SHADERS FOR PEOPLE WHO HATE MATHS

A gentle, practical intro to GLSL — noise, distortion and glow — without a single equation on the board.

Most shader effects come from three ideas: noise, distortion and glow. You can get far by tweaking numbers and watching what happens.

Start with a noise function, push your image around with it, then add a soft glow on top. That is half of every award site.

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