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− | * [[Polycount|Main Page]] > [[Category:Primer]] > [[Category:Rendering]]
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− | = Category: Rendering =
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− | This page is to help game artists understand how a game engine renders their artwork.
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− | == Game Rendering Terms ==
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− | It helps to understand the terms a graphics programmer uses, so you can talk the talk.
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− | * Draw call
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− | * Texture fetch
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− | * Fill rate
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− | * Transform cost
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− | * Frame rate
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− | * Frame buffer
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− | * VRAM, video memory
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− | * vertex shader
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− | * pixel shader
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− | == Game Rendering Primers ==
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− | These articles help artists understand how game engines work, so they can learn how to build art that performs better.
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− | * [http://www.ericchadwick.com/examples/provost/byf1.html Beautiful, Yet Friendly Part 1: Stop Hitting the Bottleneck] - by [http://ca.linkedin.com/in/gprovost Guillaume Provost]
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− | * [http://www.ericchadwick.com/examples/provost/byf2.html Beautiful, Yet Friendly Part 2: Maximizing Efficiency] - by [http://ca.linkedin.com/in/gprovost Guillaume Provost]
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− | * [http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,9722,00.asp ExtremeTech 3D Pipeline Tutorial] - by [http://www.extremetech.com/author_bio/0,1728,a%253D234,00.asp Dave Salvator]
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− | * [[Polycount|Main Page]] > [[Category:Primer]] > [[Category:Rendering]]
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Topics explaining how game engines render an artist's artwork.