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Hardware-Based Nonlinear Filtering and Segmentation

Whitepaper on using high-level shading languages to provide non-linear image filtering. Includes an abstract, diagrams and metacode. [PDF]

OpenGL Geometry Shader4 Extension

Specification for OpenGL's geometry shader APIs. Geometry shaders live in between vertex and fragment shaders in OpenGL's pipeline, and are used to introduce new primitives based on incoming vertices. Detailed documentation and pipeline diagram.

Shader Programming

Dr. Jian Huang's presentation on OpenGL shaders; includes history, overview, rendering examples, and comparisons of ARB vs Cg. [PDF]

Shader Theory

A tutorial on the basics of shading theory in 3D computer graphics.

Wikipedia: Shading Language

Provides an overview and history of various shading languages.

Computers

Shading Languages resources