Difference between revisions of "Pixel shader guide"

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Table of Contents

Pixel Shader Theory

• Pixel Shader Basics - textures, uv coordinates, color values
• Advanced Pixel Shader Concepts - instructions, compiling, shader versions, flow control, intrinsic functions

Shader Effects

• Painterly Effect
• Error Diffusion Dither
• Complex Numbers (fractals)
• Texture Based Fire Effect

Preset Dissection

This section focuses on dissecting the shader code in a handful of presets to give a line-by-line description of what it does.