This series of notes mainly covers several common graphics APIs. It will also include some review of graphics knowledge.

Apple Metal

OpenGL

Vulkan

For graphics-related notes, please refer to MY WORKS > C.S. > Computer Graphics Notes or Physically-based Rendering Notes. This series will not include derivations for graphics content, only conclusions.

Below is the note content:

Metal

OpenGL#1Grammar

OpenGL#2Features

Vulkan#1Grammar

Vulkan#2Features

1. Swift Review
2. Initialization
3. Rendering Pipeline
4. Vertex Function
5. Fragment Function
6. Texture
7. Navigation
8. Lighting
9. Materials
10. Render Passes
11. Shadow
12. Deferrred Rendering
13. Particle System
14. Tessellation
15. Post-processing
16. Reflection & Refraction
17. Animation
18. Ray Tracing (I) - Rendering Algorithm
19. Ray Tracing (II) - Shadows & Lighting
20. Ray Tracing (III) - Performance Optimization
21. [Appendix] Compute Shaders
22. [Appendix] SwiftUI Shader