Tinyrenderer Alternatives

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• We improved our app that lets you search Stack Overflow and documentation and now we are doubling down on Python support
  reddit.com/r/Python | 2021-03-25

  Thanks! I forgot about Pillow. I have used it when I was learning 3D graphics by making a renderer following this tutorial - https://github.com/ssloy/tinyrenderer/wiki. I really recommend it.

• Multithreading for Game Engines
  news.ycombinator.com | 2021-03-22
• Books on learning Graphics from scratch
  reddit.com/r/GraphicsProgramming | 2021-03-18

  there is tinyrenderer https://github.com/ssloy/tinyrenderer not simulations but a renderer from scratch

• 3d wire frame renderer
  reddit.com/r/GraphicsProgramming | 2021-02-27

  no. but here's how wireframe rendering can be done from scratch: https://github.com/ssloy/tinyrenderer

• In-depth software programming
  dev.to | 2021-02-27

  C++: How OpenGL works: software rendering in 500 lines of code

• What’s everyone working on this week (8/2021)?
  reddit.com/r/rust | 2021-02-21

  Working on a clone of https://github.com/ssloy/tinyrenderer/wiki in rust. I sorta got a templated linear algebra library working (in house, not imported) but it did not play nice with triangle filling so I'm scrapping it to take a different approach.

• Ask HN: How to self-learn graphics programming?
  news.ycombinator.com | 2021-02-16

  Linear algebra is really important for graphics programming, but there's really only a handful of concepts you need to get started (vectors, matrix operations (rotation, translation, scale)). This course is relatively short and should give you a good background on these topics: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZHQObOWTQDPD3MizzM2x... . For me, I learned more from the course than my college level linear algebra class.

  Other important things to learn are what Vector and Fragment shaders are. I think this course is a good intro for it: https://github.com/ssloy/tinyrenderer

  Lastly, when you are ready to start writing real graphics code, you might want to consider using something like Metal if you are on macOS. I have found it to have a much better API than OpenGL. Here's a good book on the topic: https://gumroad.com/l/metalbyexample . I haven't used DirectX, but I imagine its probably much better than OpenGL too.

  If you do want to use OpenGL, I found these to be good resources: https://open.gl and http://learnopengl.com/

• C++ Project Ideas
  reddit.com/r/cpp_questions | 2021-01-28

  This project https://github.com/ssloy/tinyrenderer

• Is opengl good for writing game engines or is the smth better? C++
  reddit.com/r/cpp | 2021-01-22

  You may want to consider starting here to pick up the basics: https://github.com/ssloy/tinyrenderer

• Learn 3D Computer Graphics Programming from Scratch
  news.ycombinator.com | 2020-12-29

  To be fair, Handmade Hero is for a complete game with sound, effects, input, etc. This course looks to be focused on a realtime software renderer with the ability to read/write geometry and textures. HH is also a bit overwhelming.

  I think what specific tutorial might go for depends on that individual's background and goals. I know a bunch of people who work in games/vfx who use tools like Maya/Houdini every day. They don't need a lot of help learning 3d concepts, but are interested to see the pros/cons of different implementations. They aren't always interested in realtime or optimizations. Here are the free resources that normally come up:

  https://www.scratchapixel.com/ -- Learn Computer Graphics From Scratch!

  https://raytracing.github.io/ -- Ray Tracing in One Weekend book series

  https://github.com/ssloy/tinyrenderer/wiki -- tinyrenderer, tinyraycaster, tinyraytracer

  http://www.pbr-book.org/ -- Physically Based Rendering 3rd edition full text. It looks like a 4th edition will be published in a few months.

  https://learnopengl.com/ -- For learning modern OpenGL