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@@ -7,27 +7,26 @@ Introduction
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For the most common cases, Godot provides ready to use materials for
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-most types of shaders, such as SpatialMaterial, CanvasItemMaterial and
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-ParticlesMaterial (@TODO link to tutorials/classes). They are flexible implementations that cover most
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-use cases.
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+most types of shaders, such as :ref:`SpatialMaterial <class_SpatialMaterial>`,
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+:ref:`CanvasItemMaterial <class_CanvasItemMaterial>` and :ref:`ParticlesMaterial <class_ParticlesMaterial>`.
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+They are flexible implementations that cover most use cases.
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Shader materials allow writing a custom shader directly, for maximum flexibility.
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Examples of this are:
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- Create procedural textures.
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-- Create complex texture blendings.
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+- Create complex texture blending effects.
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- Create animated materials, or materials that change over time.
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- Create refractive effects or other advanced effects.
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- Create special lighting shaders for more exotic materials.
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- Animate vertices, like tree leaves or grass.
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-- Create custom particle code, that responds to baked animations or force fields.
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+- Create custom particle code.
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- And much more!
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-Traditionally, most engines will ask you to learn GLSL, HLSL or Cg,
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-which are pretty complex for the skillset of most artists. Godot uses a
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-simplified version of a shader language that will detect errors as you
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-type, so you can see your edited shaders in real-time. Additionally, it
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-is possible to edit shaders using a visual, node-based graph editor.
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+Godot provides built in functionality to make frequent operations
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+easier. Additionally, Godot's shader editor will detect errors as you
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+type, so you can see your edited shaders in real-time. It is also
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+possible to edit shaders using a visual, node-based graph editor.
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Creating a ShaderMaterial
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@@ -46,10 +45,6 @@ Converting to ShaderMaterial
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It is possible to convert from SpatialMaterial, CanvasItemMaterial and
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ParticlesMaterial to ShaderMaterial. To do so, go to the material properties
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-and enable the convert option.
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+and select the convert option.
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.. image:: img/shader_material_convert.png
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