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	=== Advanced Tutorials ===		=== Advanced Tutorials ===
		+	*[[File:Boston Game Dev Group 2020 Shaders.pdf\|Boston Game Dev Group 2020 Shaders]] (7mb PDF) by Jason Booth, presented at Boston Post Mortem on January 14, 2020.

	== Tools ==		== Tools ==

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 * [https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL78XDi0TS4lE772rZflLkFe-WdhYEV4WE HLSL Shader Creation 2 - Light and Shading Models (15 videos)] by [http://www.bencloward.com/ Ben Cloward] is part 2 of an excellent series on making HLSL shaders for 3ds Max (can easily be transferred to Maya too).
-* [https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL78XDi0TS4lE772rZflLkFe-WdhYEV4WE HLSL Shader Creation 3 - Surface Shading & Transmission (11 videos)] by [http://www.bencloward.com/ Ben Cloward] is part 3 of an excellent series on making HLSL shaders for 3ds Max (can easily be transferred to Maya too).
+* [https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL78XDi0TS4lE6UnUO9OTC5M1Wo3bJLDe9 HLSL Shader Creation 3 - Surface Shading & Transmission (11 videos)] by [http://www.bencloward.com/ Ben Cloward] is part 3 of an excellent series on making HLSL shaders for 3ds Max (can easily be transferred to Maya too).
 * [http://cgcookie.com/unity/series/introduction-to-surface-shader-scripting CGCookie - Introduction to surface shader scripting in Unity by Alex Telford] Step by step tutorial with basics of writing for Unity 3.x.

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 === Beginner Tutorials ===
-* [ HLSL Shader Creation 1 - HLSL Shader Fundamentals (14 videos)] by [http://www.bencloward.com/ Ben Cloward] is part 1 of an excellent series on making HLSL shaders for 3ds Max (can easily be transferred to Maya too).
+* [https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL78XDi0TS4lEDHfahG4ddRwZ3AUrOIYcq HLSL Shader Creation 1 - HLSL Shader Fundamentals (14 videos)] by [http://www.bencloward.com/ Ben Cloward] is part 1 of an excellent series on making HLSL shaders for 3ds Max (can easily be transferred to Maya too).
-* [ HLSL Shader Creation 2 - Light and Shading Models (15 videos)] by [http://www.bencloward.com/ Ben Cloward] is part 2 of an excellent series on making HLSL shaders for 3ds Max (can easily be transferred to Maya too).
+* [https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL78XDi0TS4lE772rZflLkFe-WdhYEV4WE HLSL Shader Creation 2 - Light and Shading Models (15 videos)] by [http://www.bencloward.com/ Ben Cloward] is part 2 of an excellent series on making HLSL shaders for 3ds Max (can easily be transferred to Maya too).
-* [ HLSL Shader Creation 3 - Surface Shading & Transmission (11 videos)] by [http://www.bencloward.com/ Ben Cloward] is part 3 of an excellent series on making HLSL shaders for 3ds Max (can easily be transferred to Maya too).
+* [https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL78XDi0TS4lE772rZflLkFe-WdhYEV4WE HLSL Shader Creation 3 - Surface Shading & Transmission (11 videos)] by [http://www.bencloward.com/ Ben Cloward] is part 3 of an excellent series on making HLSL shaders for 3ds Max (can easily be transferred to Maya too).
 * [http://cgcookie.com/unity/series/introduction-to-surface-shader-scripting CGCookie - Introduction to surface shader scripting in Unity by Alex Telford] Step by step tutorial with basics of writing for Unity 3.x.

