I agree with Paul, the Orange book is a *must have* title if you're learning shaders.
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=kDXOXv_GeswC&dq=opengl+shader+language&printsec=frontcover&source=bn&hl=en&ei=E5Z6Svb-K5Cy-AbQ87lS&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5#v=onepage&q=opengl%20shader%20language&f=false 2009/8/5 Paul Speed <psp...@progeeks.com>: > And it deserves saying, if you can get your hands on an OpenGL Orange Book > you'll be that many more steps ahead. I thought it was really good at > explaining things in depth while also being easily navigated to drill in on > target areas. > > I had complex shaders up and running in a few days with that book... I have > had some embedded-style coding experience before, though. > > -Paul > > Maxime BOUCHER wrote: >> >> Well, >> >> I'm doing an internship too. >> >> At the beginning I didn't know osg at all, neither shaders. >> There are still an extraordinary amount of things I ignore about OSG (my >> advice: when you try to do or understand something, take a look at how it's >> done in OpenGL). >> Shaders aren't as hard to use as OSG, I discovered about one month ago and >> I can now write some modests but nice effects. >> >> The essential is to read code and tutorials. >> Don't try to go fast, it's the best way to misunderstand what you >> manipulate and to write bad code, failing your internship. You have 6 >> months, you can waste it OR spend 2 months to understand osg and shaders and >> then writting good code, masterizing your internship. >> >> Thus, first read a few osg tutorials (to understand how textures are >> mapped for example, it seems you don't), I think the 4 or 5 firsts should be >> enough. >> After, try to understand what is a shader (I guess you don't really). >> Then try to understand the shader tutorials from typhoonlabs, or this >> (http://www.siteduzero.com/tutoriel-3-8879-communiquer-avec-l-application-attributs-et-uniforms.html?bcsi-ac-20A76BC15DBD50F6=194870AE00000303lbVE9ryZWUuZzrBgMzY7DS6IPWi9BAAAAwMAAMDCRwEQDgAAIAAAANVbBwA=), >> it's in french. >> I advice to look at osgshader example ONLY to understand (or copy the >> code) how to load and activate a shader, it's 5 lines. >> >> Don't take me for moralistic, I did these errors. >> >> Good luck and take your time, it's the best way to success. >> >> Cheers, >> Maxime >> >> ------------------ >> Read this topic online here: >> http://forum.openscenegraph.org/viewtopic.php?p=15849#15849 >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> osg-users mailing list >> osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org >> http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > osg-users mailing list > osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org > http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org > _______________________________________________ osg-users mailing list osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org
