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    What is GX Shader?

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    • memografix
      memografix last edited by

      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."

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      • burnout426
        burnout426 Volunteer last edited by burnout426

        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.

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        • memografix
          memografix last edited by

          Thanks for Your response

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          • symphony-01
            symphony-01 @memografix last edited by

            @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! 💙

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            • Ultrasheer
              Ultrasheer @burnout426 last edited by

              @burnout426 hello Ive done the step shown above but this shows up I cant seem to find where I could go to install shaders de3cb172-9b4f-4f5b-ac68-2c7d3a279305-image.png

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              • burnout426
                burnout426 Volunteer @Ultrasheer last edited by

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

                2405b6a8-1232-4180-bc42-c7b3bdba46af-image.png

                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.

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                • Ultrasheer
                  Ultrasheer last edited by

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

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                  • symphony-01
                    symphony-01 @Ultrasheer last edited by

                    @ultrasheer uninstall and install opera.. might help

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                    • Ultrasheer
                      Ultrasheer @symphony-01 last edited by leocg

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

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                      • Toastt-Toastt
                        Toastt-Toastt last edited by

                        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.

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                        • ahsan-kashif
                          ahsan-kashif @Toastt-Toastt last edited by

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

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                          • JustAPers0n100
                            JustAPers0n100 @Toastt-Toastt last edited by

                            @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.

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                            • FantasticDanger0
                              FantasticDanger0 @JustAPers0n100 last edited by

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

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                              • P00NK
                                P00NK @Toastt-Toastt last edited by

                                @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!

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                                • undermanfan
                                  undermanfan last edited by

                                  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

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                                  • burnout426
                                    burnout426 Volunteer @undermanfan last edited by

                                    @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.

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                                    • AlexWriter
                                      AlexWriter last edited by AlexWriter

                                      Thanks for codepen example, now im understend 👏 👏

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                                      • kirmitdafrog378
                                        kirmitdafrog378 @burnout426 last edited by

                                        @burnout426 thanks this really helped me

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