MoonWorks-docs/content/Graphics/Resources/GraphicsPipeline/_index.md

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title: "Graphics Pipeline"
date: 2021-01-27T14:03:22-08:00
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Graphics pipelines are where we put together every concept we have discussed so far, along with a few other details. A graphics pipeline sets up your graphics hardware so that it can process your rendering as quickly and efficiently as possible. It has a lot of state that we need to explain, so let's get started.

A graphics pipeline needs the following information in order to generate:

* Color Blend State
* Depth Stencil State
* Vertex Shader
* Fragment Shader
* Multisample State
* Pipeline Layout Creation Info
* Rasterizer State
* Primitive Type
* Vertex Input State
* Viewport State
* Attachment Info

Whew, that's a lot! Let's break it down one thing at a time.