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Reading Math Papers
An overview of mathematics for programmers
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Modeling the World in 280 Characters
An exploration of the mindset, methods, and motivations behind crafting tiny, expressive shaders that combine code, art, and constraint
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Functions: Tanh
An introduction to the hyperbolic tangent function and how to use it
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Mini: Design Choices
The guidelines I use to visually improve my shader art
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Common Shader Mistakes
Avoiding the most common problems in graphics programming
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Guest: Radiance Cascades
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Signed Distance Fields
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Functions: Tanh
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Guest: Radiance Cascades 2
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Intermediate

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Turbulence
Approximating fluid dynamics and flames efficiently with shaders
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Gamma
How computers handle lighting
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Anti-Aliasing
How to filter your shaders
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Blur Philosophy
How to write a better blur shader
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Reading Math Papers
An overview of mathematics for programmers
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Voxels 2
Creating editable voxel maps with 2D textures
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Guest: Radiance Cascades 2
Part Two: Optimizations & Code Deep Dive
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Voxels
How voxel raytracing works
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Combining Shaders
How and when to combine shaders into a single shader pass.
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Xor
5
Turbulence
Approximating fluid dynamics and flames efficiently with shaders
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Xor
3
Signed Distance Fields
How SDFs work in shaders and how to write your own
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Xor
Gamma
How computers handle lighting
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Xor
Anti-Aliasing
How to filter your shaders
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Xor
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