Graphics Programming: Special Effects - Advanced Materials

Real-Time Simulation and Rendering of 3D Fluids

Keenan Crane (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Ignacio Llamas, Sarah Tariq (NVIDIA Corporation) GPU Gems 3

Real-Time Caustics by GPU

Masahiko Nitanda ShaderX4

True-to-Life Real-Time Animation of Shallow Water on Today�s GPUs

Yung-feng Chi ShaderX4

Advanced in Real-Time Skin Rendering (GDC2005 D3D Tutorial)

Natalya Tatarchuk (ATI Research) ATI Technology Papers & Presentations, GDC 2005.

Special Effects in Direct3D (GDC2005 D3D Tutorial)

Greg James (NVIDIA) PDF available, NVIDIA GDC Presentations

Effective Water Simulation from Physical Models

Mark Finch (Cyan Worlds) GPU Gems

Rendering Water Caustics

Juan Guardado (NVIDIA) and Daniel S�nchez-Crespo (Universitat Pompeu Fabra / Novarama Technology) GPU Gems

Skin in the "Dawn" Demo

Curtis Beeson and Kevin Bjorke (NVIDIA) GPU Gems

Real-Time Approximations to Subsurface Scattering

Simon Green (NVIDIA) GPU Gems

Ambient Occlusion

Matt Pharr and Simon Green (NVIDIA) GPU Gems

A Simulation of Thermal Imaging

O�dell Hicks ShaderX3

Real-Time Texture-Space Skin Rendering

David R. Gosselin, Pedro V. Sander, and Jason L. Mitchell ShaderX3

Hardware-Accelerated Charcoal Rendering

Markus Nuebel ShaderX3

Hair Rendering and Shading

Thorsten Scheuermann ShaderX3

Rendering Rainbows

Clint S. Brewer ShaderX3

Real-Time Skin Rendering on Graphics Hardware

Pedro V. Sander, David Gosselin, Jason L. Mitchell (ATI Research) ATI Technology Papers & Presentations (SIGGRAPH 2004).

Practical Real-Time Hair Rendering and Shading

Thorsten Scheuermann (ATI Research) ATI Technology Papers & Presentations (SIGGRAPH 2004).

Real Time Skin Rendering (GDC2004 D3D Tutorial)

David Gosselin (ATI Research) ATI Technology Papers & Presentations (GDC 2004).

Hair Rendering and Shading

Thorsten Scheuermann (ATI Research) ATI Technology Papers & Presentations (GDC 2004).

Phat Lewt: Drawing a Diamond

David Gosselin (ATI Research) ATI Technology Papers & Presentations (GDC 2004).

Cinematic Effects II: The Revenge

Kevin Bjorke (NVIDIA) PDF/Movie available, NVIDIA GDC Presentations

Next-Gen Special Effects Showcase: How to Render a Real Rainbow

Clint Brewer (NVIDIA) PDF/Movie available, NVIDIA GDC Presentations

Next-Gen Special Effects Showcase: BloodShader - Real-Time Adaptive Animation

Kevin Meyers (NVIDIA) PDF/Movie available, NVIDIA GDC Presentations

GPU Water Simulation with PS 3.0

Jeremy Zelsnack (NVIDIA) PDF/Movie available, NVIDIA GDC Presentations

Drops of Water - and Texture Sprites

Sylvain Lefebvre ShaderX2

Advanced Water Effects

Kurt Pelzer ShaderX2

Meshuggah's Effects explained

Carsten Wenzel ShaderX2

Layered Car Paint Shader

Chris Oat, Natalya Tatarchuk, John Isidoro ShaderX2

Hatching, Stroke Styles & Pointillism

Kevin Buchin and Maike Walther ShaderX2

Rendering Ocean Water

John Isidoro, Alex Vlachos, Chris Brennan ShaderX