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Motion Design Toolkit - Principles, Practice, and Techniques (Paperback): Austin Shaw, John Colette Motion Design Toolkit - Principles, Practice, and Techniques (Paperback)
Austin Shaw, John Colette
R1,534 Discovery Miles 15 340 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

* Provides a comprehensive approach to Motion Design as Design Practice with specific areas of focus for a range of audiences. * Integrates professional examples, case studies, and interviews to validate its themes. * Written from ongoing and pragmatic experience in both education and professional practice.

Game Audio Programming 2 - Principles and Practices (Paperback): Guy Somberg Game Audio Programming 2 - Principles and Practices (Paperback)
Guy Somberg
R1,520 Discovery Miles 15 200 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Welcome to the second volume of Game Audio Programming: Principles and Practices - the first series of its kind dedicated to the art of game audio programming! This volume features more than 20 chapters containing advanced techniques from some of the top game audio programmers and sound designers in the industry. This book continues the tradition of collecting more knowledge and wisdom about game audio programming than any other volume in history. Both audio programming beginners and seasoned veterans will find content in this book that is valuable, with topics ranging from extreme low-level mixing to high-level game integration. Each chapter contains techniques that were used in games that have shipped, and there is a plethora of code samples and diagrams. There are chapters on threading, DSP implementation, advanced middleware techniques in FMOD Studio and Audiokinetic Wwise, ambiences, mixing, music, and more. This book has something for everyone who is programming audio for a game: programmers new to the art of audio programming, experienced audio programmers, and those souls who just got assigned the audio code. This book is for you!

What Ux Is Really About - Introducing a Mindset for Great Experiences (Paperback): Celia Hodent What Ux Is Really About - Introducing a Mindset for Great Experiences (Paperback)
Celia Hodent
R380 Discovery Miles 3 800 Ships with 15 working days

Key Features: This work aims to be the most approachable book about UX. Many books on the topic are highly specialized and are not easy to read for people who just want to understand it better. This book is easy to read and aims to popularize the UX mindset while debunking its main misconceptions. Small format size makes it easy to carry around. Includes content relatable and meaningful to the readers by taking many examples from everyday life with a conversational and light writing style. It tackles the psychology, design, research, process, strategy, and ethics behind offering the best experience with products, systems, or services. Includes a glossary.

Recent Progress in Digital Video Processing (Hardcover): Anna Sanders Recent Progress in Digital Video Processing (Hardcover)
Anna Sanders
R3,616 R3,267 Discovery Miles 32 670 Save R349 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Video Compression Demystified (Hardcover): Elizabeth Robins Video Compression Demystified (Hardcover)
Elizabeth Robins
R1,912 Discovery Miles 19 120 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Drawn to Life: 20 Golden Years of Disney Master Classes - Volume 1: The Walt Stanchfield Lectures (Hardcover, 2nd edition):... Drawn to Life: 20 Golden Years of Disney Master Classes - Volume 1: The Walt Stanchfield Lectures (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Walt Stanchfield; Edited by Don Hahn
R3,908 Discovery Miles 39 080 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Drawn to Life is a two-volume collection of the legendary lectures of long-time Disney animator Walt Stanchfield. For over 20 years, Walt mentored a new generation of animators at the Walt Disney Studios and influenced such talented artists such as Tim Burton, Brad Bird, Glen Keane, and Andreas Deja. His writing and drawings have become must-have lessons for fine artists, film professionals, animators, and students looking for inspiration and essential training in drawing and the art of animation. Written by Walt Stanchfield (1919–2000), who began work for the Walt Disney Studios in the 1950s. His work can be seen in films such as Sleeping Beauty, The Jungle Book, 101 Dalmatians, and Peter Pan. Edited by Disney Legend and Oscar®-nominated producer Don Hahn, whose credits include the classic Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, and Hunchback of Notre Dame.

