The plain-English version
A program executed as part of a graphics pipeline to determine operations such as vertex transformation or pixel appearance.
Why it matters
Shaders define many visual effects and need to fit the target hardware and rendering workload.
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A water shader changes surface color and distortion using parameters supplied by a material and scene data.
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A visually impressive shader can be expensive across large screen areas or many overlapping transparent surfaces.
The docs behind it
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Editorial review · October 28, 2026
Supported: Graphics pipeline programs can affect geometry and pixel output. The transparency workload warning is supported; the water effect is illustrative.