What is GX Shader?

memografix · Feb 3, 2023, 8:44 AM

memografix Jan 30, 2023, 9:41 AM

What is GX Shader?
It's within Settings, says it adds visual effects to webpages.
I'd like to try, before I do and if I don't like it, I need to be able to uninstall. There is not any info on this other than to install a particular "GX Shader."

burnout426 · Feb 10, 2024, 10:21 PM

burnout426 Volunteer Jan 31, 2023, 9:04 AM

Goto the URL opera://settings/early_bird, enable everything, and restart Opera.

Then, click the Mods sidebar panel or goto the URL opera://mods. Then, you can install a shader mod (among other types of mods) like "Cracked Screen". Shader mods you have installed will show up in the Shaders sidebar panel. Also see at the URL opera://settings/shaders_settings.

Then, goto example.com for example and toggle the shader on and off via the Shaders sidebar panel.

memografix

memografix Jan 31, 2023, 10:11 AM

Thanks for Your response

symphony-01

symphony-01 @memografix Feb 3, 2023, 8:44 AM

@memografix you can also remove your selected shader.. so you don't need to worry about uninstalling it, you can toggle it on/off... i've tried it and instantly fell in love with the innovation opera brings about nowadays!

Ultrasheer · Feb 4, 2023, 9:23 AM

Ultrasheer @burnout426 Feb 4, 2023, 1:37 AM

@burnout426 hello Ive done the step shown above but this shows up I cant seem to find where I could go to install shaders

burnout426

burnout426 Volunteer @Ultrasheer Feb 4, 2023, 9:23 AM

@ultrasheer On that mods page, you should have a section like this:

where you can install shaders and other mods.

Since that part is missing for you, make sure you're using Opera GX 94.0.4606.96. If you already are, try disabling your extensions one by one to see if you can get the suggestions on the mods page to load. If you're using Opera's VPN, try with it off.

If you have hardware acceleration disabled at the URL opera://settings/system, turn it on and restart Opera.

If you're using any of Opera's limiters in the GX Control sidebar panel, turn them off.

If you're using Opera's Battery Saver feature, turn that off.

Ultrasheer · Feb 5, 2023, 4:29 AM

Ultrasheer Feb 4, 2023, 3:02 PM

@burnout426 Hello tried all of the above but still see nothing

symphony-01 · Feb 5, 2023, 4:44 AM

symphony-01 @Ultrasheer Feb 5, 2023, 4:29 AM

@ultrasheer uninstall and install opera.. might help

Ultrasheer

Ultrasheer @symphony-01 Feb 5, 2023, 4:44 AM

@symphony-01 Yesss it fixed it, theres a reinstall settings when trying to uninstall

Toastt-Toastt · May 20, 2023, 1:26 AM

Toastt-Toastt Feb 17, 2023, 5:11 AM

i cant see the shaders do its thing. i did everything even the other settings. ive tired refreshing the page and the shaders still wont work.
i have it enable and selected but no good.

ahsan-kashif

ahsan-kashif @Toastt-Toastt Feb 19, 2023, 8:47 AM

@toastt-toastt I can't see them either .Maybe its something to do with the mods you use them with.

JustAPers0n100 · Feb 28, 2023, 2:05 PM

JustAPers0n100 @Toastt-Toastt Feb 27, 2023, 3:37 PM

@toastt-toastt The shaders apparently only work on a few pages such as a google search. I think the reason is that they don't want the shaders to interfere with websites that are reading-heavy and/or visual-heavy, which google is neither, so yeah, go around and find websites to play around with the shaders.

FantasticDanger0

FantasticDanger0 @JustAPers0n100 Feb 28, 2023, 2:05 PM

@justapers0n100 you can use example.com to try them tbh

P00NK

P00NK @Toastt-Toastt May 20, 2023, 1:26 AM

@toastt-toastt Hello! For you to see the shader working, click on the penultimate item before the 3 dots in the sidebar, and activate the option. If it doesn't work, you can try to remove the mod, restart opera, and activate again!

undermanfan · Jun 18, 2023, 2:54 AM

undermanfan Jun 18, 2023, 1:30 AM

i still dont understand what exactly a shader does to your browser, does it change the color or add an image or anything? i dont really understand what it does so can someone please tell me

burnout426

burnout426 Volunteer @undermanfan Jun 18, 2023, 2:54 AM

@undermanfan See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/filter to read about the CSS filter property.

Then, look at some demos:

https://www.w3docs.com/tools/code-editor/5596

https://www.w3schools.com/cssref/tryit.php?filename=trycss3_filter_grayscale

https://codepen.io/Shokeen/pen/aNdLaz

https://css-tricks.com/almanac/properties/f/filter/

https://fhtr.org/css-filters/

So, a shader mod in Opera allows you to apply CSS filters to elements on pages. But, in addition to the filter functions that all modern browsers support, Opera mods have an Opera-specific filter function that allows you to write GPU shader code and use that code as a CSS filter. See https://github.com/opera-gaming/gxmods/blob/main/documentation/shaders.md for more info.

AlexWriter

AlexWriter Nov 8, 2023, 9:48 AM

Thanks for codepen example, now im understend

kirmitdafrog378

kirmitdafrog378 @burnout426 Feb 10, 2024, 10:21 PM

@burnout426 thanks this really helped me