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Cocos Shader Tutorial 1.0 - about UV

Cocos

The vertical axes of textures and picture pixels is shown above, when sampling textures in shaders, that is from top to bottom, which is top-right corner. This is consistent with how most image file formats store pixel data, and with how most graphics APIs work (including DirectX, Vulkan, Metal, WebGPU, but not OpenGL).

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How to get an array of pixel colors from an image?

Cocos

I’m trying to make an effect of pixels appearing with transparency and sequence (first the “darkest” then the rest of the pixels). I want to achieve the effect - “so that the pixels, like water, fill the empty mouth of the river.” But I couldn’t get the array of pixel colors.

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Making shaders more accessible

Mircosoft Game Dev

About shaders. For most game developers, shaders are this scary monster that presents itself with such a complexity that it seems out of reach. In reality, shaders are quite simple by default and just get more complex the more you add to them. Our sprite is 32x32 pixels in size, and it must be drawn at some position.

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[Tutorial]Outer Stroke Effect for 2D Sprites

Cocos

Original: [link] Author: BitByBit Outer Stroke Effect for 2D Sprites Continuing from the previous article Inner Stroke Effect for 2D Sprites Introduction In the last article, we introduced the method of inner stroke and also discussed its pros and cons. First, we get the uv of the surrounding pixel through the offset uv.

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Issue with masking a render Texture

Cocos

Hello all, I have a shader that takes the alpha value of one texture and applies to a sprite frame. Basic masking functionality without using the mask component.

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Top Tools and Software for Creating Visual FX in Games

iXie gaming

With the right tools, you can turn simple sprites into stunning displays of art and movement. Other Specialized 2D Tools Pyxel Edit For games that use retro pixel art, Pyxel Edit is a must-have tool. It offers a special environment for making detailed sprite sheets and animations, perfect for creating old-school, nostalgic effects.

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GLES2 and GDNative, progress report #4

Mircosoft Game Dev

Yes, some more invalid OpenGL state was fixed and a first attempt to get spatial shaders working and then this could be seen. This point actually took most of the development time this month, it was a rather frustrating and iterative process to find out how to best handle materials and shaders. The TIME variable in shaders?

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