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	NVIDIA Shader Library
		With a wide range of shaders including skin, natural effects, metals, post processing effects, and much more, the NVIDIA Shader Library exists to help developers easily find and integrate great shaders into their projects.
		All the shaders in this library are provided free of charge for use in derivative works, whether academic, commercial, or personal (Full License).
		This shader assumes the input model is a multi-segment unit square in XY with center at the origin.
	developer.download.nvidia.com /shaderlibrary/webpages/shader_library.html (1275 words)

	ParVis - Shader Library
		Shaders are written in the shading language, and are compiled by the shader compiler into a form that can be loaded and executed by the library on behalf of the renderer.
		Once the shaders have been bound to their respective primitives, the renderer determines the points at which the shading calculations are to be performed.
		The shader instance is the object that the renderer uses to perform shading, and it is the responsibility of the renderer to keep track of which shader is to be applied to each rendering primitive.
	cap.anu.edu.au /cap/projects/parvis/shaders/sllib.html (3435 words)

	Shader - DmWiki
		A shader is commonly said when referring to a custom program that resides on the graphics processing unit.
		A shader is a set of instructions that can be executed either for each vertex or each pixel.
		High level shader languages also enabled programmers to easily experiment with shader programs and create stunning effects which can be seen in numerous AAA titles.
	www.devmaster.net /wiki/Shaders (324 words)

	Yongming xie, Department of Computer Science Engineering . OpenGL Shading Language
		A geometry shader has a fixed output primitive type (point, line strip, or triangle strip) and emits vertices to define a new primitive.
		A geometry shader is limited in the number of vertices it may emit per invocation.
		You can create as many shaders as you want to add to a program, but remember that there can only be a main function for the set of vertex shaders and one main function for the set of fragment shaders in each single program.
	appsrv.cse.cuhk.edu.hk /~ymxie/Geometry_Shader (1527 words)

	Registers(Pixel Shader)(DirectX 8.1 VB Archive)
		The value in r0 at the end of the shader is the pixel color for the shader.
		Shader pre-processing will fail CreatePixelShader on any shader that attempts to read from a temporary register that has not been written by a previous instruction.
		For pixel shader version 1.4, texture registers are RO for texture addressing instructions, and texture registers can be neither read from nor written to by arithmetic instructions.
	msdn.microsoft.com /archive/en-us/dx81_vb/directx_vb/Graphics/Reference/Shader/Pixel/Registers/Registers.asp?frame=true (1069 words)

	Shader - Valve Developer Community
		Shaders form a replacement for the fixed function pipeline and allow developers greater control over rendering output by providing the ability to modify pixels and vertices dynamically.
		Shader Model (SM) 3.0 is only available on high end graphics cards such as the nVidia 6x00 and 7x00 series of cards, or the ATI X1x00 and Xx00 series of cards.
		A Per-Object shader in the Source Engine is used on any object with the shader referenced in the relevant VMT file, such as a model or piece of brushwork.
	developer.valvesoftware.com /wiki/Pixel_shader (871 words)

	ShaderWorks.com
		The pixel shader then performs it's calculations on a per pixel basis using data from the vertex shader, textures and user constants.
		OUTPUTS - When used in the vertex shader, would be any of the 8 vector variables to pass to the pixel shader or the final transformed vertex or fog values which would be passed to the pixel pipeline).
		You can create shaders using pre-built blocks and not deal with any code, but currently, there is only about 20 functions to choose from and there will be much more included shortly.
	www.shaderworks.com /tutorials/tutorial-1.html (1508 words)

	Writing HLSL Shaders (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		For example, the output semantics for a vertex shader are used to link the outputs of the interpolators in the rasterizer to generate the input data for the pixel shader.
		The pixel shader outputs are the values provided to the alpha blending unit for each of the render targets or the depth value written to the depth buffer.
		A vertex shader that is consumed by the rasterizer and not exposed to the pixel shader must generate position data as a minimum.
	msdn.microsoft.com /archive/en-us/directx9_c_Dec_2005/Writing_HLSL_Shaders.asp?FRAME=true (4426 words)

	bit-tech.net \| A bluffer's guide to Shader Models
		These shaders are the key to what makes the graphics in games today look so much better than the graphics in games from 3, 4 or 5 years ago.
		These shaders are programmable, so games developers can make their own, allowing them to create a unique look and feel for their game.
		Companies like NVIDIA and ATI have standard libraries of shaders optimised to run on their cards, and these are also used by programmers where they don't need to create a particularly unique kind of effect.
	www.bit-tech.net /hardware/2005/07/25/guide_to_shaders/1.html (584 words)

