This week’s recommended resources goes out to programmers and game developers: ShaderX7 – Advanced Rendering Techniques.  Written by Rockstar’s own Lead Graphics Programmer Wolfgang Engel, it’s the latest in a series of books dedicated to giving you every little tip and trick of graphics shader programming.

Welcome to ShaderX7:Advanced Rendering Techniques, the latest volume in the cuttingedge, indispensable series for game and graphics programmers.This all-new volume is packed with a collection of insightful techniques, innovative solutions to common problems, and practical tools and tricks that provide you with a complete shader programming toolbox. Every article was developed from the research and experiences of industry pros and edited by shader experts, resulting in unbiased coverage of all hardware and developer tools. ShaderX7 provides coverage of the vertex and pixel shader methods used in high-end graphics and game development.These state-of-the-art, ready-to-use solutions will help you meet your daily programming challenges and bring your graphics to a new level of realism.This collection offers time-saving solutions to help you become more efficient and productive, and is a must-have reference for all shader programmers.

This book and many others is available in the VizWorld Store.