Photon Shaders

shader

A gameplay-focused shader pack with a semi-realistic style

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20M

3.7K

Compatibility

Supported Loaders

irisoptifine

Game Versions

26.1.226.1.126.11.21.111.21.101.21.91.21.81.21.71.21.61.21.51.21.41.21.31.21.21.21.11.211.20.61.20.51.20.41.20.31.20.21.20.11.201.19.41.19.31.19.21.19.11.191.18.21.18.11.181.17.11.171.16.5

Community

Join my discord server for questions, suggestions and development updates
You can also donate if you would like to say thanks

Frequently asked questions

"When will Photon be released for new Minecraft version?"
- Shader packs are generally not very dependent on MC versions; as long as Iris is available, Photon should just work.

Features

Fully revamped sky, lighting and water
Detailed clouds with several layers and many different cloud types
Immersive weather system providing different skies each day
Voxel-based colored lighting (enabled with Ultra profile, requires Iris)
Screen-space reflections
Volumetric fog
Soft shadows with variable-size penumbras
Detailed ambient occlusion (GTAO)
Camera effects: bloom, depth of field, motion blur
Much improved image quality with TAA, FXAA and CAS
Advanced temporal upscaling (disabled by default) for low end devices
Extensive settings menu allowing you to customize every aspect of the shader
Full labPBR resource pack support

Compatibility

Shader loaders

Iris (recommended)
- Iris is a modern shader loader with far better performance, mod compatibility and developer features than OptiFine
- Some features (Colored Lighting) will only work on Iris
OptiFine

GPU vendors

Nvidia
AMD
Intel
NOT compatible with Apple GPUs (Metal)

Mods

Showcase videos

Acknowledgments

Settings menu translations:
- NakiriRuri and OrzMiku (Chinese)
- Jmayk (Italian)
- Timtaran (Russian)
Emin - Shadow bias method from Complementary Reimagined (fully fixes peter panning and light leaking underground!)
DrDesten - Depth tolerance calculation for SSR (helps to prevent false reflections)
Jessie - f0 and f82 values for labPBR hardcoded metals
Sledgehammer Games - Bloom downsampling method used in Call of Duty Advanced Warfare (described here)
http://momentsingraphics.de/ - Blue noise texture
NASA Scientific Visualization Studio - Galaxy image

Gallery

by MoAoXnX

by Ruri

by TF

by Sakurapotato

by Aaby

by MoAoXnX

by fethry

by Ruri

by sw-52

by fethry.

by OUdёfie17

by Aaby

by sw-52

by TF

by Ruri

by Aaby

by Candymanmax

by Ruri

by MoAoXnX

by Aaby

by Sakurapotato

by Ruri

by fethry

Rainbow

by POJBESY

by sw-52

by POJBESY

by Ruri

by Sakurapotato

by POJBESY

by OUdёfie17

by Ruri

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Community

Join my discord server for questions, suggestions and development updates
You can also donate if you would like to say thanks

Frequently asked questions

"When will Photon be released for new Minecraft version?"
- Shader packs are generally not very dependent on MC versions; as long as Iris is available, Photon should just work.

Features

Fully revamped sky, lighting and water
Detailed clouds with several layers and many different cloud types
Immersive weather system providing different skies each day
Voxel-based colored lighting (enabled with Ultra profile, requires Iris)
Screen-space reflections
Volumetric fog
Soft shadows with variable-size penumbras
Detailed ambient occlusion (GTAO)
Camera effects: bloom, depth of field, motion blur
Much improved image quality with TAA, FXAA and CAS
Advanced temporal upscaling (disabled by default) for low end devices
Extensive settings menu allowing you to customize every aspect of the shader
Full labPBR resource pack support

Compatibility

Shader loaders

Iris (recommended)
- Iris is a modern shader loader with far better performance, mod compatibility and developer features than OptiFine
- Some features (Colored Lighting) will only work on Iris
OptiFine

GPU vendors

Nvidia
AMD
Intel
NOT compatible with Apple GPUs (Metal)

Mods

Showcase videos

Acknowledgments

Settings menu translations:
- NakiriRuri and OrzMiku (Chinese)
- Jmayk (Italian)
- Timtaran (Russian)
Emin - Shadow bias method from Complementary Reimagined (fully fixes peter panning and light leaking underground!)
DrDesten - Depth tolerance calculation for SSR (helps to prevent false reflections)
Jessie - f0 and f82 values for labPBR hardcoded metals
Sledgehammer Games - Bloom downsampling method used in Call of Duty Advanced Warfare (described here)
http://momentsingraphics.de/ - Blue noise texture
NASA Scientific Visualization Studio - Galaxy image