Modern OpenGL: Advanced Rendering and Effects

This training course explores the implementation of many different rendering techniques to achieve cutting-edge visuals in OpenGL applications. Techniques are explored in depth with many examples, analysis of shader code and implementation details.

Courses are offered by KDAB trainers with a deep knowledge of OpenGL as well as possessing excellent tutoring skills.

As for all our courses, there will be a mix of presentation and labs and class numbers are restricted to a maximum of 12 people to ensure personal attention.

Course contents

  • Normal mapping and parallax mapping
  • Environment mapping
  • Procedural texturing
  • High dynamic range (HDR) rendering
  • Physically based rendering (PBR)
  • Deferred rendering
  • Shadowing via shadow maps and shadow volumes
  • Screen-space ambient occlusion
  • Image-processing filters and effects: blur, noise
  • Anti-aliasing techniques
  • Dealing with transparency
  • Picking

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Course Information

This course is for:

Developers wanting to understand and incorporate realistic advanced visuals into their projects, for realism, visualization or artistic effect

Prerequisites:

Developers already working with OpenGL, comfortable with the basics of specifying geometry, writing basic shaders and working with image data

Duration:

3 Days

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Why learn advanced rendering?

Hundreds of papers, textbooks and examples of different rendering techniques exist. In this course we explore some of the most widely used and generally applicable, to give students the confidence to create their own versions and gain a deep understanding of GLSL.