oZone3D.Net's Tutorials

.: OpenGL, GLSL, Lua, Direct3D, GPU :.

1 - GLSL Programming Tutorials

Fog with GLSL     Fog implementation using GLSL - Use of gl_FogFragCoord, gl_FragCoord, gl_FogCoord and gl_Fog variables.

How to bypass a Catalyst 7.11/7.12 GLSL Bug     This article shows a workaround of a GLSL bug present in the Catalyst drivers 7.11 and 7.12.

Mesh Deformers     Two examples of mesh deformers using the GPU: surface deformer and mesh twister.

The Art of Texturing using the GLSL     This tutorial shows the common techniques of texturing and their implementation with GLSL (simple and multtexturing, sphere mapping, dual paraboloid mapping, cube mapping, texture warping, projective texture mapping).

Vertex Displacement Mapping     Explanation of the vertex displacement mapping technique to deform a mesh using a texture look up from a vertex shader.

Normal-Map Compression     The problem of normal-map (or bump-map) compression and how to solve it (renormalization - swizzled-DXT5 - ATI 3Dc).

Lighting in GLSL - Phong Model     This article presents the Phong lighting model and its implementation in GLSL for point and spot lights.

The Mandelbrot Set: Colors of Infinity     Theory and implementation on GPU with GLSL of Mandelbrot fractal rendering. Introduction to GPGPU.

Image Filtering     Image filtering and GLSL filters implementation (convolution kernels).

Ambient Occlusion Lighting     Présentation of ambient occlusion lighting technique. Occlusion-maps creation. Ambient occlusion GLSL shader.

Bump Mapping     Bump mapping implementation using GLSL shader. Lighting equations. Tangent space.

Normal-maps     Presentation and creation of normal-maps (or bump-maps).

S3TC Texture Compression     Texture compression (S3TC - DXT1/5) and how use it in Demoniak3D.

Introduction to GLSL     This tutorial presents the basis about GLSL shading language. GLSL shader integration into Demoniak3D.

2 - Lua Programming

LUA Socket Lib and Coroutines     This tutorial shows how to use the LUA socket lib to setup a TCP/IP Server and how to use coroutines for handle the server infinite loop.

LUA Coding     Basis about LUA programming. Variables, tests, structures, functions.

3 - Graphics Cards and GPUs Architecture

NVIDIA G80: Architecture and GPU Analysis     The french translation of Beyond3D's article.

3D Pipeline of SM3/DX9 Graphics Controllers     A complete review of the 3d pipeline of SM3/DX9 graphics controllers.

Graphics Controllers     An introduction to graphics controllers.

4 - OpenGL / Direct3D Programming

How To Load and Display an Image with DevIL and OpenGL     This tutorial shows how to load an image file with DevIL 1.7.5 and use it as a texture in OpenGL. Demo binaries as well as source code are provided.

ForceWare 181.00: Five New OpenGL Extensions and How To Create an OpenGL 3.0 Rendering Context     Here is a short tutorial about how to create an OpenGL 3.0 rendering context with the latest ForceWare 181.00 graphics drivers. This article also lists the five new OpenGL extensions exposed by ForceWare 181.00..

ForceWare 180.42 OpenGL Extensions and New Features     The new OpenGL extensions exposed ForceWare 180.42 graphics drivers.

Catalyst 8.10 OpenGL Extensions and New Features     The new OpenGL extensions exposed Catalyst 8.10 graphics drivers.

ForceWare 177.89 and OpenGL 3.0     The new OpenGL 3.0 extensions. Creation of an OpenGL 3.0 rendering context.

Geometry Instancing     A review of geometry instancing techniques in OpenGL.

NVIDIA G80: OpenGL Programming     The new things brought by the NVIDIA's G80 GPU in the OpenGL Programming.

OpenGL Vertex Buffer Objects     The Complete Guide Of OpenGL Vertex Buffer Objects (VBO).

		RaptorGL: introduction
		This article aims to quickly introduce you to RaptorGL and showing a simple example of how to use it.

		D3D / GL Tuto 01
		3D window initialization. Gouraud triangle rendering.

		D3D / GL Tuto 02
		Mesh loadingmesh. Wireframe rendering.

		D3D / GL Tuto 03
		Lit mesh rendering. Lighting.

		D3D / GL Tuto 04
		Textured mesh rendering. Texturing

		D3D / GL Tuto 05
		Lit and textured mesh rendering.

		D3D / GL Tuto 07
		Blending and transparency.

		D3D / GL Tuto 08
		Multitexturing.

		D3D / GL Tuto 09
		Stencil buffer and viewport.

		D3D / GL Tuto 10
		Spherical environment mapping and stencil buffer.

		D3D / GL Tuto 11
		Vertical synchronization.

		D3D / GL Tuto 12
		Alpha test.

		D3D / GL Tuto 13
		Shows the use of DevIL library for image loading.

		D3D / GL Tuto 14
		Shows how to use C++ 3D models exported from LynX 3D Viewer. Specular highlights.

		D3D / GL Tuto 15
		Shows how to load a compressed texture and how to setup the trilinear filtering.

		D3D / GL Tuto 16
		Shows how to use the VBO (Vertex buffer Object) and the GLSL (OpenGL Shading Language).

5 - Demoniak3D Programming

Demoniak3D Basis - HyperGraphs     Basic notions for programming 3D scenes with Demoniak3D. HyperGraphs.

Demoniak3D in a nutshell     Global overview of Demoniak3D.

Demoniak3D LUA Host-API     Initiation to Demoniak3D LUA host-api. Example of dynamic real time 3D scenes.

Structure of Scene 3D Objects     Anatomy and common features of Demoniak3D scene 3D objects.

Shadow Volumes     All about stencil shadow volumes and their use in Demoniak3D.

CD or DVD box Creation     This tutorial shows how to create a DVD box for your illustrations.

Introduction to NovodeX Physics Engine     Basis of NovodeX physics engine. Shows how to use it in a simple Demoniak3D scene.

6 - Demoscene

Introduction to demoscene     Introduction to demoscene and demomakers's world. FR - UK

Suffocate 01     A demoscene-like product coded with Demoniak3D. FR - UK