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 === Beginner Tutorials ===
-* [https://www.cg-academy.net/es_catalog/product_info.php?products_id=64&osCsid=5jn41nk4i5uii38d3t0sg4tn53c430a3 CG Academy HLSL Shader Creation series] by [http://www.bencloward.com/ Ben Cloward] ($) is an excellent 3-part series on making HLSL shaders for 3ds Max (can easily be transferred to Maya too).
 * [http://cgcookie.com/unity/series/introduction-to-surface-shader-scripting CGCookie - Introduction to surface shader scripting in Unity by Alex Telford] Step by step tutorial with basics of writing for Unity 3.x.
 * [http://cgcookie.com/unity/cgc-series/noob-to-pro-shader-writing-for-unity-4-beginner/ CGCookie - Noob to pro shader writing for Unity for beginners by Alex Telford] Another tutorial by Alex Telford designed for Unity 4.

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 == Tech_Artists.Org Wiki ==
-For more info see [http://tech-artists.org/wiki/Portal:Shaders Portal:Shaders] on the Tech Artists Wiki.
+For more info see [https://web.archive.org/web/20161220010245/http://tech-artists.org/wiki/Portal:Shaders Portal:Shaders] on the Tech Artists Wiki.
 These pages need to be ported, see [[Technical_Art#Tech-Artists.Org_Wiki_Conversion|Technical Art:Tech-Artists.Org_Wiki_Conversion]].

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 === Shader Tools for Unity ===
 * [http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=123439 Shader Forge] ''"The goal with Shader Forge is to provide an intuitive and visual way of creating shaders in the Unity engine, just like the Material Editor in UDK."''
-* [http://www.shaderfusionblog.com/?cat=6 ShaderFusion] is a node-based shader editor for [http://unity3d.com/ Unity].
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131021112505/http://www.shaderfusionblog.com/?cat=6 ShaderFusion] is a node-based shader editor for [http://unity3d.com/ Unity].
 * [http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/56180-Strumpy-Shader-Editor-Now-Open-Source Strumpy Shader Editor] another node-based shader editor for [http://unity3d.com/ Unity].

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 * [http://www.mentalimages.com/products/mental-mill/standard-edition.html mental mill Standard Edition] ''"allows the user to write and edit shader code, and visually debug the shader by interactively inspecting variables while stepping through the code."'' The more limited [http://www.mentalimages.com/products/mental-mill/artist-edition.html Artist Edition] is free for personal use, and came bundled with 3ds Max 2010.
 * [http://www.imgtec.com/powervr/insider/sdkdownloads/ PowerVR SDK] lets you live-edit and gives you rough estimates on shader costs. Helps with optimising GL ES2.0 shaders. Works with regular GLSL, too.
-* [http://developer.amd.com/gpu/rendermonkey/ RenderMonkey] is AMD's shader authoring toolset.
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160322035140/http://developer.amd.com/tools-and-sdks/archive/legacy-cpu-gpu-tools/rendermonkey-toolsuite/ RenderMonkey] is AMD's shader authoring toolset.
 === Shader Tools for 3ds Max ===

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 * [http://cgcookie.com/unity/series/introduction-to-surface-shader-scripting CGCookie - Introduction to surface shader scripting in Unity by Alex Telford] Step by step tutorial with basics of writing for Unity 3.x.
 * [http://cgcookie.com/unity/cgc-series/noob-to-pro-shader-writing-for-unity-4-beginner/ CGCookie - Noob to pro shader writing for Unity for beginners by Alex Telford] Another tutorial by Alex Telford designed for Unity 4.
-* [http://eat3d.com/blog/eat-3d/new-dvd-release-shader-production-writing-custom-shaders-cgfx Eat3D's "Shader Production - Writing Custom Shaders with CGFX"] by [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/luiz-kruel/3/127/463 Luiz Kruel] ($) is anotehr excellent video tutorial that guides you through writing your own shaders, primarily with the CGFX shader language in Maya. DVD release was September 14, 2011.
+* [https://trinity3d.com/udk-shader-production.html Eat3D's "Shader Production - Writing Custom Shaders with CGFX"] by [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/luiz-kruel/3/127/463 Luiz Kruel] ($) is anotehr excellent video tutorial that guides you through writing your own shaders, primarily with the CGFX shader language in Maya. DVD release was September 14, 2011.
 * [http://bencloward.com/resources_shaders.shtml Shaders by Ben Cloward] These shaders are a bit outdated and there are more up-to-date shaders to learn from, but Ben's shaders are what got many artists started on the path and are still a solid learning resource.
 * [http://www.robg3d.com/?page_id=13 Shaders by Rob Galanakis (right side of page)] Some well-commented shaders that cover a variety of intermediate to advanced topics.

