Build your own low-level game engine in Metal!This book introduces you to graphics programming in Metal - Apple's framework for programming on the GPU. You'll build your own game engine in Metal where you can create 3D scenes and build your own 3D games.Who This Book Is ForThis book is for intermediate Swift developers interested in learning 3D graphics or gaining a deeper understanding of how game engines work.Topics Covered in Metal by TutorialsThe Rendering Pipeline: Take a deep dive through the graphics pipeline.3D Models: Import 3D models with Model I/O and discover what makes up a 3D model.Coordinate Spaces: Learn the math behind 3D rendering.Lighting: Make your models look more realistic with simple lighting techniques.Shading: Understand how vertex and fragment shaders work.Textures & Materials: Design textures and surfaces for micro detail.Multipass Rendering: Add shadows with advanced lighting effects.Tile-based Deferred Rendering: Take full advantage of your Apple GPU with this rendering technique.GPU-Driven Rendering: Move the rendering setup to the GPU.Tessellation: Discover how to use tessellation to add a higher level of detail using fewer resources.Environment: Add realistic skies and water to your scenes.Particle Systems: Learn how to make stunning visual effects using GPU compute shaders.Character Animation: Bring your 3D models to life with joints and animation.Raytracing: Learn how to perform raytracing on the GPU.Advanced Lighting & Shadows: Discover signed distance fields and render beautiful shadows.Performance Optimization: Tune up your game with Xcode's new tools.After reading this book, you'll be prepared to take full advantage of graphics rendering with the Metal framework.

Three rockstar romances with heroes to adore and heroines to admire. A heavy metal fansite owner gets the chance to become a roadie for her favorite band. She's determined to be one of the guys and fight her attraction to the sexy lead singer. A bass player auditions a beautiful, damaged woman to replace his band's deceased guitarist. He claims he's doing it to repay a favor, but he has other, secret motives. One of the most worshipped singers in the metal world rescues a woman from attackers. When she faints in his arms, he decides to bring her home. Books included are Kissing Vicious, With Vengeance, and Rock God. Also includes a teaser for the heavy metal Christmas novella, Metal and Mistletoe! Subgenres: rockstar romance, workplace romance, contemporary romance, new adult romance “Hearts of Metal is a rock series that is not to be missed.”—Kara’s Books "Whether you're a romance novel fan looking for a different genre to explore, or a romance virgin who loves loud and heavy rock music and is interested in novels set inside that world (as someone who worked for years on a heavy metal magazine, I can vouch for the accuracy of her research), I couldn't recommend this series more highly." --JJ Adams: Hot Metal Magazine

Master Metal: The Next-Generation Graphics and GPU Programming Platform for Apple Developers Metal enables Apple developers to maximize performance in demanding tasks like 3D graphics, games, scientific programming, visualization, and GPU-accelerated machine learning. Metal® Programming Guide is the authoritative, practical guide to Metal for all iOS programmers who are interested in graphics programming but don’t know where to start. Pioneering Apple developer Janie Clayton covers everything from basic draw calls to advanced parallel computing, combining easy-to-understand conceptual explanations with well-tested Swift 4/Xcode 9 sample code (available for download at GitHub). Clayton introduces the essential Metal, graphics, and math concepts every graphics programmer needs to know. She also discusses key graphics-specific libraries, concepts, and Metal Classes, presenting techniques and examples you’ll find valuable for both graphics and data processing. Clayton also provides coverage of the Metal Compute Pipeline, demonstrating practical GPU programming applications ranging from image processing to neural networking. Quickly get a basic Metal project running Work with Metal resources and memory management Learn how shaders are compiled and accessed by the CPU Program both 2D and 3D graphics with Metal Import 3D models and assets from Blender, Maya, and other programs Apply imported textures to model objects Use multipass rendering to efficiently implement computationally expensive techniques Leverage tessellation to reduce mesh detail Use the GPU for a wide spectrum of general-purpose computing applications Get started with the Metal Performance Shaders Framework

The Book of R is a comprehensive, beginner-friendly guide to R, the world’s most popular programming language for statistical analysis. Even if you have no programming experience and little more than a grounding in the basics of mathematics, you’ll find everything you need to begin using R effectively for statistical analysis. You’ll start with the basics, like how to handle data and write simple programs, before moving on to more advanced topics, like producing statistical summaries of your data and performing statistical tests and modeling. You’ll even learn how to create impressive data visualizations with R’s basic graphics tools and contributed packages, like ggplot2 and ggvis, as well as interactive 3D visualizations using the rgl package. Dozens of hands-on exercises (with downloadable solutions) take you from theory to practice, as you learn: –The fundamentals of programming in R, including how to write data frames, create functions, and use variables, statements, and loops –Statistical concepts like exploratory data analysis, probabilities, hypothesis tests, and regression modeling, and how to execute them in R –How to access R’s thousands of functions, libraries, and data sets –How to draw valid and useful conclusions from your data –How to create publication-quality graphics of your results Combining detailed explanations with real-world examples and exercises, this book will provide you with a solid understanding of both statistics and the depth of R’s functionality. Make The Book of R your doorway into the growing world of data analysis.

There has never been available a compilation of information on steel estimating such as this one in the entire history of steel fabrication. Designed to provide enough information to train someone new in all the aspects of becoming a steel estimator, this manual is ideal for anyone who wants to learn how to become a steel estimator, as well as anyone who wants to learn the entire process including many trade secrets. It is a must have for architects, engineers, general contractors, owners and developers that need to know about steel.

Passion for Polymer is the new print and digital book/magazine for the art and craft of polymer clay. Learn new ways to use your clay, see inspiration from some of the top artists in the craft, view galleries from our art challenge (and get involved yourself!) This issue features 11 project tutorials, several articles about running a small business, features about accomplished artists using polymer clay and mixed media, and inspirational photo galleries. Take a look at our Table of Contents in the "look inside" feature to see the topics for this volume. We've got several beautiful Steampunk themed projects, as well as art jewelry, decor, and more. Here's a flip through of our physical copy of the book-a-zine! https://vimeo.com/303900585

This is a special edition color interior version of Metal by Tutorials. It is split into two volumes because Metal by Tutorials is a pretty big book, and there are limitations on the page count of color books with our publisher. This is only Volume 1. It is recommended that you purchase the single-volume black-and-white-interior version of Metal by Tutorials, by searching Amazon for that or clicking our raywenderlich Team author link.