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@@ -36,10 +36,25 @@ Create a new ShaderMaterial in some object of your choice. Go to the
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.. image:: img/shader_material_create.png
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-Edit the newly created shader, and the shader editor will open:
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+Next, click on the shader material to see its properties. From here you
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+can create a shader or visual shader. Regular shaders use code to set
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+their properties while a visual shader uses a node based workflow.
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+There is no way to convert between the two, so if you decide you want to
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+change to a visual shader or vice versa, you will have to start from scratch.
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+Choose one of them and you can start editing your shader.
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+.. image:: img/shader_create.png
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+If you create a regular shader click on it and the shader editor will open.
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.. image:: img/shader_material_editor.png
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+If you create a visual shader the visual shader editor will open automatically.
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+.. image:: img/visual_shader_editor.png
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Converting to ShaderMaterial
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@@ -48,3 +63,8 @@ ParticlesMaterial to ShaderMaterial. To do so, go to the material properties
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and select the convert option.
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.. image:: img/shader_material_convert.png
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+.. note::
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+ Using the convert option will turn the SpatialMaterial into a ShaderMaterial
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+ with a text shader, not a visual shader.
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