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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 - C/C++ OpenGL 3D Engine

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

C/C++ OpenGL Projects

		Tuto 01
		3D window initialization. Gouraud triangle rendering.

		Tuto 02
		Mesh loadingmesh. Wireframe rendering.

		Tuto 03
		Lit mesh rendering. Lighting.

		Tuto 04
		Textured mesh rendering. Texturing

		Tuto 05
		Lit and textured mesh rendering.

		Tuto 07
		Blending and transparency.

		Tuto 08
		Multitexturing.

		Tuto 09
		Stencil buffer and viewport.

		Tuto 10
		Spherical environment mapping and stencil buffer.

		Tuto 11
		Vertical synchronization.

		Tuto 12
		Alpha test.

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

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

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

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

C/C++ OpenGL / GLUT Projects

		GLUT 01
		Shows how to do a fake reflexion using scaling.

		GLUT 02
		Shows how to do a fake reflexion using scaling. Shows how to code a simple ASC file loader.

		GLUT 03
		Shows a motion blur effect.

		GLUT 04
		Shows a terrain generator and how to use contextual menu.

		GLUT 05
		Shows 3D object morphing.