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ShaderMaterial
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**Inherits:** :ref:`Material<class_Material>` **<** :ref:`Resource<class_Resource>` **<** :ref:`RefCounted<class_RefCounted>` **<** :ref:`Object<class_Object>`

A material defined by a custom :ref:`Shader<class_Shader>` program and the values of its shader parameters.

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Description
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A material that uses a custom :ref:`Shader<class_Shader>` program to render visual items (canvas items, meshes, skies, fog), or to process particles. Compared to other materials, **ShaderMaterial** gives deeper control over the generated shader code. For more information, see the shaders documentation index below.

Multiple **ShaderMaterial**\ s can use the same shader and configure different values for the shader uniforms.

\ **Note:** For performance reasons, the :ref:`Resource.changed<class_Resource_signal_changed>` signal is only emitted when the :ref:`Resource.resource_name<class_Resource_property_resource_name>` changes. Only in editor, it is also emitted for :ref:`shader<class_ShaderMaterial_property_shader>` changes.

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Tutorials
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- :doc:`Shaders documentation index <../tutorials/shaders/index>`

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Properties
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   | :ref:`Shader<class_Shader>` | :ref:`shader<class_ShaderMaterial_property_shader>` |
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Methods
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   | :ref:`Variant<class_Variant>` | :ref:`get_shader_parameter<class_ShaderMaterial_method_get_shader_parameter>`\ (\ param\: :ref:`StringName<class_StringName>`\ ) |const|                                |
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   | |void|                        | :ref:`set_shader_parameter<class_ShaderMaterial_method_set_shader_parameter>`\ (\ param\: :ref:`StringName<class_StringName>`, value\: :ref:`Variant<class_Variant>`\ ) |
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Property Descriptions
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:ref:`Shader<class_Shader>` **shader** :ref:`🔗<class_ShaderMaterial_property_shader>`

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- |void| **set_shader**\ (\ value\: :ref:`Shader<class_Shader>`\ )
- :ref:`Shader<class_Shader>` **get_shader**\ (\ )

The :ref:`Shader<class_Shader>` program used to render this material.

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Method Descriptions
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:ref:`Variant<class_Variant>` **get_shader_parameter**\ (\ param\: :ref:`StringName<class_StringName>`\ ) |const| :ref:`🔗<class_ShaderMaterial_method_get_shader_parameter>`

Returns the current value set for this material of a uniform in the shader.

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|void| **set_shader_parameter**\ (\ param\: :ref:`StringName<class_StringName>`, value\: :ref:`Variant<class_Variant>`\ ) :ref:`🔗<class_ShaderMaterial_method_set_shader_parameter>`

Changes the value set for this material of a uniform in the shader.

\ **Note:** ``param`` is case-sensitive and must match the name of the uniform in the code exactly (not the capitalized name in the inspector).

\ **Note:** Changes to the shader uniform will be effective on all instances using this **ShaderMaterial**. To prevent this, use per-instance uniforms with :ref:`GeometryInstance3D.set_instance_shader_parameter()<class_GeometryInstance3D_method_set_instance_shader_parameter>` or duplicate the **ShaderMaterial** resource using :ref:`Resource.duplicate()<class_Resource_method_duplicate>`. Per-instance uniforms allow for better shader reuse and are therefore faster, so they should be preferred over duplicating the **ShaderMaterial** when possible.

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