OpenGL® SuperBible: Comprehensive Tutorial and Reference, Sixth Edition

Table of contents

1. About This eBook
2. Title Page
3. Copyright Page
4. Dedication Page
5. Contents
6. Figures
7. Tables
8. Listings
9. Foreword
10. Preface
    1. About This Book
    2. The Architecture of the Book
    3. What’s New in This Edition
    4. How to Build the Samples
    5. Errata
11. Acknowledgments
12. About the Authors
13. Part I: Foundations
    1. Chapter 1. Introduction
       1. OpenGL and the Graphics Pipeline
       2. The Origins and Evolution of OpenGL
       3. Primitives, Pipelines, and Pixels
       4. Summary
    2. Chapter 2. Our First OpenGL Program
       1. Creating a Simple Application
       2. Using Shaders
       3. Drawing Our First Triangle
       4. Summary
    3. Chapter 3. Following the Pipeline
       1. Passing Data to the Vertex Shader
       2. Passing Data from Stage to Stage
       3. Tessellation
       4. Geometry Shaders
       5. Primitive Assembly, Clipping, and Rasterization
       6. Fragment Shaders
       7. Framebuffer Operations
       8. Compute Shaders
       9. Summary
    4. Chapter 4. Math for 3D Graphics
       1. Is This the Dreaded Math Chapter?
       2. A Crash Course in 3D Graphics Math
       3. Understanding Transformations
       4. Interpolation, Lines, Curves, and Splines
       5. Summary
    5. Chapter 5. Data
       1. Buffers
       2. Uniforms
       3. Shader Storage Blocks
       4. Atomic Counters
       5. Textures
       6. Summary
    6. Chapter 6. Shaders and Programs
       1. Language Overview
       2. Compiling, Linking, and Examining Programs
       3. Summary
14. Part II: In Depth
    1. Chapter 7. Vertex Processing and Drawing Commands
       1. Vertex Processing
       2. Drawing Commands
       3. Storing Transformed Vertices
       4. Clipping
       5. Summary
    2. Chapter 8. Primitive Processing
       1. Tessellation
       2. Geometry Shaders
       3. Summary
    3. Chapter 9. Fragment Processing and the Framebuffer
       1. Fragment Shaders
       2. Per-Fragment Tests
       3. Color Output
       4. Off-Screen Rendering
       5. Antialiasing
       6. Advanced Framebuffer Formats
       7. Point Sprites
       8. Getting at Your Image
       9. Summary
    4. Chapter 10. Compute Shaders
       1. Using Compute Shaders
       2. Examples
       3. Summary
    5. Chapter 11. Controlling and Monitoring the Pipeline
       1. Queries
       2. Synchronization in OpenGL
       3. Summary
15. Part III: In Practice
    1. Chapter 12. Rendering Techniques
       1. Lighting Models
       2. Non-Photo-Realistic Rendering
       3. Alternative Rendering Methods
       4. Summary
    2. Chapter 13. Debugging and Performance Optimization
       1. Debugging Your Applications
       2. Performance Optimization
       3. Summary
    3. Chapter 14. Platform Specifics
       1. Using Extensions in OpenGL
       2. OpenGL on Windows
       3. OpenGL on Mac OS X
       4. OpenGL on Linux
       5. OpenGL on Mobile Platforms
       6. Summary
16. Appendix A. Further Reading
    1. Other Good OpenGL Books
    2. 3D Graphics Books
    3. Web Sites
17. Appendix B. The SBM File Format
    1. File Header
    2. Chunk Headers
    3. Defined Chunks
    4. Example
18. Appendix C. The SuperBible Tools
    1. The ktxtool Utility
    2. The dds2ktx Utility
    3. The sb6mtool Utility
19. Glossary
20. Index