http://blogs.msdn.com/rickhos/archive/2008/08/19/shader-series-which-direction.aspxI’ve started work again on the Shader Series of XNA Creators Club samples. I left off with Shader Series 4: Materials and Lights. I’m working on the documentation for my next sample now, in which I show multiple pass (additive) opaque lighting. It’s anotheren-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/rickhos/archive/2008/08/19/shader-series-which-direction.aspx#8881473Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:53:24 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8881473Darks1de<p>Sounds great, anything that will help us pleebs, understand the shaderx and GPU gems articles would be great.</p> <p>I find I always get lost between the description of the articles when it delves into registers and some deep hlsl syntax.</p> <p>The Shader Series has been great so far!</p> http://blogs.msdn.com/rickhos/archive/2008/08/19/shader-series-which-direction.aspx#8882323Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:55:27 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8882323RickHos<p>Thanks! &nbsp;</p> <p>Shader Series 5 looks like it'll focus on blend states mostly. &nbsp;I thought of another idea to do before BRDFs -- how about Artifact Shaders? &nbsp;I could show some interesting common shaders like water caustics, raindrops, mud/dirt, and other &quot;small dose&quot; shaders to show off some common HLSL patterns that the pro articles seem to take for granted.</p>