interface Blocks

Tessellation

Tessellation Control Shaders The Tessellation Engine Tessellation Evaluation Shaders

Geometry Shaders Primitive Assembly, Clipping, and Rasterization

Clipping Viewport Transformation Culling Rasterization

Fragment Shaders Framebuffer Operations

Pixel Operations

Compute Shaders Using Extensions in OpenGL

Enhancing OpenGL with Extensions

Summary

Chapter 4. Math for 3D Graphics

Is This the Dreaded Math Chapter? A Crash Course in 3D Graphics Math

Vectors, or Which Way Is Which? Common Vector Operators Matrices Matrix Construction and Operators

Understanding Transformations

Coordinate Spaces in OpenGL Coordinate Transformations Concatenating Transformations Quaternions The Model–View Transform Projection Transformations

Interpolation, Lines, Curves, and Splines

Curves Splines

Summary

Chapter 5. Data

Buffers

Creating Buffers and Allocating Memory Filling and Copying Data in Buffers Feeding Vertex Shaders from Buffers

Uniforms

Default Block Uniforms Uniform Blocks Using Uniforms to Transform Geometry

Shader Storage Blocks

Synchronizing Access to Memory

Atomic Counters

Synchronizing Access to Atomic Counters

Textures

Creating and Initialzing Textures Texture Targets and Types Reading from Textures in Shaders Loading Textures from Files Controlling How Texture Data Is Read Array Textures Writing to Textures in Shaders Synchronizing Access to Images Texture Compression Texture Views

Summary

Chapter 6. Shaders and Programs

Language Overview

Data Types Built-In Functions

Compiling, Linking, and Examining Programs

Getting Information from the Compiler Getting Information from the Linker Separate Programs Shader Subroutines Program Binaries

Summary

Part II: In Depth

Chapter 7. Vertex Processing and Drawing Commands

Vertex Processing

Vertex Shader Inputs Vertex Shader Outputs

Drawing Commands

Indexed Drawing Commands Instancing Indirect Draws

Storing Transformed Vertices

Using Transform Feedback Starting, Pausing, and Stopping Transform Feedback Ending the Pipeline with Transform Feedback Transform Feedback Example: Physical Simulation

Clipping

User-Defined Clipping

Summary

Chapter 8. Primitive Processing

Tessellation

Tessellation Primitive Modes Tessellation Subdivision Modes Passing Data between Tessellation Shaders Communication between Shader Invocations Tessellation Example: Terrain Rendering Tessellation Example: Cubic Bézier Patches

Geometry Shaders

The Pass-Through Geometry Shader Using Geometry Shaders in an Application Discarding Geometry in the Geometry Shader Modifying Geometry in the Geometry Shader Generating Geometry in the Geometry Shader Changing the Primitive Type in the Geometry Shader Multiple Streams of Storage New Primitive Types Introduced by the Geometry Shader Multiple Viewport Transformations

Summary

Chapter 9. Fragment Processing and the Framebuffer

Fragment Shaders

Interpolation and Storage Qualifiers

Per-Fragment Tests

Scissor Testing Stencil Testing Depth Testing Early Testing

Color Output

Blending Logical Operations Color Masking

Off-Screen Rendering

Multiple Framebuffer Attachments Layered Rendering Framebuffer Completeness Rendering in Stereo

Antialiasing

Antialiasing by Filtering Multi-Sample Antialiasing Multi-Sample Textures Sample Rate Shading Centroid Sampling

Advanced Framebuffer Formats

Rendering with No Attachments Floating-Point Framebuffers Integer Framebuffers The sRGB Color Space

Point Sprites

Texturing Points Rendering a Star Field Point Parameters Shaped Points Rotating Points

Getting at Your Image

Reading from a Framebuffer Copying Data between Framebuffers Reading Back Texture Data

Summary

Chapter 10. Compute Shaders

Using Compute Shaders

Executing Compute Shaders Compute Shader Communication

Examples

Compute Shader Parallel Prefix Sum Compute Shader Flocking

Summary

Chapter 11. Advanced Data Management

Eliminating Binding Sparsely Populated Textures Texture Compression

The RGTC Compression Scheme Generating Compressed Data

Packed Data Formats High-Quality Texture Filtering Summary

Chapter 12. Controlling and Monitoring the Pipeline

Queries

Occlusion Queries Timer Queries Transform Feedback Queries Pipeline State Queries

Synchronization in OpenGL

Draining the Pipeline Synchronization and Fences

Summary

Part III: In Practice

Chapter 13. Rendering Techniques

Lighting Models

The Phong Lighting Model Blinn-Phong Lighting Rim Lighting Normal Mapping Environment Mapping Material Properties Casting Shadows Atmospheric Effects

Non-Photo-Realistic Rendering

Cell Shading: Texels as Light

Alternative Rendering Methods

Deferred Shading Screen-Space Techniques Rendering without Triangles

Two-Dimensional Graphics

Distance Field Textures Bitmap Fonts

Summary

Chapter 14. High-Performance OpenGL

Optimizing CPU Performance

Multi-Threading in OpenGL Packet Buffers

Low-Overhead OpenGL

Indirect Rendering GPU Work Generation Zero Copy

Performance Analysis Tools

Windows Performance Toolkit and GPUView GPU PerfStudio Tuning Your Application for Speed

Summary

Chapter 15. Debugging and Stability

Debugging Your Applications

Debug Contexts

Security and Robustness

Graphics Reset Range-Checked Reads

Summary

Appendix A. The SuperBible Tools

The ktxtool Utility The dds2ktx Utility The sb6mtool Utility

Appendix B. The SBM File Format

File Header Chunk Headers Defined Chunks Example

Appendix C. OpenGL Features and Versions

List of OpenGL Functions Functions Introduced by OpenGL Extensions

Glossary Index Code Snippets

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