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Pixel shader demo using Flash 10, Pixel Bender and Minko

I'm really excited to announce Minko (which is, by the way, the final name for my 3D library) has reached a new level: pixel shader integration! Pixel shaders are little programs that run on each pixel and can modify their final color. They are often written in C-like languages and in this precise case we use Pixel Bender, the shader language introduced with Flash 10.

In this post I will:

• Explain how any 3D scene is built when using Minko
• Explain how pixel shaders are integrated in the 3D scene
• Explain how pixel shaders are built using Pixel Bender
• Show you a very simple demo of the kind of effects pixel shaders will provide
• Explain how the demo was built

Here are a two screenshots to show the results:

Phong shading + spheric environment mapping on a 2700+ polygons Lamborghini

Phong shading + spheric environment mapping demo

Technical details and a live demo right after the jump!