Canvas Renderer

Canvas Renderer

Open source shaders for players and content creators

Client LibraryUtility

3,860 downloads
78 followers
Created2 years ago
Updated4 months ago

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Project members

grondag

Owner


Technical information

License
LGPL-3.0-only
Client side
required
Server side
unsupported
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Introduction

Canvas enhances Minecraft world rendering with benefits for both player and content makers.

Canvas is in an extended beta. Many features are complete but expect some mod incompatibilities and visual defects. Visit our discord for news, dev builds, and information.

For Players

  • High performance
  • Pipeline shaders with visual improvements similar to OF shader packs
  • Access to enhanced modded content using

For Content Makers

Canvas implements the FREX Rendering Extensions API. Features offered by FREX include:

  • Dynamic models for blocks and items
  • Powerful custom materials for emissive, layered, and other effects
  • Custom material shaders for animation and procedural effects
  • JSON loaders for creators who want to customize existing content or prefer to avoid Java code