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 Half-Lambert diffuse term with controllable falloff, additive rimlighting, Phong specular, mask support (Dota2 style), all them fancy effects Valve uses!
 * '''[http://www.kostas.se/?p=142 KoddeShader]''' by [http://www.kostas.se Kostas "Kodde" Gialitakis]
-Has several features such as normal mapping, specular, gloss, reflections, ambient cube, parallax, etc. More info in the Polycount thread ''[http://boards.polycount.net/showthread.php?t=69161 "KoddeShader", a Maya CGFX shader]''. '''Update:''' [http://www.kostas.se/?p=17 Version 2.0 here] including updates such as blended normals for skin, cube map mip level parameters for blurring reflections and ambient light, 2-pass transparency support, etc.
+Has several features such as normal mapping, specular, gloss, reflections, ambient cube, parallax, etc. More info in the Polycount thread ''[https://polycount.com/discussion/69161/koddeshader-a-maya-cgfx-shader "KoddeShader", a Maya CGFX shader]''. '''Update:''' [http://www.kostas.se/?p=17 Version 2.0 here] including updates such as blended normals for skin, cube map mip level parameters for blurring reflections and ambient light, 2-pass transparency support, etc.
 * '''[http://www.kostas.se/?p=30 TGA Physically Based Lighting shader]''' by [http://www.kostas.se Kostas "Kodde" Gialitakis] and [http://www.defrostgames.com Niklas Hansson]. Is based around a Physically Based Lighting method of shading where you define materials with albedo, substance and roughness texture rather than diffuse, specular, gloss. Has other features such as cube map based reflections and ambient lighting, normal maps, ambient occlusion, substance based fresnel term which alters reflections and specular, blurred reflections, fully linear shading, energy conserving ambient/reflections, blended normals, etc.
 * '''[http://blog.leocov.com/p/downloads.html lcUberShader, lcSkinShader, lcHairShader, lcLitSphere, lcReproject]''' by [http://www.leocov.com/ Leonardo "chronic" Covarrubias]

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 * '''[http://www.mentalwarp.com/~brice/brdf.php BRDF shader for Maya]''' by [http://www.mentalwarp.com/~brice Brice Vandemoortele] and [http://www.kjapi.com/ Cedric Caillaud]
-More info in the Polycount thread ''[http://boards.polycount.net/showthread.php?t=49920 Free Maya/max cgfx/fx Shader]''. '''Update:''' [http://boards.polycount.net/showthread.php?p=821862#post821862 New version here] with many updates, including object-space normal maps, relief mapping, self-shadowing, etc.
+More info in the Polycount thread ''[https://polycount.com/discussion/49920/free-maya-max-cgfx-fx-shader Free Maya/max cgfx/fx Shader]''. '''Update:''' [http://boards.polycount.net/showthread.php?p=821862#post821862 New version here] with many updates, including object-space normal maps, relief mapping, self-shadowing, etc.
 * '''[http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=110022 DOTA2 Hero Shader - 3DS & Maya Shader Material]''' by [http://www.polycount.com/forum/member.php?u=43116 Luigi 'Ace-Angel' Kavijian] and [http://drewwatts.net/ Drew 'Drew++' Watts].
 Half-Lambert diffuse term with controllable falloff, additive rimlighting, Phong specular, mask support (Dota2 style), all them fancy effects Valve uses!