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Chapter 2. Creating Custom Shaders

Opening the project

Creating better transparency for the astronaut s helmet

Improving the planet s atmosphere

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Chapter 3. Working with Lighting and Light-Emitting Surfaces

Looking at the scene light setup

Creating a wireframe emissive material for the planet-surface scanner

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Chapter 4. Animating Surfaces with Code and Shaders

Starting the scene

Creating a dynamic warning light effect

Animating the control panel illumination

Animating the planet projection display

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Chapter 5. Exploring Transparent Surfaces and Effects

Starting the scene

Creating a better transparent glass material

Setting up the whirlwind effect

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Chapter 6. Working with Specular and Metallic Surfaces

Starting the scene

Locating and modifying shader light models

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Chapter 7. Shaders for Organic Surfaces

Start the scene

Understanding the complexities of human skin

Creating the skin shader

Creating the eye material

Creating the hair material

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Chapter 8. Custom Particle Shaders – Smoke, Steam, and Fluids

Starting the scene

Adding a particle system

Creating the particle shader

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Chapter 9. Optimizing Shaders for Mobile

Starting the scene

Writing a simple mobile shader

Writing an advanced mobile shader

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