Real-time Shaders with XNA
Learn the fundamentals of real-time shaders and a time-saving workflow to creating real-time shaders with XNA. Software required: XNA Game Studio 2.0.
What you'll learn
Learn the fundamentals of real-time shaders and a time-saving workflow to creating real-time shaders with XNA. Contains over 4 hours of project-based training for technical artists learning the methods of real-time shading using XNA. Popular highlights include: XNA Overview; Overview of Real-Time Shaders; Loading FBX Content Pipeline Files; Using Basic Effects; Writing Vertex and Pixel Shaders; Coding Effects and Techniques; Setting World, View and Projection Matrices; Altering View Matrix to Create Turntable; Using Skinned Model Processor; Constant and Texture Shading; Lambertian Diffuse Lighting Model; Blinn-Phong Shading Model; Faking Reflections with Cubemaps; Using Normal Maps; Specularity / Reflections using Normal Maps; Setting up Multiple Techniques; Computing Flat Shadows; Shadow Shaders; Working with the Stencil Buffer; Render to Texture; Drawing with Sprite Batch; Using Pixel Shaders for Post Effects. Software required: XNA Game Studio 2.0.
Table of contents
- Loading and Drawing Our Assets 9m
- Building a World Matrix 5m
- Calculating a View and Projection Matrix 6m
- Rendering with Basic Effects 5m
- Getting Skinned Animations (Part 1) 1m
- Getting Skinned Animations (Part 2) 7m
- Getting Skinned Animations (Part 3) 5m
- Building Our First Shader (Part 1) 7m
- Building Our First Shader (Part 2) 8m
- Shading with Textures 7m
- Calculating Diffuse Lighting 8m
- Adding Lights; Techniques and Colors 5m
- Loading Normal Maps 6m
- Assigning Normal Maps to Effects 9m
- Calculating Diffuse with Normal Maps 9m
- Fixing Bump Results 4m
- Orbiting the Camera with the View Matrix 5m
- Coding the Specular Technique 6m
- Calculating the Half Vector 9m
- Combining Specular Highlights 4m
- Adding Highlights to Normal-mapped Objects 7m
- Calculating Half Vectors in Tangent Space 3m
- Adding Reflections with Cubemaps 8m
- Reflections on Diffuse and Normal-mapped Objects 5m
- Shortening Our Reflection Code 7m
- Assigning Different Techniques to Specific Areas 5m
- Setting Different Values on Shader Parameters 7m
- Utilizing Specular Maps 6m
- Drawing Shadows with a Shadow Matrix (Part 1) 6m
- Drawing Shadows with a Shadow Matrix (Part 2) 6m
- Using the Stencil Buffer for Shadows (Part 1) 6m
- Using the Stencil Buffer for Shadows (Part 2) 5m
- Semi-transparent Shadows 3m
- Rendering Our Glow Pass 9m
- Render to Texture and Drawing It Onscreen 9m
- Building a New Pixel Shader to Combine Passes 8m
- Calculating a Simple Blur 5m
- Adding Colors and Flicker to the Glow 8m
About the author
Originally from Lagos, Nigeria, Sunder has made great headway in both the interactive game design and 3D animation worlds. Throughout his career, Sunder has earned degrees in computer information science, multimedia & game design, as well as 3D character animation. He's fully devoted to providing breathtaking and out-of-the-norm experiences to as many people as possible. With a powerful skillset in Houdini and years of educational clout, Sunder aims to give understandable solutions to complex to... more