ISBN: 9789350238479    Publisher: Shroff Publishers Year of publishing: 2014     No of Pages: 220        Language: English

Pixel shaders are some of the more powerful graphic tools available for XAML programmers but shader development bears little resemblance to traditional .Net programming. With this hands-on book, you'll not only discover how to use existing shaders in your Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and Silverlight applications, you'll also learn how create your own effects with XAML and Microsofts HLSL shading language. In the process, you'll write, compile and test custom XAML shaders with the Shazzam Shader Editor, a free utility developed by author Walt Ritscher. The book includes XAML and C# sample code and Shazzam contains all of the sample shaders discussed. Learn how shaders help you extend the GPUs rendering capabilities. Explore prevailing shader types, such as color modification, blurring and spatial transformation. Get a quick tour of the shader features and use pre-built effects on image elements in your application. Examine the XAML Shader Effect class to understand how WPF and Silverlight use shaders. Learn about the shader-specific tools available in Visual Studio and Expression Blend. Get up to speed on HLSL basics and learn how to create a variety of graphics effects.
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Walt Ritscher enthusiasm for crafting software interfaces blossomed early. Just a few days after discovering how to make pixels move around the screen of a borrowed computer he was devouring books on the topic of computer graphics and UI design. Now he travels the world speaking at software conferences and teaching a diverse portfolio of programming topics for corporate clients. On the consulting side he continues to work with customers like Microsoft, HP, Intel and Intuit and enjoys being part of the Wintellect consultant group. Recently he has entered the video training market producing .Net titles for Lynda He writes for several publications including Code Magazine and TechTarget His current UI obsession revolves around the Windows 8 Metro, Silverlight, Surface and WPF APIs.
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