3ds Max 8 MAXScript Essentials (Paperback): Autodesk 3ds Max 8 MAXScript Essentials (Paperback)
Autodesk
R1,329 Discovery Miles 13 290 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Write your own MAXScript functions and utilities to create custom tools and UI elements, and automate repetitive tasks. Demonstrated techniques include the creation of objects, arrays, collections, control structures, parametric objects, and the construction of UI elements. The companion CD-ROM contains media files that allow you to practice the techniques with real-world examples demonstrating how you can use then in a production environment.
.The definitive introduction to MAXScript
.Includes media files that allow you to practice with real-world examples

Autodesk 3ds Max 8 Essentials - Autodesk Media and Entertainment Courseware (Paperback, New title): Autodesk Autodesk 3ds Max 8 Essentials - Autodesk Media and Entertainment Courseware (Paperback, New title)
Autodesk
R1,486 Discovery Miles 14 860 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Welcome to the Autodesk Media and Entertainment Official Training Courseware for 3ds Max 8 software! Consider this book an all-access pass to the production and training experience of Autodesk developers and training experts. Written for self-paced learning or instructor-led classroom training, the manual will teach you the fundamentals of using 3ds Max 8. The book is organized into sections dedicated to animation, modelling, materials, lighting and rendering. Each section covers basic theory, and then includes exercises for hands-on demonstration of the concept. By the end of the book, you will have mastered the basics and moved onto full-length projects. Flexibility is built in, so that you can complete the tutorials in the way that works best for you. Complete the book and you will be a seasoned 3ds Max pro, ready to work confidently in a production environment.
-For beginners or those new to 3ds max
-Tutorials and exercises designed for flexibility and ease of use
-CD contains 3ds max support models, materials, textures, and animations for completing the exercises

Real Time Visual Effects for the Technical Artist (Paperback): Chris Roda Real Time Visual Effects for the Technical Artist (Paperback)
Chris Roda
R1,581 Discovery Miles 15 810 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Introduces the reader to the technical aspects of real-time visual effects. Built upon a career of over twenty years in the feature film visual effects and the real-time video game industries and tested on graduate and undergraduate students. Explores all real-time visual effects in four categories: in-camera effects, in-material effects, simulations and particles.

On the Evolution of Media - Understanding Media Change (Hardcover): Carlos A Scolari On the Evolution of Media - Understanding Media Change (Hardcover)
Carlos A Scolari
R4,470 Discovery Miles 44 700 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book describes the lifecycle of media in the context of the media ecology, presenting a general theoretical framework and a series of methodological procedures to support the construction of an eco-evolutionary approach to media change. Focusing on a series of processes - emergence, competition, dominance, hybridization, adaptation, extinction - this book goes beyond a chronological approach to propose a reticulated and multi-layered conception of media evolution. If media evolution is a network, what are the relationships between "media species" like? What happens when a new media emerges into the media ecology? How do new media influence the old ones? Can media become extinct? How do media adapt when the social and economic context changes? How can media evolution be analysed? What kinds of quantitative and qualitative techniques can be applied in media evolution research? By presenting an innovative research approach and theoretical framework to media studies, this book will be of keen interest to scholars and graduate students of new media, media history and theory, philosophy of technology, mass communication, and organisational studies.

Art as Social Practice - Technologies for Change (Paperback): Xtine Burrough, Judy Walgren Art as Social Practice - Technologies for Change (Paperback)
Xtine Burrough, Judy Walgren
R1,251 Discovery Miles 12 510 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

- Provides both students and artists with a practice-orientated guide to socially engaged art practices in the twenty-first century. - Features first-hand insight into the individual processes and methodologies of twenty-eight established artists including: Kim Abeles, Christopher Blay, Joseph DeLappe, Mary Beth Heffernan, Chris Johnson, Rebekah Modrak, Praba Pilar, Tabita Rezaire, Sylvain Souklaye, and collaborators Victoria Vesna and Siddharth Ramakrishnan. - Demonstrates a range of creative projects that engage different forms of technologies for readers interested in making the social turn in their artistic practice, and offers creative prompts that readers can respond to in their own practices.

