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Life & fun · April 16, 2026

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Shader Lab, like Photoshop but for shaders

Create, stack, and animate shader effects on images, video, text, and 3D models — free, in your browser, powered by WebGPU. Export video, publish to the community gallery, and remix any published scene.

Shader Lab, like Photoshop but for shaders launched on April 16, 2026 with 160 votes, #195 of 21,248 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches.

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In plain words

Shader Lab is a creative tool designed for visual effects artists and developers who work with shaders. It provides an interface similar to Photoshop but specifically tailored for shader creation and editing. The platform allows users to visually design and manipulate shader code, making it accessible to those who want to create complex visual effects without extensive manual coding. It's aimed at game developers, VFX professionals, and anyone working on real-time graphics projects.

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