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)
