Rendering Pipeline, Shaders, and Effects

Abstract

In this chapter, you’ll learn some of the concepts related to the rendering pipeline, shaders, and effects. The rendering pipeline is responsible for rendering a 3D scene into a 2D image, which can then be drawn on the screen. You can use shaders to program some stages of the rendering pipeline, and use effects to describe a combination of shaders and configurations for the fixed stages of the rendering pipeline. This flexibility allows you to create custom visual effects, improving the visual aspect of the final image.