OpenGL, graphics programming, and rendering techniques

Learn modern OpenGL step by step.

Work through a long-form tutorial series, watch companion videos, and browse source code for every major milestone in the pipeline.

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Table Of Contents

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Tutorial 1:

Open a window

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Tutorial 2:

Hello dot!

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Tutorial 3:

First triangle

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Tutorial 4:

Shaders

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Tutorial 5:

Uniform variables

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Tutorial 6:

Translation transformation

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Tutorial 7:

Rotation transformation

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Tutorial 8:

Scaling transformation

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Tutorial 9:

Interpolation

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Tutorial 10:

Indexed draws

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Tutorial 11:

Concatenating transformations

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Tutorial 12:

Perspective Projection

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Tutorial 13:

Camera Space

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Tutorial 14:

Camera Control - Part 1

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Tutorial 15:

Camera Control - Part 2

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Tutorial 16:

Basic Texture Mapping

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Tutorial 17:

Ambient Lighting

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Tutorial 18:

Diffuse Lighting

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Specular Lighting

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Point Light

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Tutorial 21:

Spot Light

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Tutorial 22:

Loading models using the Open Asset Import Library

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Tutorial 23:

Shadow Mapping - Part 1

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Shadow Mapping - Part 2

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Tutorial 25:

Skybox

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Tutorial 26:

Normal Mapping

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Tutorial 27:

Billboarding and the Geometry Shader

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Tutorial 28:

Particle System Using Transform Feedback

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Tutorial 29:

3D Picking

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Basic Tessellation

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PN Triangles Tessellation

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Tutorial 32:

Vertex Array Objects

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Tutorial 33:

Instanced Rendering

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Tutorial 34:

GLFX - An OpenGL Effects Library

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Tutorial 35:

Deferred Shading - Part 1

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Deferred Shading - Part 2

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Deferred Shading - Part 3

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Tutorial 38:

Skeletal Animation With Assimp

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Silhouette Detection

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Tutorial 40:

Stencil Shadow Volume

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Tutorial 41:

Object Motion Blur

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Tutorial 42:

Percentage Closer Filtering

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Tutorial 43:

Multipass Shadow Mapping With Point Lights

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Tutorial 44:

GLFW

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Tutorial 45:

Screen Space Ambient Occlusion

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Tutorial 46:

SSAO With Depth Reconstruction

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Tutorial 47:

Shadow Mapping With Directional Lights

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Tutorial 48:

User Interface with Ant Tweak Bar

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Tutorial 49:

Cascaded Shadow Mapping

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Tutorial 50:

Introduction to Vulkan

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Tutorial 51:

Clear Window in Vulkan

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Tutorial 52:

Vulkan Triangle

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Tutorial 53:

Semaphores and other fixes

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