Chapter 22. Using Render Targets for EffectsUntil now, you've been rendering everything you've done directly to the back buffer. In the vast majority of cases, this is the behavior you want, but what if you want to render somewhere else? What if you want to take the scene you've just rendered and use that as a texture somewhere else, say on a video screen inside your level? In Direct3D, you accomplish this goal through the use of render targets. In this chapter, you'll learn
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