Level Design - Processes and Experiences (Paperback): Christopher W. Totten Level Design - Processes and Experiences (Paperback)
Christopher W. Totten
R1,581 Discovery Miles 15 810 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

In this book, veteran game developers, academics, journalists, and others provide their processes and experiences with level design. Each provides a unique perspective representing multiple steps of the process for interacting with and creating game levels - experiencing levels, designing levels, constructing levels, and testing levels. These diverse perspectives offer readers a window into the thought processes that result in memorable open game worlds, chilling horror environments, computer-generated levels, evocative soundscapes, and many other types of gamespaces. This collection invites readers into the minds of professional designers as they work and provides evergreen topics on level design and game criticism to inspire both new and veteran designers. Key Features: Learn about the processes of experienced developers and level designers in their own words Discover best-practices for creating levels for persuasive play and designing collaboratively Offers analysis methods for better understanding game worlds and how they function in response to gameplay Find your own preferred method of level design by learning the processes of multiple industry veterans

The Foley Grail - The Art of Performing Sound for Film, Games, and Animation (Paperback, 3rd edition): Vanessa Theme Ament The Foley Grail - The Art of Performing Sound for Film, Games, and Animation (Paperback, 3rd edition)
Vanessa Theme Ament
R1,299 Discovery Miles 12 990 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

This book teaches you how to master classic and cutting edge Foley techniques in order to create rich and convincing sound for any medium, be it film, television, radio, podcasts, animation, or games. Award-winning Foley artist Vanessa Theme Ament demonstrates how Foley is designed, crafted, and edited for any project, down to the nuts and bolts of spotting, cueing, and performing sounds. Various renowned sound artists provide a treasure trove of indispensable shortcuts, hot tips, and other valuable tricks of the trade. This updated third edition features the following: New chapters dedicated to Foley in games, television, broadcasting, and animation, as well as what is new in sound for media education A multitude of sound "recipes" that include proven Foley methods you can immediately use on your own projects A diverse range of case studies from well-known films, shows, games, and animation Interviews with current sound artists from around the world By exploring the entire audio post-production process, this book provides you with an excellent understanding of where Foley fits in the business of filmmaking and is a perfect guide for both newcomers and experienced sound designers wanting to learn more about this art. Accompanying the book are online resources featuring video demonstrations of Foley artists at work, video tutorials of specific Foley techniques, lectures from the author and more.

Creating Q*Bert: and Other Classic Video Arcade Games (Hardcover): Warren Davis Creating Q*Bert: and Other Classic Video Arcade Games (Hardcover)
Warren Davis; Foreword by Ed Boon; Afterword by John Newcomer
R546 Discovery Miles 5 460 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Creating Q*bert and Other Classic Video Arcade Games takes you inside the video arcade game industry during the pivotal decades of the 1980s and 1990s. Warren Davis, the creator of the groundbreaking Q*bert, worked as a member of the creative teams who developed some of the most popular video games of all time, including Joust 2, Mortal Kombat, NBA Jam, and Revolution X. In a witty and entertaining narrative, Davis shares insightful stories that offer a behind-the-scenes look at what it was like to work as a designer and programmer at the most influential and dominant video arcade game manufacturers of the era, including Gottlieb, Williams/Bally/Midway, and Premiere. Likewise, the talented artists, designers, creators, and programmers Davis has collaborated with over the years reads like a who's who of video gaming history: Eugene Jarvis, Tim Skelly, Ed Boon, Jeff Lee, Dave Thiel, John Newcomer, George Petro, Jack Haeger, and Dennis Nordman, among many others. The impact Davis has had on the video arcade game industry is deep and varied. At Williams, Davis created and maintained the revolutionary digitizing system that allowed actors and other photo-realistic imagery to be utilized in such games as Mortal Kombat, T2, and NBA Jam. When Davis worked on the fabled Us vs. Them, it was the first time a video game integrated a live action story with arcade-style graphics. On the one-of-a-kind Exterminator, Davis developed a brand new video game hardware system, and created a unique joystick that sensed both omni-directional movement and rotation, a first at that time. For Revolution X, he created a display system that simulated a pseudo-3D environment on 2D hardware, as well as a tool for artists that facilitated the building of virtual worlds and the seamless integration of the artist's work into game code. Whether you're looking for insights into the Golden Age of Arcades, would like to learn how Davis first discovered his design and programming skills as a teenager working with a 1960's computer called a Monrobot XI, or want to get the inside scoop on what it was like to film the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band Aerosmith for Revolution X, Davis' memoir provides a backstage tour of the arcade and video game industry during its most definitive and influential period.

