Ben Cloward
Shader creation and other game dev tips and tricks in Unity and Unreal. My opinions are my own and do not represent the positions of my employer.
Ben Cloward has been a game dev for over 20 years and has been creating shaders since 2003. He was a co-creator of ShaderFX, a plugin (originally for 3ds Max) that allows artists to create real-time shaders using a node-based interface. ShaderFX is now built in to Max and Maya as the main way that real-time shaders are created. Ben was the original author of the Uber shader used in Maya's viewport. In 2007, Ben joined Bioware in Austin, Texas as a Cg Supervisor focused on graphics, performance, and shaders - on titles such as Star Wars The Old Republic, and Anthem. Ben now works for Unity on the Shader Graph team. Ben has given numerous talks at industry events such as Siggraph, and GDC. He loves to share what he has learned.
Ben Cloward
I'm taking a break from making videos for the next two weeks so I can spend time with my family for Christmas. Thank you so much for all of the support and for enjoying my videos. I love hearing about all the successes you're having with learning shaders, and the new opportunities that brings. If you have a minute, feel free to share what you've learned or how the channel has helped - in the comments. Wishing you a Merry Christmas and happy new year!
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I don't have a new tutorial video this week, but I do have the recording of the presentation I gave at GDC!
2 years ago | [YT] | 23
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I'm at GDC this week so I'm not able to post a new video for tomorrow, but hopefully I'll come back with a bunch of new ideas! If you're at GDC too, come by the Unity booth tomorrow at noon. I'll be giving a presentation about Shader Graph!
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Ben Cloward
My city had a major ice storm this week and it broke large branches off of just about every tree. I spent the time that I would normally use to make a video going around with a chainsaw crew to help cut up branches and haul them to the curb. So no new video this week. Here's what the debris pile looks like in front of my house.
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Ben Cloward
I'm taking a break from making videos for the next few weeks so I can spend time with my family for Christmas. Thank you so much for all of the support and for enjoying my videos. I love hearing about all the successes you're having with learning shaders, and the new opportunities that brings. If you have a minute, feel free to share what you've learned or how the channel has helped - in the comments. Wishing you a Merry Christmas and happy new year!
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Ben Cloward
Hello everyone! I've been sick this week, so I don't have a new video for tomorrow, but I did create this poll so you can vote on what you'd like to see next. The winning option will be the video that I create for December 8th. Thanks for all your support and encouragement!
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I took a look at the tutorial video I was going to post this week and found some errors. I decided that this one isn't quite ready, so I'm going to re-record it and post it next week instead. Thanks for your patience! Hopefully I'll be able to deliver something that's higher quality as a result.
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Ben Cloward
I'm on vacation this week so I won't be posting a new video tomorrow like I normally do. I hope everyone is enjoying their summer! Thank you for all of the support of my channel.
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My exciting news for today is that I've been invited to present a live #shader tutorial session at #Siggraph22 in August! It'll be called "Intro To Creating Real-time Shaders" and will be part of Siggraph Labs.
My less exciting news is that this week I spent the time I normally use to make a video tutorial creating content for Siggraph instead. So no new video this week. Stay tuned for next week!
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A lot of people have asked me how I learned to write shaders and what other resources are available for learning - so I put together this list of recommended books:
www.bencloward.com/resources_books.shtml
Do you have a favorite book for learning shaders that isn't on my list? Post it in the comments!
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