ShaderTool

Stefan Kraus Timo Armbruster · BiteTheBytes GmbH

Released: Oct 10, 2014
Platforms: Windows
Last updated: 04 Sep 2026, 13:42 GMT

Updates & announcements

20 posts

28 Jan 2016Developer post
New Update Available
Hello everybody, an new update has arrived. BUG FIXES: - Fixed an issue when importing a project caused crashing ShaderTool - OpenGL project specific: Fixed procedural texture node that created wrong noise textures NEW NODES: - Added a new matrix node (the Mx icon under Types) wi
28 Jan 2016Developer post
New Update Available
Hello everybody, an new update has arrived. BUG FIXES: - Fixed an issue when importing a project caused crashing ShaderTool - OpenGL project specific: Fixed procedural texture node that created wrong noise textures NEW NODES: - Added a new matrix node (the Mx icon under Types) wi
09 Dec 2015Developer post
Update Available
Hello everybody, a new update has arrived. Changes: - Support for "include" within shader files - Camera now moves to specific direction while dragging a connector line - Larger input/output connectors for all nodes - Larger knobs for all sliders - CTRL-Arrow Keys support in code
09 Dec 2015Developer post
Update Available
Hello everybody, a new update has arrived. Changes: - Support for "include" within shader files - Camera now moves to specific direction while dragging a connector line - Larger input/output connectors for all nodes - Larger knobs for all sliders - CTRL-Arrow Keys support in code
10 Jun 2015Developer post
UPDATE AVAILABLE
Hello everybody, a new update is available. Among some smaller bug fixes we have updated the main screen and added a nice visual in background. We also have changed the application icon.
10 Jun 2015Developer post
UPDATE AVAILABLE
Hello everybody, a new update is available. Among some smaller bug fixes we have updated the main screen and added a nice visual in background. We also have changed the application icon.
30 Apr 2015Developer post
FINAL VERSION - with Oculus Rift DK 2 support
Hello everybody, here it is - the final version - now with full Oculus Rift DK 2 support. IMPORTANT: To run ShaderTool in VR add the -vr parameter when starting ShaderTool (must be applied separately in your Steam client for the ShaderTool application). In this update we have add
30 Apr 2015Developer post
FINAL VERSION - with Oculus Rift DK 2 support
Hello everybody, here it is - the final version - now with full Oculus Rift DK 2 support. IMPORTANT: To run ShaderTool in VR add the -vr parameter when starting ShaderTool (must be applied separately in your Steam client for the ShaderTool application). In this update we have add
17 Feb 2015Developer post
UPDATE available!!!
Hello everybody, here it is - a new update!!! We have decided to not declare that update as the final version because we would like to have Oculus Rift support fully integrated in the final version - that totally new feature will arrive within the next two or three weeks and THEN
17 Feb 2015Developer post
UPDATE available!!!
Hello everybody, here it is - a new update!!! We have decided to not declare that update as the final version because we would like to have Oculus Rift support fully integrated in the final version - that totally new feature will arrive within the next two or three weeks and THEN
03 Feb 2015Developer post
FINAL version soon available !!!
We are proud to announce that we will reach the first final version of ShaderTool within the next four weeks. A few more nodes are coming: - Mouse-Position node for tracking the mouse position which can be used by shader code - Rendertarget-Combiner node for combining render targ
03 Feb 2015Developer post
FINAL version soon available !!!
We are proud to announce that we will reach the first final version of ShaderTool within the next four weeks. A few more nodes are coming: - Mouse-Position node for tracking the mouse position which can be used by shader code - Rendertarget-Combiner node for combining render targ
22 Dec 2014Developer post
NEW Update available (BETA 0.9)
As promised we have just uploaded a new update of ShaderTool and we now have reached BETA 0.9 status! Here is a list of changes: 32-bit version now available Leadwerks Engine support NEW Nodes have been added: Audio Node (playing audio files with spectrum output) Bool Node Primit
As promised we have just uploaded a new update of ShaderTool and we now have reached BETA 0.9 status! Here is a list of changes:

32-bit version now available
Leadwerks Engine support
NEW Nodes have been added:

Audio Node (playing audio files with spectrum output)
Bool Node
Primitives Node (Plane, Box, Sphere, Torus)
Procedural Texture Node (perlin noise, more will follow)
Filter Texture Node (automatic normalmap creation, more will follow)
State Nodes (Rasterizer-State, Dept-Stencil-State and Blend-State)