Multimodal Video Characterization and Summarization (Hardcover, 2005 ed.): Michael A Smith, Takeo Kanade Multimodal Video Characterization and Summarization (Hardcover, 2005 ed.)
Michael A Smith, Takeo Kanade
R2,999 Discovery Miles 29 990 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Multimodal Video Characterization and Summarization is a valuable research tool for both professionals and academicians working in the video field. This book describes the methodology for using multimodal audio, image, and text technology to characterize video content. This new and groundbreaking science has led to many advances in video understanding, such as the development of a video summary. Applications and methodology for creating video summaries are described, as well as user-studies for evaluation and testing.

Nordic Animation - Balancing the East and the West (Hardcover): Liisa Vhakyla Nordic Animation - Balancing the East and the West (Hardcover)
Liisa Vhakyla
R1,545 Discovery Miles 15 450 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Nordic Animation examines the state of the animation industry within the Nordic countries. It looks at the success of popular brands such as the Moomins and Angry Birds, studios such as Anima Vitae and Qvisten, and individuals from the Nordics that have made their mark on the global animation industry. The book begins with some historical findings before moving to look at the stories of some of the most well-known Nordic animation brands. A section on Nordic animation studios looks at the international success and impact on the global animation industry that has been made by these companies. The book is forward thinking in scope and places these stories within the context of what the future holds for the Nordic animation industry. This book will be of great interest to those in the fields of animation and film studies, as well as those with a general interest in Nordic animation.

Game Balance (Paperback): Ian Schreiber, Brenda Romero Game Balance (Paperback)
Ian Schreiber, Brenda Romero
R1,698 Discovery Miles 16 980 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Within the field of game design, game balance can best be described as a black art. It is the process by which game designers make a game simultaneously fair for players while providing them just the right amount of difficulty to be both exciting and challenging without making the game entirely predictable. This involves a combination of mathematics, psychology, and occasionally other fields such as economics and game theory. Game Balance offers readers a dynamic look into game design and player theory. Throughout the book, relevant topics on the use of spreadsheet programs will be included in each chapter. This book therefore doubles as a useful reference on Microsoft Excel, Google Spreadsheets, and other spreadsheet programs and their uses for game designers. FEATURES The first and only book to explore game balance as a topic in depth Topics range from intermediate to advanced, while written in an accessible style that demystifies even the most challenging mathematical concepts to the point where a novice student of game design can understand and apply them Contains powerful spreadsheet techniques which have been tested with all major spreadsheet programs and battle-tested with real-world game design tasks Provides short-form exercises at the end of each chapter to allow for practice of the techniques discussed therein along with three long-term projects divided into parts throughout the book that involve their creation Written by award-winning designers with decades of experience in the field Ian Schreiber has been in the industry since 2000, first as a programmer and then as a game designer. He has worked on eight published game titles, training/simulation games for three Fortune 500 companies, and has advised countless student projects. He is the co-founder of Global Game Jam, the largest in-person game jam event in the world. Ian has taught game design and development courses at a variety of colleges and universities since 2006. Brenda Romero is a BAFTA award-winning game director, entrepreneur, artist, and Fulbright award recipient and is presently game director and creator of the Empire of Sin franchise. As a game director, she has worked on 50 games and contributed to many seminal titles, including the Wizardry and Jagged Alliance series and titles in the Ghost Recon, Dungeons & Dragons, and Def Jam franchises.

