Aerie Shaders

Aerie is a pipeline shader for Canvas that unifies the Vanilla style while adding some useful new features like TAA, bloom, autogenerated normals, and colored handheld lighting.

Canvas is a client-side optimization mod similar to Sodium and Optifine. It increases performance by using shaders for game rendering, and allows custom third-party shaders using an entirely different format. Aerie requires Canvas, and as such, it will never work with Optifine or Iris!

how to use third-party shaders with canvas

1. Be sure you're on 1.19.2 or above. Support is not guaranteed for versions that Canvas doesn't actively support.

2. Install Fabric and get some cool mods that you like

3. Get Canvas Renderer mod through Modrinth. You can also find an unofficial 1.19.3 build here. Keep in mind that Canvas does not work with Sodium, Iris, OptiFine, or OptiFabric.

4. Download your preferred pipeline shaderpack. If you're looking for alternatives to Aerie, try out Lumi Lights, Lomo (not for gameplay), or Forget-me-not.

5. Launch your game, put your pipeline resource pack into your resource packs folder and enable the resource pack.

6. Activate your pipeline in Options / Video Settings / Canvas / Pipeline Options / Pipelines

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