markusmoenig / Render-Z

A visual Metal shader editor for macOS and iPadOS

Render-Z - pronounced Render That - is a visual metal shader editor for macOS and iPadOS. Render-Z is open source and licensed under the MIT.

Render-Z is currently available via TestFlight for macOS and iPadOS, use the link here.

Developers Create and Edit Shaders Visually

• Simply drag and drop functions and variables
• Integrated workflow for being able to create complex expressions
• Share functions and shaders via iCloud publically or privately
• Expose variables to artists

Artists use Gizmos to edit Variables

• Variables exposed by developers can be edited by Gizmos in the Artist Editor
• A timeline for variables makes animation easy
• Export images and videos

Use Render-Z to

• Learn and explore the Metal shader language
• Create demos and presentations utilizing Metal shaders
• Raytrace images of procedural content with the integrated BSDF Pathracer (WiP)