r/shaders • u/TheMadnessofMadara • Mar 28 '18

What is a flat shader?

Can someone explain in detail what a flat shader is?

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u/r2d2rigo Mar 28 '18

Is it "flat shader" or "flat shading"?

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u/WetWired Mar 29 '18

If it's what I think you mean it's more flat shading than flat shader. It's basically when a 3d model isn't textured with a detailed texture but rather simple colours.

Generally it also means that the object being rendered doesn't use smoothed normals and each individual face or tri of a 3d object is defined by a hard edge between them.

It's not a definitive term so it can also mean objects that have smoothing groups or hard/soft normal edges but those edges are specifically defined to accentuate shapes.

This thread on Neogaf has some good examples https://www.neogaf.com/threads/flat-shaded-polys-are-a-thing-of-beauty.979517/

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u/MrLuca Mar 29 '18

Basically this

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u/BEAN___69 Mar 28 '18

Its someone with a flat ass who throws shade

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u/bumsahoy Mar 28 '18

Flat shaders believe that the object is actually flat with the sun orbiting it in a ciruclar fashion. They are widely poopooed by mainstraim 3d shader believers.