Zink / Pettineo / Hoxley Practical Rendering and Computation with Direct3D 11

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4398-6976-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 648 Seiten

Direct3D 11 offers such a wealth of capabilities that users can sometimes get lost in the details of specific APIs and their implementation. While there is a great deal of low-level information available about how each API function should be used, there is little documentation that shows how best to leverage these capabilities. Written by active members of the Direct3D community, Practical Rendering and Computation with Direct3D 11 provides a deep understanding of both the high and low level concepts related to using Direct3D 11.

The first part of the book presents a conceptual introduction to Direct3D 11, including an overview of the Direct3D 11 rendering and computation pipelines and how they map to the underlying hardware. It also provides a detailed look at all of the major components of the library, covering resources, pipeline details, and multithreaded rendering. Building upon this material, the second part of the text includes detailed examples of how to use Direct3D 11 in common rendering scenarios. The authors describe sample algorithms in-depth and discuss how the features of Direct3D 11 can be used to your advantage.
All of the source code from the book is accessible on an actively maintained open source rendering framework. The sample applications and the framework itself can be downloaded from http://hieroglyph3.codeplex.com

By analyzing when to use various tools and the tradeoffs between different implementations, this book helps you understand the best way to accomplish a given task and thereby fully leverage the potential capabilities of Direct3D 11.

Zielgruppe

Professional game programmers using Microsoft platforms.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zink, Jason

Pettineo, Matt

Hoxley, Jack

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Programmierung | Softwareentwicklung Microsoft Programmierung
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Programmierung | Softwareentwicklung Spiele-Programmierung, Rendering, Animation
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Programmierung | Softwareentwicklung Grafikprogrammierung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Overview of Direct3D 11
Direct3D Framework
Pipeline
Resources
Interfacing with Direct3D
Getting Started
Direct3D 11 Resources
Resources Overview
Resources in Detail
Resource Manipulations

The Rendering Pipeline
Pipeline State
Pipeline Execution
Input Assembler
Vertex Shader
Hull Shader
Tessellator
Domain Shader
Geometry Shader
Stream Output
Rasterizer
Pixel Shader
Output Merger
High-Level Pipeline Functions
The Tessellation Pipeline
Introduction
Tessellation and the Direct3D Pipeline
Parameters for Tessellation
Effects of Parameters

The Computation Pipeline
Introduction
DirectCompute Threading Model
DirectCompute Memory Model
Thread Synchronization
Algorithm Design

High Level Shading Language
Introduction
Usage Process
Language Basics
Constant Buffers
Resource Objects
Dynamic Shader Linkage
Intrinsic Functions
Shader Reflection
Using fxc.exe

Multithreaded Rendering
Introduction
Motivations for Multithreaded Rendering
Direct3D 11 Threading Model
Context Pipeline State Propagation
Potential Usage Scenarios
Practical Considerations and Tips
Conclusion

Mesh Rendering
Mesh Transformations
Vertex Skinning
Vertex Skinning with Displacement Mapping

Dynamic Tessellation
Terrain Tessellation
Higher-Order Surfaces

Image Processing
Image Processing Primer
Gaussian Filter
Bilateral Filter
Deferred Rendering
Overview
Classic Deferred Rendering
Light Pre-Pass Deferred Rendering
Optimizations
Anti-Aliasing
Transparency

Simulations
Water Simulation
Particle Systems
Multithreaded Paraboloid Rendering
Theory
Implementation Design
Multithreading Scenario
Conclusion
Appendix A: Source Code
Appendix B: Direct3D 11 Queries
Appendix C: Tessellation Summary
Bibliography
Index