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Re:Smoothstep.io, a Shader Animation Tool by bwidlar on Thursday February 25, 2021 @06:33AM (#26261854)
Re:Smoothstep.io, a Shader Animation Tool by boomskats on Friday February 26, 2021 @04:54PM (#26280308)
This is really nicely done. The examples on the welcome screen are very good too.

If you're looking for relatively 'easy' features to add, I'd love to be able to preview in fullscreen. Awesome work!

Re:Smoothstep.io, a Shader Animation Tool by BoorishBears on Friday February 26, 2021 @06:36PM (#26281136)
Anyone on iOS who wants to try this and got a WebGL 2.0 error

Settings> Safari > Advanced > Experimental Features > "WebGL 2.0"

Re:Smoothstep.io, a Shader Animation Tool by atilimcetin on Friday February 26, 2021 @07:19PM (#26281421)
On iPhone 12 with iOS 14.4, it works after enabling WebGL 2.0. But raytracing example shows lots of weird black pixels. It looks like shadows rays are self intersecting with the object.
Re:Smoothstep.io, a Shader Animation Tool by paulgb on Friday February 26, 2021 @06:36PM (#26281127)
Wow, this is really neat. It would be cool if there were a way to export the "animation" timeline as a function (in GLSL or JavaScript) so that it is possible to use these animations anywhere I can use WebGL. (Apologies if this is already a feature and I've missed it)
Re:Smoothstep.io, a Shader Animation Tool by codelord on Friday February 26, 2021 @07:25PM (#26281450)
Not really an alternative, but another way of making animations on the web, this one with tf.js backend and a graphical user interface:

https://www.subgraphs.com/#/editor/game_of_life

https://www.subgraphs.com/#/editor/wobbly_image

Note: Each node can be opened to view the source graph/code by right clicking and choosing open.

Re:Smoothstep.io, a Shader Animation Tool by sneeuwpopsneeuw on Friday February 26, 2021 @05:42PM (#26280744)
Nice website. It was only not clear to me what the home page was or how I could browse a list of examples or other peoples work. But maybe that association is just because i'm used to shadertoy.
Re:Smoothstep.io, a Shader Animation Tool by Scene_Cast2 on Friday February 26, 2021 @06:39PM (#26281156)
Obligatory mentions:

shadertoy.com is a "newgrounds + github for shaders", with a large collection of user-created content that runs inside the browser. Easy to look and modify source code, too.

Shadron. Really nice desktop tool for creating shaders.

Re:Smoothstep.io, a Shader Animation Tool by diimdeep on Friday February 26, 2021 @04:36PM (#26280107)
Nice, would be good to have user profiles with list of creations and ability to clone like codepen.io does.
Re:Smoothstep.io, a Shader Animation Tool by djmips on Friday February 26, 2021 @06:43PM (#26281189)
or shadertoy? https://www.shadertoy.com/

(author - I like your site!)

Re:Smoothstep.io, a Shader Animation Tool by nbar on Saturday February 27, 2021 @01:14AM (#26283078)
Impressive