.SHADER File Extension
Unity Shader Asset
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A SHADER file is a shader asset created in Unity, a video game development application. It contains source code used to render in-game pixels. SHADER files are created by selecting from Unity's menu bar.
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Unity is a cross-platform 3D video game development application. As a developer creates a game in Unity, they can add shaders to that game. Shaders are programs that tell a game how to render pixels in different conditions, to produce shadows, lighting, and texture effects.
Shaders created for use in Unity are saved as SHADER files. These files are plain text files that contain source code written in both the High-level Shader Language (HLSL) and ShaderLab programming languages. HLSL is a C-like language created and maintained by Microsoft, while ShaderLab is Unity's proprietary shader programming language. The HLSL sections of a SHADER file are prefaced by the HLSL or CG prefixes.
How to open an SHADER file
SHADER files are meant to be opened in Unity Technologies Unity (cross-platform) as part of a Unity project. To import a SHADER file into a Unity project, open the project, right-click in the Project window, and select . Then, select and import your SHADER file. After you import your SHADER file into Unity, you can double-click your new shader asset to view the asset's code in a script editor.
Because SHADER files are plain text files, you can also open and edit them in any text or source code editor, such as Microsoft Visual Studio Code (cross-platform) or GitHub Atom (cross-platform).