Graphics Programming Resources

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A hand-picked list of graphics programming resources maintained by graphics programming virtual meetup attendees.

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Contents

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• Beginner friendly
• Meta-links
• Overview
  • Books
  • Courses
• Advice
• Math
  • Tutorials
  • Books
  • Homogeneous Coordinate
  • Rotation
  • Quaternions
  • Linear Algebra / Matrices
  • Barycentric Coordinates
  • Geometric Algebra
  • Curves and Surfaces
  • Implementing Math Library
  • Circular/Spherical harmonics
  • Geometry
• Ray Tracing
  • Intro to Ray Tracing
  • Ray Tracing Books
  • Ray Tracing Courses
  • Algorithms
  • BVH
  • Sampling & Variance Reduction
  • Intersection
  • Denoising
  • GPU Ray Tracing
• Rasterization
  • Graphics Pipeline
  • Shading Techniques
  • Culling
  • Depth Buffer
  • Software Rasterization
• Graphics Effects
  • Normal Mapping
  • Hash Functions
  • Dithering
  • Shadow
  • Ambient Occlusion
  • Reflection
  • Transparency
  • Ray Marching and SDF
  • Line, Edge, and Outline Drawing
  • Text Rendering
  • Tessellation
  • Voxel Rendering
  • Volume Rendering
  • Dithering
  • Sprite Rendering
  • Atmosphere Scattering
  • Grass Rendering
• PBR
• Textures
  • Mipmapping
  • Texture Compression
  • Texture Bombing
• Shader Programming
• Compute
  • Introduction to compute shader
  • GPU Architecture
  • Parallel Algorithms
  • Atomics
• Color, HDR, and Tone Mapping
• Sampling and anti-aliasing
• Animation
• Geometry
  • Geometry representations
  • Iso-surface methods
  • Libraries
• Physics and Simulation
  • Physics-Based Animation
  • Attractors
  • Optics
• APIs
  • Ray Tracing API
  • OpenGL
  • Vulkan
  • DirectX 12
  • WebGL
  • WebGPU
• System Design
  • Renderer Architecture
  • GPU-driven rendering
• Scene Description
• General Programming
  • Meta-links
  • Engine Development
  • Performance Optimization
  • High-level Programming
  • Game loop
  • Floating-point numbers
  • Memory Allocation & Management
• Tools/libraries
  • Debuggers
  • Profilers
  • Denoiser
• Assets
  • Polygonal Model & Scene
  • Materials
  • Voxel Data

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Beginner friendly

Here is a list of resources suitable for beginners, though intermediate or advanced folks can also benefit from them.

• Learn OpenGL - Learn OpenGL is the definitive resource for learning real-time renderer techniques as beginners. Even though it is an OpenGL tutorial, it also teaches rendering techniques at the same time.
• Ray Tracing in One Weekend series - Those three short books explain basic concepts of path tracing and implement a software renderer from scratch.
• 🎥 CMU's introductory to Computer Graphics course - A comprehensive introduction to various topics in computer graphics.
• Catlike Coding - Focuses on C# and shaders in Unity.
• Book Of Shaders - The author introduces shaders from an artistic perspective, and the book covers many topics that more engineering-focused resources such as "Learn OpenGL" won't cover.
• ShaderToy - Huge collection of open source techniques to refer to, ranging from very basic to more advanced topics.

Meta-links

Resources that curate other resources. Some meta links are omitted here if they are mentioned in other categories.

• GPU Optimization for GameDev
• Volumetric Clouds Resources List
• graphics resources
• Awesome Computer Graphics (luisnts)
• Awesome Computer Graphics (waitin2010)
• Fun with Computer Graphics
• Awesome Graphics Libraries - engines & frameworks
• Awesome Computer Vision
• Awesome Gamedev - Lots of graphics-related stuff.
• Physics-Based Animation - Contains learning resources and papers.
• Digital Morphogenesis Resources - Info About Some Different Simulation Techniques
• Graphics Programming Weekly - Article Database
• Graphics Studies Compilation - Adrian Courrèges - Handy compilation of frame breakdown articles
• Readings on Physically Based Rendering - A collection of resources related to PBR rendering
• Computer Graphics Resources Materials for Self Study
• Resources for Beginning Graphics Programming

Overview

Books

• Graphics Codex - Free book that contains chapters on physically-based shading and rendering, coding projects, and reference pages.
• Real-Time Rendering, Fourth Edition
• Fundamentals of Computer Graphics 5th Edition

Courses

• CMU's introductory to Computer Graphics course
• 6.837: Introduction to Computer Graphics (fall 2020)
• Introduction to Computer Graphics - Cem Yuksel

Advice

• Finding Your Home in Game Graphics Programming - Presents a high-level overview of the rendering world and resources for getting started in the different specializations
• Insider guide to tech interviews - An in-depth analysis of the interview process for experienced developers
• Graphics Programming – Where To Start? - Advices and resource recommendation for beginning learner

Math

Tutorials

• 🎥 Math For Game Devs - Video Series from Freya Holmér

Books

• immersive linear algebra - Free online book with interactive figures.
• Mathematics for Computer Graphics
• Mathematics for 3D Game Programming and Computer Graphics, 3rd Edition
• [Foundations of Game Engine Development, Volume 1: Mathematics