--- title: "FilterThreshold" docs: "Phaser v4.1.0" url: https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-filterthreshold 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. # FilterThreshold This RenderNode renders the Threshold filter effect, which converts each pixel of a Game Object to either fully opaque or fully transparent based on its luminance value relative to a configurable threshold range. Pixels whose luminance falls below `edge1` are discarded, those above `edge2` are kept, and those in between are smoothly interpolated. The effect can optionally be inverted so that bright pixels are discarded instead of dark ones. See [Phaser.Filters.Threshold](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/filters-threshold.md). **Constructor** `new FilterThreshold(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/FilterThreshold.js#L12](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/renderer/webgl/renderNodes/filters/FilterThreshold.js#L12) 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) - [setupTextures](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-basefiltershader.md#setuptextures) - [updateShaderConfig](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-basefiltershader.md#updateshaderconfig) **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 ### setupUniforms #### \ setupUniforms(controller, drawingContext) **Description:** Sets the WebGL shader uniforms required by the Threshold filter. Passes the lower threshold edge (`edge1`), the upper threshold edge (`edge2`), and the invert flag to the fragment shader so it can apply the correct threshold calculation for the current frame. **Parameters:** | name | type | optional | description | | ---- | ---- | -------- | ----------- | | controller | [Phaser.Filters.Threshold](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/filters-threshold.md) | No | The filter controller providing the uniform values. | | drawingContext | [Phaser.Renderer.WebGL.DrawingContext](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-drawingcontext.md) | No | The current drawing context. | **Overrides:** Phaser.Renderer.WebGL.RenderNodes.BaseFilterShader#setupUniforms > Source: [src/renderer/webgl/renderNodes/filters/FilterThreshold.js#L37](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/renderer/webgl/renderNodes/filters/FilterThreshold.js#L37) 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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