Effect Categories

All available effect categories and when to use each

Distortion & Glitch Effects

Perfect for sci-fi, cyberpunk, horror, or any project needing digital corruption effects.

  • VCR Glitch — Retro VHS tape artifacts, scanlines, tracking errors
  • Chromatic Aberration — RGB colour split for digital glitch aesthetics
  • Digital Artifacts — Compression artifacts and pixelation
  • Interlaced Glitch — Scanline effects from old CRT displays
  • Block Distortion — Chunky pixel blocks and mosaic effects

Film & Cinematic Effects

Professional-grade effects for cinematic looks and special visual treatments.

  • Film Grain — Authentic film grain simulation
  • Vignette — Lens vignetting
  • Rain Shader — Realistic rain on the camera lens
  • Night Vision — Military-style night vision goggles
  • Thermal Vision — Heat signature visualisation

Stylized & Artistic Effects

Transform realistic scenes into stylized art.

  • Watercolour — Paint-like watercolour rendering
  • Oil Paint — Impressionist oil painting style
  • Sketch — Hand-drawn pencil look
  • Halftone — Comic book dot patterns

Toon Effects

Dedicated cel-shading for anime and cartoon styles — customizable outline thickness, shadow quantization, rim lighting, and colour palette reduction.

Choosing the Right Effect

  1. Match your genre — Glitch for cyberpunk, film effects for realism, toon for anime
  2. Consider performance — More complex effects cost more GPU time
  3. Test in context — Effects look different with different lighting and scene content
  4. Stay subtle — Often less is more for professional results
Art Of Shader - Advanced Distortion - Documentation | Athian Games