The COMPLETE Effect and HLSL Guide

The topic of The Complete Effect and HLSL Guide is shader development and management, and therefore it is written for any developers who have some interest in being efficient at using and integrating shaders within their applications. This book is written to serve as both a teaching and reference manual, making it a must-have to everybody from hobbyist programmers to professional developers. The approach taken throughout The Complete Effect and HLSL Guide makes it the perfect book for anyone who wants to integrate shaders into their application and take advantage of the power of the DirectX effect framework and the HLSL shading language.

 

Table of Contents

SECTION 1 – The HLSL Shading Language

• Chapter 1: Shaders and the HLSL Shader Language
• Chapter 2: The Structure of HLSL
• Chapter 3: Functions, Nothing but Functions
• Chapter 4: Shader Examples

SECTION 2 – The Effect Files

• Chapter 5: The Effect File Format
• Chapter 6: Semantics and Annotations
• Chapter 7: Shader Optimization and Shortcuts

SECTION 3 – The DirectX Effect Framework

• Chapter 8: Framework Overview
• Chapter 9: The EFFECT
• Chapter 10: Sharing Parameters
• Chapter 11: Effect State Manager
• Chapter 12: Effect Compiler and Include Manager

SECTION 4 – Appendices

• Appendix – A: Shader Assembly Instructions
• Appendix – B: HLSL Instruction Reference
• Appendix – C: Standard Semantics and Annotations