Robotics C++ Physics II AP Physics B Electronics Java Astronomy Other Courses Summer Session  

Tutorials

OpenGL Videos

OpenGL Text

MilkShape

DirectX

 

OpenGL Videos

 

Ø Animations and the MD2 format (can save MilkShape to this format for use in OpenGL): http://www.videotutorialsrock.com/opengl_tutorial/animation/text.php

Ø All Topics: http://www.videotutorialsrock.com/ (good content - provides examples and code can be downloaded. Latter parts use classes and Visual C++)

 

OpenGL Text

 

Ø OpenGL Light Bible: http://www.falloutsoftware.com/tutorials/gl/gl8.htm

Ø Lighting: http://www.sjbaker.org/steve/omniv/opengl_lighting.html  Gives good recommended settings for the light sources (starting point)

Ø Red Book: http://fly.cc.fer.hr/~unreal/theredbook/

Ø OpenGL Functions with Descriptions: http://pyopengl.sourceforge.net/documentation/manual/reference-GL.html

Ø Lights amd Materials: http://jerome.jouvie.free.fr/OpenGl/Tutorials/Tutorial14.php (good content, code can be downloaded, weak English)

Ø Nate Robbins Tutorials: http://fly.cc.fer.hr/~unreal/theredbook/  Referenced by many OpenGL texts and on line commentaries

 

Milkshape

 

Ø Downloads: http://chumbalum.swissquake.ch/ms3d/download.html

 

DirectX

 

Ø General Information from Microsoft: http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/bea34e35-f841-478f-8a73-d2f461480ad91033.mspx

Ø Game Programming Tutorial using DirectX and C++: http://www3.telus.net/alexander_russell/course_dx/introduction_dx.htm

Ø Direct3D Versus OpenGL: A Comparison: http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/d3d-vs-opengl.html