Content Pipeline Overviews 

This section contains a general overview of the process of building and loading game assets using the Content Pipeline libraries.

In This Section

• Content Pipeline Features
  This topic describes the key features of the XNA Framework Content Pipeline tools and the related class library.
• Content Pipeline Concepts
  This topic describes the key concepts of the XNA Framework Content Pipeline for users and middleware providers.
• Standard Importers and Processors
  This topic describes the standard importers and processors supported by XNA Game Studio Express.
• Developing a Custom Importer
  This topic describes the process of developing custom importers to add support for new game asset types.
• Extending an XNA Framework Standard Processor
  This topic describes the process of extending or modifying the behavior of a Microsoft XNA Framework standard processor.
• Developing a New XNA Framework Processor
  This topic describes the process of adding an importer, processor, and serializer to the XNA Framework Content Pipeline to provide support for a new pixel shader game asset type.
• Recommendations for Developing Custom Importers
  This topic describes a set of best practices for writing custom importers.