Photon Shaders (1.21.10, 1.20.1) is a new project that introduced impressive graphics, considering it’s a non-raytracing shader and free to play. A high performance shader pack for Minecraft: Java Edition with a “natural” visual style.

What sets Photon Shader apart is the beautiful cloud shading it has; they’re totally dynamic and change tint and shape according to the weather and the time, it’s explicitly great-looking at sunset, and if you fly a bit higher, you’ll be able to witness a goddess view of the clouds. Photon Shaders also offers clean, transparent water that is reflective of any sunlight since the water surface changes its movement, and reflect the sky, just like real life; now, in regards to lighting, Photon Shader has some issues going on; the most noticeable is the trees’ color tint issue, they become very bright when observed from high point of view, but don’t let that discourage you.

Features:

  • Fully revamped sky, lighting and water
  • Detailed clouds with several layers and many different cloud types
  • Immersive weather system providing different skies each day
  • Voxel-based colored lighting (enabled with Ultra profile, requires Iris)
  • Screen-space reflections
  • Volumetric fog
  • Soft shadows with variable-size penumbras
  • Detailed ambient occlusion (GTAO)
  • Camera effects: bloom, depth of field, motion blur
  • Much improved image quality with TAA, FXAA and CAS
  • Advanced temporal upscaling (disabled by default) for low end devices
  • Extensive settings menu allowing you to customize every aspect of the shader
  • Full labPBR resource pack support

Screenshots:

Requires:

Optifine

How to install:

Photon Shaders (1.21.10, 1.20.1) Download Links

For All Versions from Minecraft 1.7.10 to Minecraft 1.21.10, 1.21.8, 1.21.5, 1.21.4, 1.21.1, 1.20.1

Original Photon Shaders: Download from Server 1 – Download from Server 2

Photon Random Shaders: Download from Server 1 – Download from Server 2

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