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What is HLSL?
HLSL (High-Level Shading Language) is a proprietary shading language developed by Microsoft for use with Direct3D. It's used to program the graphics processing unit (GPU) pipeline, enabling developers to control how graphics are rendered, including effects like lighting, shadows, and textures. It is commonly used in video games and other applications that require real-time 3D graphics.
What other technologies are related to HLSL?
HLSL Competitor Technologies
GLSL
GLSL is the shading language used by OpenGL. It competes with HLSL as an alternative shading language.
CG
Cg (C for Graphics) was a shading language developed by NVIDIA, which is similar to and a competitor to HLSL. It is now deprecated.
OpenGL
OpenGL is a graphics API that competes with DirectX. HLSL is primarily used with DirectX, while OpenGL uses GLSL.
Metal
Metal is Apple's graphics API, which competes with DirectX. It uses its own shading language, MSL, making it a competitor to HLSL.
MSL
MSL (Metal Shading Language) is the shading language used with Apple's Metal graphics API. It is a competitor to HLSL.
HLSL Complementary Technologies
Vulkan
Vulkan is a low-level graphics API that can be used with HLSL shaders through translation layers. It provides an alternative API for using HLSL shaders.
RenderDoc
RenderDoc is a graphics debugger that can be used to debug HLSL shaders and rendering pipelines.
DirectX
DirectX is a collection of APIs for handling tasks related to multimedia, especially game programming and video, on Microsoft platforms. HLSL is the shading language used with DirectX.
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Which job functions commonly mention HLSL?
Motion Designer
0.9% of all Motion Designer jobs mention HLSL
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Entertainment
0.7% of all Entertainment jobs mention HLSL
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Designer
313 Designer jobs mention HLSL
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Software Engineer
1213 Software Engineer jobs mention HLSL
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Engineer
1715 Engineer jobs mention HLSL
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