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= Category Shaders =
 
  
 
== What is a Shader? ==
 
A shader is a bit of computer code that is commonly used to describe how a surface will be rendered. It takes some inputs (textures, vertices, view angles, etc.), does some changes to them, then tells the game renderer to render them. For more info see [http://tech-artists.org/wiki/Portal:Shaders Portal:Shaders] on the Tech Artists Wiki.
 
 
== Popular 3ds Max Shaders ==
 
(in alphabetical order)
 
 
* '''[http://www.laurenscorijn.com/viewportshader 3ds Max viewport shader]''' by [http://www.laurenscorijn.com/ Laurens "Xoliul" Corijn].<<BR>>  More info in the Polycount thread ''[http://boards.polycount.net/showthread.php?t=62006 Xoliul's 3DS Max Viewport Shader]''.
 
* '''[http://www.3pointstudios.com/3pointshader_about.shtml 3Point Shader]''' by [http://www.3pointstudios.com 3 Point Studios]<<BR>> Shader with many options, including near-perfect results for 3ds Max generated normal maps. See the Polycount thread [http://boards.polycount.net/showthread.php?t=72861 3Point Shader Lite - Shader material editor and Quality Mode normalmaps for 3ds Max].
 
* '''[http://rtshaders.deviantart.com/art/Agusturinn-Shader-Demo-100883093 Agusturinn Shader Demo]''' by [http://rtshaders.deviantart.com Wang "RTshaders" Jing].<<BR>> Shader features: ''"One UV texture, Two point lights, Diffuse map(include alpha which control transparency), AO(ambient occlusion) map or Lightmap share the same channel, Normal map,Specular map,Specular level map,Gloss map,Emissive map, Two type of Cubemap---One is diffuse cubemap for generating IBL(image based lighting), the other is enviroment cubemap for reflection."''
 
* '''[http://www.bencloward.com/resources_shaders.shtml Ben Cloward Shaders]''' by [http://www.bencloward.com Ben Cloward].<<BR>> He has a bunch of HLSL shaders available for normal mapping, ambient occlusion, car paint, skin, etc.
 
* '''[http://www.luxinia.de/index.php/ArtTools/3dsmaxFX#genbrdf BRDF shader]''' (3ds Max version) ported by [http://crazybutcher.cottages.polycount.com/ Christoph "CrazyButcher" Kubisch]. <<BR>> Original [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.
 
* '''[http://www.greveson.co.uk/shaders/MoP_TextureBlender.fx MoP Texture Blender]''' by [http://www.greveson.co.uk Paul "MoP" Greveson]<<BR>> This shader uses blendmodulate for vertex blending with per-pixel detail. From the Polycount thread [http://boards.polycount.net/showthread.php?p=1024948#post1024948 The Snow and Ice of Uncharted2?].
 
* '''[http://rtshaders.deviantart.com/art/Paragalis-Shader-Demo-110994545 Paragalis Shader Demo]''' by [http://rtshaders.deviantart.com Wang "RTshaders" Jing].<<BR>> Shader features: ''"Post effect, 3dsmax2008/2009 viewport shadowmap, Subsurface scattering, Cubemap Image based lighting, Diffuse(alpha channel control opacity),Normal map,Ao map/Light map,Specular,Specular lever(mask),Gloss etc., Shadermodel 2.x compatible for AMD ATI card."''
 
* '''[http://www.jistyles.com/main.php?id=doc&page=hlsl SSS Skin Shader]''' by [http://www.jistyles.com/ J.I. Styles].<<BR>> ''"The aim of this shader is to emulate all the perceptual qualities of realistic skin like translucency (sss), fresnal specular, gloss, oiliness, etc - kludging what I can to produce fast yet realistic looking results."''
 
* '''[http://blog.maginot.eu/index.php?seite=people&people=till&page=mhn2048106717 TF2 Shader for 3ds Max]''' and '''[http://blog.maginot.eu/index.php?p=till.1__scriptnstuff_shader_toon Toon/Comic Shader for 3ds Max]''' by [http://www.till.maginot.eu/ Till "Rollin" Maginot].<<BR>> More info in the Polycount thread ''[http://boards.polycount.net/showthread.php?t=64453 TF2 and TOON realtime viewport shader (3ds max)]''.
 
 
== Popular Maya Shaders ==
 
(in alphabetical order)
 
 
* '''[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]<<BR>> 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.
 
* '''[http://www.kostas.se/shader/ KoddeShader]''' by [http://www.kostas.se Kostas "Kodde" Gialitakis]<<BR>> 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.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=77961 New version 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://blog.leocov.com/search/label/hlsl lcNextGenShader]''' by [http://www.leocov.com/ Leonardo "chronic" Covarrubias]<<BR>> Has many techniques and parameters, including normal mapping, specular, ambient env cube, SSS, etc.
 
 
== Creating Shaders ==
 
* [http://tech-artists.org/wiki/Portal:Shaders The Tech-Artists.Org Shaders Portal]<<BR>> A ton of great information about creating shaders.
 
* [http://www.moddb.com/games/unreal-tournament-3/tutorials/tf2-shading-in-ut3 TF2 Shading in UT3] by [http://polyphobia.de Steffen "Neox" "polyphobia" Unger]<<BR>> Shows how the Team Fortress 2 look can be emulated using a shader network in Unreal Engine 3.
 
* [http://www.lumonix.net/shaderfx.html Shader FX] by [http://www.lumonix.net Lumonix]<<BR>> This is a full-featured real-time shader editor for 3ds Max. It allows artists with no previous programming experience to build complex HLSL or CG FX shaders, using a graphical schematic interface to wire nodes together.
 
* [http://www.shaderfusionblog.com/?cat=6 ShaderFusion] by [http://www.keenleveldesign.com/ Kurt 'commander_keen' Loeffler]<<BR>> An excellent node-based shader editor for [http://unity3d.com/ Unity].
 
* [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]<<BR>> An excellent 3-part series on making HLSL shaders for 3ds Max (Can easily be transferred to Maya too).
 
* [http://eat3d.com/blog/eat-3d/new-dvd-release-shader-production-writing-custom-shaders-cgfx Eat3D's "Shader Production - Writing Custom Shaders with CGFX"] A video tutorial DVD with Luiz Kruel that guides you through writing your own shaders, primarily with the CGFX shader language in Maya. DVD release was September 14, 2011.
 
 
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