"As the 'Red Book' is
known to be the gold standard for OpenGL, the 'Orange Book' is
considered to be the gold standard for the OpenGL Shading Language.
With Randi's extensive knowledge of OpenGL and GLSL, you can be assured
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of the second edition you can find topics from beginning shader
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—David Tommeraasen, CEO/Programmer, Plasma Software
"This
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all fits together. The book includes great examples and details, and
good additional coverage of 2.0 changes!"
—Jeffery Galinovsky, Director of Emerging Market Platform Development, Intel Corporation
"The
coverage in this new edition of the book is pitched just right to help
many new shader-writers get started, but with enough deep information
for the 'old hands.'"
—Marc Olano, Assistant Professor, University of Maryland