The Board Game Designer's Guide to Careers in the Industry (Paperback): Joe Slack The Board Game Designer's Guide to Careers in the Industry (Paperback)
Joe Slack
R1,096 Discovery Miles 10 960 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Are you thinking about working in the board game industry? Here's what you need to know. There are so many jobs and roles that need to be filled in the board game industry. You might just have the right skills and experience to excel. But first you need to know what opportunities exist and what the hardest gaps are to fill! In this book, you'll discover * What jobs are really in demand * How you can get your foot in the door with a publisher * Jobs in the industry you've never even thought of * What other opportunities exist for people with skills just like yours With insights from over 40 industry pros, as well as the author's many years of experience, you'll be able to put your own skills and experience to great use in an amazing, growing industry.

Force: Animal Drawing - Animal Locomotion and Design Concepts for Animators (Paperback, 2nd edition): Mike Mattesi Force: Animal Drawing - Animal Locomotion and Design Concepts for Animators (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Mike Mattesi
R1,216 Discovery Miles 12 160 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

The unique, dynamic learning system that has helped thousands of artists enhance their figure drawing abilities Dozens of updated illustrations and all-new content, exclusive to the 3rd edition Select pages can be scanned by your smartphone or other device to pull up bonus video content, enhancing the learning process

Minecraft: Amazing Bite-Size Builds (Over 20 Awesome Mini-Projects) (Hardcover): Mojang AB, The Official Minecraft Team Minecraft: Amazing Bite-Size Builds (Over 20 Awesome Mini-Projects) (Hardcover)
Mojang AB, The Official Minecraft Team
R334 Discovery Miles 3 340 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Women Comedians in the Digital Age - Media Work and Critical Reputations After Trump (Paperback): Alex Symons Women Comedians in the Digital Age - Media Work and Critical Reputations After Trump (Paperback)
Alex Symons
R1,201 Discovery Miles 12 010 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

This book offers a thorough examination of digital work by women comedians in the US, exploring their use of digital media to perform jokes, engage with fans, remake their reputations, and become political activists This book argues that despite its many adverse effects, digital work is changing comedy, empowering women to create new comic forms and negotiate the contentious political climate incited by former President Donald. J. Trump Chapters are focused on video-podcasting, TikTok, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and the streaming platform Netflix - each containing informative case studies on significant women comedians who use them, including Sarah Silverman, Amy Schumer, Leslie Jones, Mindy Kaling, Colleen Ballinger, Lilly Singh, Ms. Pat, Whitney Cummings, Issa Rae, and others To understand their strategies, this book examines the popularity of their digital content, their career-outcomes in television and film, as well as the ups and downs of their critical reputations in magazines, newspapers, the trade press, and with their participatory audiences online This insightful and timely work will appeal to scholars researching and teaching in the areas of media studies, digital communication, gender studies and performance

Creating Games with Unreal Engine, Substance Painter, & Maya - Models, Textures, Animation, & Blueprint (Paperback): Jingtian... Creating Games with Unreal Engine, Substance Painter, & Maya - Models, Textures, Animation, & Blueprint (Paperback)
Jingtian Li, Kassandra Arevalo, Matthew Tovar
R1,877 Discovery Miles 18 770 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Description: This tutorial-based book allows readers to create a first-person game from start to finish using industry-standard (and free to student) tools of Maya, Substance Painter, and Unreal Engine. The first half of the book lays out the basics of using Maya and Substance Painter to create game-ready assets. This includes polygonal modeling, UV layout, and custom texture painting. Then, the book covers rigging and animation solutions to create assets to be placed in the game including animated first-person assets and motion-captured NPC animations. Finally, readers can put it all together and build interactivity that allows the player to create a finished game using the assets built and animated earlier in the book. * Written by industry professionals with real-world experience in building assets and games. * Build a complete game from start to finish. * Learn what the pros use: construct all assets using the tools used at industries across the world. * All software used are free to students. * When complete, students will have a playable version of an FPS game. Jing Tian Li is a graduate of China's Central Academy of Fine Arts and New York's School of Visual Arts, where he earned an MFA in Computer Art. He currently is an Assistant Professor of 3D Animation & Game Design at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas. Kassandra Arevalo is an instructor of 3D Animation & Game Design at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas. She previously worked as an animator at Immersed Games. Matt Tovar is an industry veteran animator. He has worked at Naughty Dog, Infinity Ward, and Sony Interactive on such games as The Last of Us, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, and most recently Marvel's Avengers with Crystal Dynamics. He is an Assistant Professor of 3D Animation at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas.