	XEngine: Shader Class Reference
		For XEngine, a shader is a piece of code used to program certain parts of the graphics pipeline.
		Shader types are distinguished by their computational frequency, for example per vertex or per fragment.
		To be able to use a shader, you need to attach it to a ShaderProgram object.
	xengine.sourceforge.net /docs/classXEngine_1_1Core_1_1Shader.html (411 words)

	Enhance:TS - Camo Shader
		The color of the current shader hit point is derived using the shader function to do a linear interpolation along the color map.
		The larger this value smaller period of the turbulence and therefore, the finer the shader disturbance.
		When the shader is being used as a transparency shader this value controls the object's transparency.
	www.shaders.org /enhance:ts/ts_camo.htm (645 words)

	UnrealWiki: Shader
		A Shader can alter the appearance of a material by modifying its output blending mode, changing its alpha channel or detail texture, adding a kind of light map or specularity material.
		Meshes or StaticMeshes using this Shader will always be drawn in wire frame mode.
		The material to use instead if the Shader can't be rendered, e.g.
	wiki.beyondunreal.com /wiki/Shader (344 words)

	G3D: G3D::Shader Class Reference
		Although the shader could easily have been loaded from a file, the example loads it from a string (which is conveniently created with the STR macro)
		Corruption is fast and is useful when you know that the next primitive will also be rendered with a shader, since shaders tend to set all of the state that they need.
		If vertex but not pixel shaders are supported you can pass an empty string as the pixel shader.
	g3d-cpp.sourceforge.net /html/classG3D_1_1Shader.html (674 words)

	Material/Shader implmentation - GameDev.Net Discussion Forums
		If it does, then the shader is queried for the number and type of passes it requires to create the effect on the current hardware.
		The system chooses the shader class that is best suited to render the required effect, and sets a table of function pointers to the appropriate shader (could also work through virtual functions, but I thought function pointers might be a bit more efficient in this case).
		Local geometry chunk shader data represents the shader states that are tightly associated to an individual mesh chunk, but have no real connection to the scene itself.
	www.gamedev.net /community/forums/topic.asp?topic_id=169710 (5048 words)

	TUT: Shader Programming 101 - XSI-Wiki
		The material shader then decides what the surface colour should be at that point, and passes the information back to mental ray.
		A material shader typically does complex calculations involving the objects surface characteristics and the orientation of the point hit by the ray with respect to the scene lights.
		When a material shader is called the ray intersection points' barycentric coordinates inside its particular triangle are stored in the state structure in the array bary[0..2].
	softimage.wiki.avid.com /index.php/TUT:_Shader_Programming_101 (2335 words)

	[H] Enthusiast - Shader Model 3.0
		Shader Model 3.0 is the set of instructions that contain both Pixel Shader 3.0 and Vertex Shader 3.0.
		NVIDIA states that the effects being rendered in the Shader Model 3.0 screenshots are using Displacement Mapping for the walls and stone textures, like the Buddha.
		They also state that shaders are being used for many of the environmental surfaces and incorporate specular lighting where appropriate.
	www.hardocp.com /article.html?art=NjA5 (1452 words)

	GameDev.net -- Shader Programming Part I: Fundamentals of Vertex Shaders (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		One of the most important new features in DirectX Graphics is the addition of a programmable pipeline that provides an assembly language interface to the transformation and lighting hardware (vertex shader) and the pixel pipeline (pixel shader).
		Shader programming is the new and real challenge for Game-Coders.
		If you are not a lucky owner of a GeForce3/4TI, RADEON 8x00 or an equivalent graphics card (that supports Shaders in hardware), the standardized assembly interface will provide highly-tuned software vertex shaders that AMD and Intel have optimized for their CPUs.
	www.gamedev.net /columns/hardcore/dxshader1 (641 words)

	Authoring Shaders In Source
		Both blocks are responsible for specifying all the rendering parameters necessary to render the shader.
		BindTexture also takes an optional third parameter which is another shader parameter that tells which frame of the texture you want to bind (if the texture has multiple frames built into it).
		For example, if you have a shader that has an option to multiply the color from a third texture after it multiplies the base texture and lightmap, you'd have to copy the contents of your pixel shader into a separate.FXC file, add the code to multiply the third texture, and choose that file with pShaderShadow->SetPixelShader.
	www.valve-erc.com /srcsdk/Code/AuthoringShaders.html (3397 words)

