GLSL Shader Programming Resources

Also see Howto: Shader Programming in FlightGear for a tutorial on programming shaders in FlightGear that is currently work in progress.

Free Software

Software for developing and testing shaders outside FlightGear For reviews discussing some of these, see: http://www.hive.hull.ac.uk/software/vrvision/documents/glsl_shader_tutorial_v100.pdf

• http://developer.amd.com/gpu/rendermonkey/Pages/default.aspx
• http://developer.amd.com/gpu/shader/pages/default.aspx (Windows)
• http://developer.nvidia.com/object/fx_composer_home.html FXComposer (Nvidia/Windows)
• http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php/QShaderEdit?content=42586 (Linux/KDE)
• http://lumina.sourceforge.net/ (cross-platform)
• http://www.opengl.org/sdk/tools/ShaderDesigner/ ShaderDesigner: Win32/Linux
• http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/GraphicsImaging/Conceptual/OpenGLShaderBuilderUserGuide/Introduction/Introduction.html OpenGL Shader Builder (Mac)
• http://cg.in.tu-clausthal.de/publications.shtml#shader_maker Shader Maker
• http://www.vis.uni-stuttgart.de/glsldevil/ - GLSL debugger

Introductions

• GLSL Concept Primer
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GLSL
• http://www.opengl.org/wiki/OpenGL_Shading_Language
• GPU: How can we use it
• Introduction to 2D/3D Graphics
• Releasing the power of the GPU
• GLSL - An Introduction
• An Introduction to OpenGL Shading Language
• An Introduction to GLSL
• Introduction to GLSL
• An Introduction to Shaders
• Introduction to the OpenGL shading language
• Shader Programming

Tutorials

• http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/~lessig/OpenGL/gpu.pdf
• The OpenGL Shading Language
• http://www.docstoc.com/docs/23931347/GLSL-Shader-Programming
• http://www.sjbaker.org/wiki/index.php?title=GLSL_shaders
• Vertex and Pixel shader
• GLSL Hello World
• fragment shader introduction
• Vertex Shader Inputs
• http://www.davidcornette.com/glsl/glsl.html
• http://gpwiki.org/index.php/OpenGL:Codes:Simple_GLSL_example
• GLSL Tutorial
• GLSL Shader Tutorials
• GPU Programming with GLSL
• Shader Tutorials
• Sampe Code & Tutorials
• GLSL Shading with OpenSceneGraph
• Chapter 1 - Introduction to GLSL
• Chapter 2 - GLSL Basics
• Chapter 3 - Basic Shaders
• Chapter 4 – Advanced Shaders
• Chapter 5 - Appendix
• The programmable pipeline
• GPU Programming
• GPGPU Basic Math Tutorial
• GPU Programming
• http://www.lighthouse3d.com/opengl/glsl/
• http://www.lighthouse3d.com/opengl/glsl/index.php
• http://www.opengl.org/documentation/glsl/

Geometry Shaders

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geometry_shader
• http://appsrv.cse.cuhk.edu.hk/~ymxie/Geometry_Shader/
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GLSL#A_sample_trivial_GLSL_Geometry_Shader
• http://cirl.missouri.edu/gpu/glsl_lessons/glsl_geometry_shader/index.html
• http://web.engr.oregonstate.edu/~mjb/cs519/Handouts/geometry_shader.pdf

Effects

• Fog in GLSL
• Realistic Water Using Bump Mapping and Refraction
• Building a Million Particle System
• Vertex-, Geometry- and Fragment Shaders
• Materials and Shaders
• Geospatial Visualization Using Hardware Accelerated Real-Time Volume Rendering
• Information Visualization of Multi-dimensional Cellular Automata using GPU Programming
• Paving Procedural Roads with Pixel Shaders
• Rivers via Image Map Shader
• Materials and Shaders Examples

Vegetation

• http://www.cg.tuwien.ac.at/research/publications/2007/Habel_2007_IAG/
• Instant Animated Grass
• Rendering Countless Blades of Waving Grass
• High speed grass rendering using glsl shader

References

• Quick Reference