Games as Transformative Experiences for Critical Thinking, Cultural Awareness, and Deep Learning - Strategies & Resources... Games as Transformative Experiences for Critical Thinking, Cultural Awareness, and Deep Learning - Strategies & Resources (Paperback)
David Seelow
R1,665 Discovery Miles 16 650 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

All games are potentially transformative experiences because they engage the player in dynamic action. When repurposed in an educational context, even highly popular casual games played online to pass the time can engage players in a way that deepens learning. Games as Transformative Experiences for Critical Thinking, Cultural Awareness, and Deep Learning: Strategies & Resources examines the learning value of a wide variety of games across multiple disciplines. Organized just like a well-made game, the book is divided into four parts highlighting classroom experiences, community and culture, virtual learning, and interdisciplinary instruction. The author crosses between the high school and college classroom and addresses a range of disciplines, both online and classroom practice, the design of curriculum, and the transformation of assessment practices. In addition to a wealth of practical exercises, resources, and lesson ideas, the book explains how to use a wide and diverse range of games from casual to massively multiplayer online games for self-improvement as well as classroom situations.

Cooperative Gaming - Diversity in the Games Industry and How to Cultivate Inclusion (Paperback): Alayna Cole, Jessica Zammit Cooperative Gaming - Diversity in the Games Industry and How to Cultivate Inclusion (Paperback)
Alayna Cole, Jessica Zammit
R1,124 Discovery Miles 11 240 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Description Cooperative Gaming provides context and practical advice regarding diversity in the games industry. The book begins with a deep dive into research literature and the history of diversity in the games industry to provide context around what diversity is and why it is a topic worth considering. The book looks at the different facets of diversity and games, exploring the issues and solutions within game development, studio management, event planning, and more. It provides people with practical advice about being a marginalized person in the games industry and how to be heard, how studios can support inclusive practices, and events can actively become more accessible to a diverse audience. Key Features * Explores the history of diversity in games * Provides important information around what it is like to be a marginalized person in the industry * Gives practical steps to improve the inclusivity of the industry that are designed to aid in contextualizing and upskilling new developers Author Bios Alayna Cole is the managing director of Queerly Represent Me, a not-for-profit championing queer representation in games. Alayna is also a producer at Sledgehammer Games, co-chair of the IGDA LGBTQ+ special interest group, and an award-winning games journalist and game developer. She was featured on the 2016 and 2017 Develop Pacific 30 Under 30 lists and the 2017 and 2019 Develop Pacific Women in Games lists, and she has received several other accolades in the industry. Jessica Zammit started writing in 2013 for Start Select Media, and for the next five years she followed her interest in writing about representations of mental health, diversity, and particularly, sexuality in video games. Jessica has been speaking about diversity in games at conventions such as PAX Australia since 2016 and has been featured on several other discussions in and around the topic of representation in games and games criticism. Along with her co-author, she is co-chair of the IGDA LGBTQ+ special interest group, and she was featured on the 2018 Develop Pacific 30 Under 30 and Women in Games lists.

Practical Rendering and Computation with Direct3D 11 (Paperback): Jason Zink, Matt Pettineo, Jack Hoxley Practical Rendering and Computation with Direct3D 11 (Paperback)
Jason Zink, Matt Pettineo, Jack Hoxley
R1,557 Discovery Miles 15 570 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

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. Key Features Presents the high level concepts used to design algorithms Describes the nuts and bolts of how to implement the algorithms Explains each of the major components of the Direct3D 11 library Shows how Direct3D 11 can be used in a variety of real-world situations Provides source code and sample programs on a supplementary website

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