NEW Application Design:

Nodes and connector colors have been updated
Nodes have now larger icons
Nodes and connectors now drop shadows
New context menu with categorized nodes (also as icons)
Toolbar has now icons
Save As button now available in toolbar
Start-Screen project icons now show renderer type encoded as color
About screen has been updated

Several bug fixes
Original post
22 Dec 2014Developer post
NEW Update available (BETA 0.9)
As promised we have just uploaded a new update of ShaderTool and we now have reached BETA 0.9 status! Here is a list of changes: 32-bit version now available Leadwerks Engine support NEW Nodes have been added: Audio Node (playing audio files with spectrum output) Bool Node Primit
As promised we have just uploaded a new update of ShaderTool and we now have reached BETA 0.9 status! Here is a list of changes:

32-bit version now available
Leadwerks Engine support
NEW Nodes have been added:

Audio Node (playing audio files with spectrum output)
Bool Node
Primitives Node (Plane, Box, Sphere, Torus)
Procedural Texture Node (perlin noise, more will follow)
Filter Texture Node (automatic normalmap creation, more will follow)
State Nodes (Rasterizer-State, Dept-Stencil-State and Blend-State)

NEW Application Design:

Nodes and connector colors have been updated
Nodes have now larger icons
Nodes and connectors now drop shadows
New context menu with categorized nodes (also as icons)
Toolbar has now icons
Save As button now available in toolbar
Start-Screen project icons now show renderer type encoded as color
About screen has been updated

Several bug fixes
Original post
21 Oct 2014Developer post
Upcoming Features
Hello everybody, here is a short list of upcoming ShaderTool features: Bool node (for setting boolean variables) State nodes (Rasterizer-DepthStencil and Blend-States) Leadwerks Engine shader support Audio / Sound node (feeding your shaders with average volume, frequencies ...) P
Hello everybody, here is a short list of upcoming ShaderTool features:

Bool node (for setting boolean variables)
State nodes (Rasterizer-DepthStencil and Blend-States)
Leadwerks Engine shader support
Audio / Sound node (feeding your shaders with average volume, frequencies ...)
Procedural Texture node (for proceduraly creating textures)
Node for automatically generating Normal-Specular- and Heightmaps (from e.g. difuse maps)
Predefined primitive nodes (Plane, Sphere, Box, with segmentation possibility)
A fresh and new look of ShaderTool with a new toolbar, new designed nodes and a new context menu
Original post
21 Oct 2014Developer post
Upcoming Features
Hello everybody, here is a short list of upcoming ShaderTool features: Bool node (for setting boolean variables) State nodes (Rasterizer-DepthStencil and Blend-States) Leadwerks Engine shader support Audio / Sound node (feeding your shaders with average volume, frequencies ...) P
Hello everybody, here is a short list of upcoming ShaderTool features:

Bool node (for setting boolean variables)
State nodes (Rasterizer-DepthStencil and Blend-States)
Leadwerks Engine shader support
Audio / Sound node (feeding your shaders with average volume, frequencies ...)
Procedural Texture node (for proceduraly creating textures)
Node for automatically generating Normal-Specular- and Heightmaps (from e.g. difuse maps)
Predefined primitive nodes (Plane, Sphere, Box, with segmentation possibility)
A fresh and new look of ShaderTool with a new toolbar, new designed nodes and a new context menu
Original post
19 Oct 2014Developer post
FREE Effects and Samples waiting for downlaod
Hello everybody, we have created some nice effects and samples that you can download for FREE at HERE . Those samples are currently HLSL (DirectX) only but OpenGL ones will follow soon - at all a good starting point. Enjoy them and if you want to share your shaders, just send us
19 Oct 2014Developer post
FREE Effects and Samples waiting for downlaod
Hello everybody, we have created some nice effects and samples that you can download for FREE at HERE . Those samples are currently HLSL (DirectX) only but OpenGL ones will follow soon - at all a good starting point. Enjoy them and if you want to share your shaders, just send us
17 Oct 2014Developer post
New Node: Cubemap Node
A new node has been added - the Cubemap Node! Load cubemaps and stick them to a cubemap sampler in your shader.
17 Oct 2014Developer post
New Node: Cubemap Node
A new node has been added - the Cubemap Node! Load cubemaps and stick them to a cubemap sampler in your shader.