AwesomeBump is an open source program designed to generate normal, height, specular or ambient occlusion textures from a single image. Since the image processing is done in 99% on GPU the program runs very fast and all the parameters can be changed in real time.
AwesomeBump Features
Fragmentarium is an open source, cross-platform IDE for exploring pixel based graphics on the GPU.
Fragmentarium Features
GeeXLab is a free standalone application for desktop operating systems. Just download it and use it. GeeXLab is available for Windows 32/64-bit, Linux 64-bit, Mac OS X and Raspberry Pi.
GeeXLab Features
20 Shader Editor alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Code Editor
- Android
- Android Tablet
- F-Droid
Create and edit GLSL shaders on your Android phone or tablet and use them as live wallpaper. A live-coding editor with syntax-highlighting lets you see results transparently in the background as you code and provides ample workspace to focus on your ideas.
Shader Editor Features
SHADERed is a lightweight tool for creating and testing HLSL and GLSL shaders. It is easy to use, open source and frequently updated with new features.
Shdr is a live ESSL (GLSL) shader editor, viewer and validator powered by WebGL and built by Thibaut Despoulain (BKcore).
KodeLife is a fast, lightweight, live-coding IDE for shader development. It's available natively across Mac, Windows and Linux desktops and supports all flavors of OpenGL GLSL, as well as platform specific shading languages such as the Metal Shading Language and DirectX HLSL.
KodeLife Features
The GSN COMPOSER is a free web-based visual programming environment for online multimedia processing. Typical areas of usage are education, research, entertainment, special effects, or arts.
GSN Composer Features
20 Shade - Pro Shader Editor alternatives- Freemium • Proprietary
- Code Editor
- iPhone
- iPad
Shade transforms your device into a professional node-based shader editor. Build stunning, connected shader graphs that render in real time. You'll find full support for keyboard shortcuts, drag-and-drop, and documentation built right in.
Shade - Pro Shader Editor Features
RenderMonkey™ Toolsuite | AMD Developer Central
RenderMonkey is an integrated development environment (IDE) that can be used to write shaders in HLSL, GLSL, and GLES.
RenderMonkey Features
DiscontinuedLast version is from 2008.
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Geeks3D Features
The Book of Shaders provides a gentle, step-by-step guide through the abstract and complex universe of Fragment Shaders. Besides scores of insightful illustrations, the site includes a very intuitive live-coding editor for users to easily see changes as they code.
The Book of Shaders Features
Shaders - Shader editor is an app which let you view, create and share shaders with other users. Shaders are little graphics programs which run on the GPU.
Shaders - Shader editor Features
Shader Workship is an interactive GLSL fragment shader editor inspired by ShaderToy and built with Qt.
ShaderWorkshop Features
Synthclipse is a GLSL shader prototyping tool. It makes possible to fast develop all kinds of shaders: Fragment (FS), Vertex (VS), Geometry (GS), Tessellation (TS) and Compute (CS). Shader development can be done using compatible with Fragmentarium and Shadertoy (but limited to...
Synthclipse Features
