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Learning Three.js - the JavaScript 3D Library for WebGL

By : Jos Dirksen
Book Image

Learning Three.js - the JavaScript 3D Library for WebGL

By: Jos Dirksen

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (20 chapters)
Learning Three.js – the JavaScript 3D Library for WebGL Second Edition
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
8
Creating and Loading Advanced Meshes and Geometries
Index

Summary


And so we end this chapter on textures. As you've seen, there are lots of different kinds of textures available in Three.js, each with their different uses. You can use any image in the PNG, JPG, GIF, TGA, DDS, or PVR format as a texture. Loading these images is done asynchronously, so remember to either use a rendering loop or add a callback when you load the texture. With textures, you can create great-looking objects from low-poly models and even add fake detailed depth using bump maps and normal maps. With Three.js, it is also easy to create dynamic textures using either the HTML5 canvas element or the video element. Just define a texture with these elements as the input and set the needsUpdate property to true whenever you want the texture to be updated.

With this chapter out of the way, we've pretty much covered all the important concepts of Three.js. We haven't, however, looked at an interesting feature Three.js offers—postprocessing. With postprocessing, you can add effects...