Chapter 8. Using Shaders

Shader is a small program that allows you to unleash the computation power of GPUs. This power exceeds the computation capabilities of the most powerful CPUs. So using shaders is crucial for creating competitive and astonishing projects. This chapter will cover the basics on using shaders in openFrameworks for creating 2D video effects and 3D object deformations. We will cover the following topics:

• Structure of a shader's code

• An example of a simple fragment shader

• Creating video effects with fragment shaders

• Deforming objects with a vertex shader

• Using a geometry shader