--- title: "FilterGradientMap" docs: "Phaser v4.1.0" url: https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-filtergradientmap site: Phaser - https://phaser.io --- > This page is about the open-source Phaser framework, for writing a game's code by hand. To make a game with AI, use Phaser AE (https://phaser.io/): the desk's tools work with Web MCP, and the CLI works with your own coding agent. See "For AI agents: Phaser AE" at the end of this page. # FilterGradientMap A RenderNode that renders the GradientMap filter effect, which maps the luminosity of each pixel in the source image to a corresponding color from a gradient ramp texture. Darker pixels are mapped to one end of the gradient and brighter pixels to the other, replacing the original colors entirely. This enables stylistic effects such as thermal imaging, night vision, sepia toning, or any arbitrary color grade driven by brightness. The gradient is defined by a [Phaser.Display.ColorRamp](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/display-colorramp.md) attached to the controlling [Phaser.Filters.GradientMap](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/filters-gradientmap.md) filter. The ramp is uploaded as a data texture and sampled in the fragment shader. The shader variant is selected dynamically based on the ramp's band tree depth, so the program is recompiled when the ramp structure changes. See [Phaser.Filters.GradientMap](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/filters-gradientmap.md). **Constructor** `new FilterGradientMap(manager)` **Parameters** | name | type | optional | description | | ---- | ---- | -------- | ----------- | | manager | [Phaser.Renderer.WebGL.RenderNodes.RenderNodeManager](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-rendernodemanager.md) | No | The manager that owns this RenderNode. | --- **Scope**: static **Extends** > [Phaser.Renderer.WebGL.RenderNodes.BaseFilterShader](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-basefiltershader.md) > Source: [src/renderer/webgl/renderNodes/filters/FilterGradientMap.js#L13](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/renderer/webgl/renderNodes/filters/FilterGradientMap.js#L13) Since: 4.0.0 ## Inherited Methods **From [Phaser.Renderer.WebGL.RenderNodes.BaseFilterShader](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-basefiltershader.md):** - [run](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-basefiltershader.md#run) **From [Phaser.Renderer.WebGL.RenderNodes.RenderNode](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-rendernode.md):** - [onRunBegin](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-rendernode.md#onrunbegin) - [onRunEnd](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-rendernode.md#onrunend) - [setDebug](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-rendernode.md#setdebug) --- ## Public Methods ### setupTextures #### \ setupTextures(controller, textures, _drawingContext) **Description:** Binds the textures required by the gradient map shader. The ramp data texture, which encodes the gradient color lookup, is assigned to texture slot 1. Slot 0 is reserved for the source render texture and is handled by the base class. **Parameters:** | name | type | optional | description | | ---- | ---- | -------- | ----------- | | controller | [Phaser.Filters.GradientMap](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/filters-gradientmap.md) | No | The filter controller providing the ramp data. | | textures | Array.\ | No | The texture array to populate for this draw call. | | _drawingContext | [Phaser.Renderer.WebGL.DrawingContext](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-drawingcontext.md) | No | The current drawing context. Unused by this method. | **Overrides:** Phaser.Renderer.WebGL.RenderNodes.BaseFilterShader#setupTextures > Source: [src/renderer/webgl/renderNodes/filters/FilterGradientMap.js#L55](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/renderer/webgl/renderNodes/filters/FilterGradientMap.js#L55) Since: 4.0.0 --- ### setupUniforms #### \ setupUniforms(controller, _drawingContext) **Description:** Sets all shader uniforms required by the gradient map effect. This includes the ramp texture index, the ramp's data texture resolution and first-band offset (used to address the correct rows in a shared ramp atlas), the dither toggle, the unpremultiply flag, the tint color and its blend factor, and the overall alpha value. **Parameters:** | name | type | optional | description | | ---- | ---- | -------- | ----------- | | controller | [Phaser.Filters.GradientMap](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/filters-gradientmap.md) | No | The filter controller providing uniform values. | | _drawingContext | [Phaser.Renderer.WebGL.DrawingContext](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-drawingcontext.md) | No | The current drawing context. Unused by this method. | **Overrides:** Phaser.Renderer.WebGL.RenderNodes.BaseFilterShader#setupUniforms > Source: [src/renderer/webgl/renderNodes/filters/FilterGradientMap.js#L73](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/renderer/webgl/renderNodes/filters/FilterGradientMap.js#L73) Since: 4.0.0 --- ### updateShaderConfig #### \ updateShaderConfig(controller, _drawingContext) **Description:** Updates the shader program configuration to match the current ramp's band tree depth. The RAMP shader addition's name is set to `RAMP_` so the program manager can cache and retrieve the correct variant, and the `BAND_TREE_DEPTH` preprocessor define in the fragment shader header is rewritten accordingly. This causes the program to be recompiled whenever the ramp structure changes. **Parameters:** | name | type | optional | description | | ---- | ---- | -------- | ----------- | | controller | [Phaser.Filters.GradientMap](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/filters-gradientmap.md) | No | The filter controller whose ramp provides the current band tree depth. | | _drawingContext | [Phaser.Renderer.WebGL.DrawingContext](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-drawingcontext.md) | No | The current drawing context. Unused by this method. | **Overrides:** Phaser.Renderer.WebGL.RenderNodes.BaseFilterShader#updateShaderConfig > Source: [src/renderer/webgl/renderNodes/filters/FilterGradientMap.js#L101](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/renderer/webgl/renderNodes/filters/FilterGradientMap.js#L101) Since: 4.0.0 --- ## Inherited Members **From [Phaser.Renderer.WebGL.RenderNodes.BaseFilterShader](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-basefiltershader.md):** - [indexBuffer](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-basefiltershader.md#indexbuffer) - [programManager](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-basefiltershader.md#programmanager) - [vertexBufferLayout](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-basefiltershader.md#vertexbufferlayout) **From [Phaser.Renderer.WebGL.RenderNodes.RenderNode](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-rendernode.md):** - [manager](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-rendernode.md#manager) - [name](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-rendernode.md#name) --- --- ## For AI agents: Phaser AE Phaser AE (Agentic Edition) is how people make games with AI on phaser.io. 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