What is a Shader? | Pixel and Vertex Shaders

What are shaders? This week I explain what shaders are and why they're so important for games. Examples used cover vertex and pixel shaders.

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[gimpyio]

And even FIVE YEARS LATER this man is still hearting comments :D I loved the video and I'm not a dev myself (just a curious person with spare time lol) yet I understood the information :)

[Supernova]

man, you have a gift, the ability to explain the most convoluted topics with ease, simplicity, and elegance

[zikermu]

Brief but very clear explanations. Thank you very much

[zapleaf]

Big thumbs up for this great explanation!

[samplewise]

3 minutes is all that is needed to explain this and you nailed it. Please don't stop uploading new content. Keep it simple.

[eigenmishi_in_d]

This is great! Thank you for the overview.

[prateekjain]

Brilliant video.. Brief and crisp explanation. Liked and Subscribed. ... AND SHARED!!

[cheetor]

Thank you for this. A quick easy digestible video that somebody like me that grew up doing 3D stuff for fun in POV-RAY and in Half-Life and Unreal. 2 minutes and I instantly understand exactly what is going on and how much of a revolution it was. I always wondered how water planes worked with a flat model and texture. And yet looked like stunning true 3D when rendered. I like everybody my age had that moment when I saw what looked like real water surfaces, or heat refraction, "HOW DID THEY DO THAT?". Now I know :D and my life is enriched

[gregorylong]

Excellent :) I am an amateur enthusiast trying to learn as much as I can and this was very helpful :) Thanks :) Greg

[teasippingzombie]

Wow this kinda opened my eyes, Def need to check out more of your videos to hoard in my playlists of learning!

[Subsisto]

awesome video as always. thank you for the handy tip

[Fodi_be]

Thanks for being so concise, clear and getting straight to the point :) great explanation.

[Dragonana]

Thank you! This was very helpful! 🤗 I liked that you added pictures that made me understand better!

[SmudgyTheGreat]

Nice job, man. Short and effective lesson. Thanks.

[yutro]

PC Gamer website shared this video, cool recommendation!

[henryso]

great, I was doing some GLSL work for an openGL project, and I needed to rewrite a vertex shader, most of the stuff here was pretty good and upon searching it and it's applications in glsl I've managed to create some nice effects

[AinurEru]

Should perhaps mention that the term 'Shaders' also applies to offline-render-engines, , not just real-time ones

[egybadboy]

Perfect, this really saved me much time.. Thanks :-)

[MegaMega]

yeah, that animation is really cute :D

[battlefrontwarrior]

Is there a way to get a newer version of pixel shader through a driver download