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Shading Language

A Shading Language is a specialized programming language used in the rendering pipeline to define the computation of pixel, vertex, or fragment properties, distinguished by its low-level control over graphics hardware for implementing illumination models, surface appearance, and visual effects.

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2017–2026

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Variants

Shader Language

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Publications

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William R. Mark, R. Steven Glanville, Kurt Akeley et al. · 2003 · 547 citations

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William R. Mark, R. Steven Glanville, Kurt Akeley et al. · ACM Transactions on Graphics · 2003 · 199 citations

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A language for shading and lighting calculations

Pat Hanrahan, Jim Lawson · 1990 · 178 citations

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A real-time procedural shading system for programmable graphics hardware

Kekoa Proudfoot, William R. Mark, Svetoslav Tzvetkov et al. · 2001 · 165 citations

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The OpenGL® Shading Language

John Kessenich, Dave Baldwin, Randi J. Rost · 2006 · 156 citations

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Authors

113

  1. YH
    Yong He

    Zhejiang University, China

    5 publications · 120 citations

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  2. MM
    Michael McCool

    University of Waterloo, Canada

    4 publications · 256 citations

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  3. KF
    Kayvon Fatahalian

    Stanford University, United States

    4 publications · 99 citations

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  4. WR
    William R. Mark

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    4 publications · 923 citations

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  5. PH
    Pat Hanrahan

    Stanford University, United States

    3 publications · 419 citations

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Institutions

39

  1. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    6 h-index

    9 publications

    591 citations

  2. Carnegie Mellon University

    Pittsburgh, United States

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    240 citations

  3. University of Waterloo

    Waterloo, Canada

    4 h-index

    14 publications

    1K citations

  4. Nvidia (United States)

    Santa Clara, United States

    3 h-index

    10 publications

    2.3K citations

  5. Microsoft Research (United Kingdom)

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    71 citations

  6. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    254 citations

  7. University of California, Santa Cruz

    Santa Cruz, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    64 citations

  8. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    31 citations

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Venues

  1. ACM Transactions on Graphics

    TOG · 9 publications · 531 citations

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  2. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications

    2 publications · 35 citations

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  3. ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics

    2 publications · 94 citations

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  4. Eurographics

    Repository · 2 publications · 40 citations

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  5. Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)

    Repository · 1 publications · 30 citations

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