This book is for you if you want to learn the inner workings of computer graphics and do all the stuff the cool kids do by yourself. Doing things by yourself is extremely fun and resourceful and gives you a great understanding of graphics programming.
OpenGL is mainly considered an API (an Application Programming Interface) that provides us with a large set of functions that we can use to manipulate graphics and images. However, OpenGL by itself is not an API, but merely a specification, developed and maintained by the Khronos Group.
Learn OpenGL is broken down into a number of general subjects. Each subject contains several sections that each explain different concepts in large detail. Each of the subjects can be found at the menu to your left. The subjects are taught in a linear fashion (so it is advised to start from the top to the bottom, unless otherwise instructed) where each page explains the background theory and the practical aspects.
Read online at LearnOpenGL.com
- 1 Introduction
- 1.1 Prerequisites
- 1.2 Structure
- 1.2.1 Boxes
- 1.2.2 Code
- 1.2.3 Color hints
- 1.2.4 OpenGL Function references
- Part I — Getting started
- 2 OpenGL
- 3 Creating a window
- 4 Hello Window
- 5 Hello Triangle
- 6 Shaders
- 7 Textures
- 8 Transformations
- 9 Coordinate Systems
- 10 Camera
- 11 Review
- Part II — Lighting
- 12 Colors
- 13 Basic Lighting
- 14 Materials
- 15 Lighting maps
- 16 Light casters
- 17 Multiple lights
- 18 Review
- Part III — Model Loading
- 19 Assimp
- 20 Mesh
- 21 Model
- Part IV — Advanced OpenGL
- 22 Depth testing
- 23 Stencil testing
- 24 Blending
- 25 Face culling
- 26 Framebuffers
- 27 Cubemaps
- 28 Advanced Data
- 29 Advanced GLSL
- 30 Geometry Shader
- 31 Instancing
- 32 Anti Aliasing
- Part V — Advanced Lighting
- 33 Advanced Lighting
- 34 Gamma Correction
- 35 Shadow Mapping
- 36 Point Shadows
- 37 Normal Mapping
- 38 Parallax Mapping
- 39 HDR
- 40 Bloom
- 41 Deferred Shading
- 42 SSAO
- Part VI — In Practice
- 43 Text Rendering
- 44 2D Game
- 45 Breakout
- 46 Setting up
- 47 Rendering Sprites
- 48 Levels
- 49 Ball
- 50 Collision detection
- 51 Collision resolution
- 52 Particles
- 53 Postprocessing
- 54 Powerups
- 55 Audio
- 56 Render text
- 57 Final thoughts
- Index
Free Machine Learning Books
11 Books
- Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning (Information Science and Statistics)
- by Christopher M. Bishop
- Data mining
- by I. H. Witten
- The Elements of Statistical Learning: Data Mining, Inference, and Prediction
- by Various
Free Chemistry Textbooks
8 Books
- CK-12 Chemistry
- by Various
- Chemistry Grade 10 [CAPS]
- by Free High School Science Texts Project
- General Chemistry II
- by John Hutchinson
Free Mathematics Textbooks
21 Books
- Microsoft Word - How to Use Advanced Algebra II.doc
- by Jonathan Emmons
- Advanced Algebra II: Activities and Homework
- by Kenny Felder
- de2de
- by
Free Children Books
38 Books
- The Sun Who Lost His Way
- by
- Tania is a Detective
- by Kanika G
- Firenze_s-Light
- by
Free Java Books
10 Books
- Java 3D Programming
- by Daniel Selman
- The Java EE 6 Tutorial
- by Oracle Corporation
- JavaKid811
- by
- Jamaica Primary Social Studies 2nd Edition Student's Book 4
- by Eulie Mantock, Trineta Fendall, Clare Eastland
- Reggae Readers Student's Book 1
- by Louis Fidge
- Reggae Readers Student's Book 2
- by Louis Fidge