	CGArena : Volumetric Shader through Mental Ray
		This is by no means a comprehensive guide to MR shaders but I hope it will give you some good ideas.
		This shader is used to describe materials whose most important characteristics are reflection and refraction.
		Assign a dielectric photon material to the MR photon shader.
	www.cgarena.com /freestuff/tutorials/maya/shadertips/index.html (364 words)

	ParVis - Shader Compiler (slc)
		For more information on the functionality of the shader library and the shader compiler the reader is referred to the papers "Data Shaders" [2] and "Data Shader Language and Interface Specification" [3].
		The primary reason for this is that for the shader to be loadable by the shader library it is important that the name of the shader (specified in the shading language within the file) and the name of the loadable object file be the same (excluding filename extensions).
		Note that for a shader to work with the shader library the ouput file must have the same name as the shader that is described in that file with the correct filename extension.
	cap.anu.edu.au /cap/projects/parvis/shaders/slc.html (926 words)

	ShaderTech - GPU Programming (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		No longer are we focusing solely on a "shader repository" since host program integration details are often equally relevant.
		This shader implements celular noise to generate 3D Crust and Veins.
		Does post-processing on a scene rendered to a texture, transforming it to appear to being projected from an old fashioned projector circa the early to middle 20th century.
	www.shadertech.com /shaders (334 words)

	ShaderTech - GPU Programming
		Lighthouse 3D posted an updated version of their GLSL tutorial, with new sections on the graphics pipeline, communication from the OpenGL Application to the shaders, data types, variables, statements, functions, and finally a simple first example.
		Version 1.5.7 of the OpenGL Shader Designer has been released by Typhoon Labs, offering a free IDE for developing fragment and vertex shaders with glsl.
		As mentioned in the Terms and Conditions, a license.txt file must be submitted along with each entry in accordance with the zlib/libpng open source license.
	www.shadertech.com (1309 words)

	RManNotes: Shader Basics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Surface shaders are assigned to surfaces by the "Surface" command which requires the shader name (a string) and optionally a list of shader parameters.
		When the shader is found, it is loaded into memory and executed as the scene is rendered.
		One particularly useful option that both shaders compilers have is the "-I" flag which specifies a directory that contains source files which will be included in shaders via the #include preprocessor directive or implicitly when user functions not contained or explicitly included in the shader are used (the latter applies only to the PRMan compiler).
	accad.osu.edu /~smay/RManNotes/shader_basics.html (431 words)

	Shader Authoring - Valve Developer Community
		This document describes how to author shaders in the Source SDK, for further information on what a shader is and how they can be used, please see Shader.
		The shader contains the logic and equations to take the source artwork and lighting, and produce the final rendered color for every pixel that the shader is used on.
		There are a number of external tools required to compile shaders for use in the Source SDK, the following sections detail the tools and provides links for download along with brief instructions on installation and usage.
	developer.valvesoftware.com /wiki/Authoring_Shaders (376 words)

	How Mango Works: Shader Calls (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		We might be able to include the new shader as part of a subsequent release.) Second, you or someone else may have written a Maya shader plug-in that of course Mango has never seen before.
		Although Gelato as of version 2.1 executes shaders in demand-driven order, there is as yet no explicit mechanism for passing arguments to upstream shaders.
		So, for example, when writing a shader call for maya_projection, Mango looks for maya_projection_pre.gso first, writes a shader call for that before traversing the upstream connections, and finally writes the shader call for maya_projection.gso.
	www.nvidia.com /object/gz_mango.html (812 words)

	Luxinia Engine \| Api / Shader
		That can be blending different textures or complex operations such as Cg or Vertex/Fragment programs.and The shader defines how textures should be blend, while a MTL-Material sets the textures to be used, however the shader can have hardwired textures and special textures.
		when a shader uses alphatesting and projectors are appliedand this texture's alpha will be used as mask for all.
		Alternatively it can be stored for baking processes.and Same mechanism as for the other TEX commands at Texture is used.and If shader compilation creates problems, use newpass mechanism and manually define combiners to preserve the alpha you need.
	www.luxinia.de /index.php/Api/Shader (2006 words)

	Subsurface Scattering: Using the Misss_Fast_Simple_Maya shader - Page 1 - Shaders Rendering / Lighting for Maya
		However, the Mental Ray SSS shaders are actually quite new for public use, and so only those with Maya 6 or greater can use them.
		There are two parts to installing new shaders; Copying the files to the right locations and then editing a file called 'maya.rayrc'.
		Without these files you would still be able to edit the shader in the Attribute Editor, but Maya just generates a very basic interface that lists the attributes.
	www.highend3d.com /maya/tutorials/rendering_lighting/shaders/135.html (1421 words)

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