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Efficient Chaos
Techniques I use for fast pseudo-randomness in pixel shaders
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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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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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Combining Shaders
How and when to combine shaders into a single shader pass.
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Reading Math Papers
An overview of mathematics for programmers
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Gamma
How computers handle lighting
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Anti-Aliasing
How to filter your shaders
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Vis Dev
Doctoring programmer art up with visual design techniques
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Vertex Shaders
An introduction to vertex shaders: when and how to use them
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Blur Philosophy 2
Further improving blur shaders with interpolation, downscaling and more
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Blur Philosophy
How to write a better blur shader
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