Ati Interview with Maurice Ribble & Roger Descheneaux

Zardon · Feb 12, 2004, 07:57 PM

To tie in with the release of Catalyst 4.2 and our SMARTSHADER competition to win a top of the line 9800 XT we have an interview with the two talented guys behind the program Maurice Ribble & Roger Descheneaux.

The interview is very informative and well worth reading to get inside the minds of some of ATIs great talents generally behind the scenes. There are also some very helpful guidelines and examples in this interview for making your own shaders so make sure you check it out !

Driverheaven: Is there any effect that you would like to see attempted by end users that you havent had time to do?

Roger: We always talked about a Matrix-like effect, with the glowing green symbols scrolling down the screen. That was hard, though, and required some artistic ability. I can write code, but I'm pretty bad in the art department. :-)

It always seemed like you could add other things, like a logo or a clock to the screen by just texturing onto the final image. I don't think we provide the time of day. Maybe we should add that to the language. :-)

Maurice: The old-movie effect could be improved a lot, too, by making the image look dirty and texturing bits of imperfection onto the image. The Matrix has lots of different ASCII effects and some of them would be extremely difficult, and probably not look very good without an artist to tweak each frame like they do in the movie. That said even if it usually doesn't look very good it would still be cool to see someone try. I'm sure there are people out there in the field of image processing that could come up with lots more cool ideas.

Read the FULL interview over here

rwolf · Feb 13, 2004, 10:32 AM

Couple of smart guys. Glad to see them get some recognition for a great idea.

toddsmack2k · Feb 13, 2004, 10:34 AM

A very interesting interview. Thank you Roger and Maurice for doing all this and Terry!

Feb 12, 2004, 07:57 PM	#1
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 177	Ati Interview with Maurice Ribble & Roger Descheneaux To tie in with the release of Catalyst 4.2 and our SMARTSHADER competition to win a top of the line 9800 XT we have an interview with the two talented guys behind the program Maurice Ribble & Roger Descheneaux. The interview is very informative and well worth reading to get inside the minds of some of ATIs great talents generally behind the scenes. There are also some very helpful guidelines and examples in this interview for making your own shaders so make sure you check it out ! Driverheaven: Is there any effect that you would like to see attempted by end users that you havent had time to do? Roger: We always talked about a Matrix-like effect, with the glowing green symbols scrolling down the screen. That was hard, though, and required some artistic ability. I can write code, but I'm pretty bad in the art department. :-) It always seemed like you could add other things, like a logo or a clock to the screen by just texturing onto the final image. I don't think we provide the time of day. Maybe we should add that to the language. :-) Maurice: The old-movie effect could be improved a lot, too, by making the image look dirty and texturing bits of imperfection onto the image. The Matrix has lots of different ASCII effects and some of them would be extremely difficult, and probably not look very good without an artist to tweak each frame like they do in the movie. That said even if it usually doesn't look very good it would still be cool to see someone try. I'm sure there are people out there in the field of image processing that could come up with lots more cool ideas. Read the FULL interview over here

Feb 13, 2004, 10:34 AM	#3
toddsmack2k It Never..... Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Kentucky Posts: 3,173 Rep Power: 0	A very interesting interview. Thank you Roger and Maurice for doing all this and Terry! __________________ [color=blue]*Bleeding From the Inside Pouring Out, The* *DriverHeaven* Spiral, We Shall Never Let Go Of.[/color]

Feb 13, 2004, 10:32 AM	#2
rwolf DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 22 Rep Power: 0	Couple of smart guys. Glad to see them get some recognition for a great idea.