---
title: "Shader Transforms"
description: "Learn how to manipulate a Shader Game Object using standard properties such as scale, rotation, and position, including how to apply tweens to them."
phaser: "4.1.0"
size: "800x600"
files: 1
url: https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/shaders/view/shader-transforms
site: Phaser - https://phaser.io
---

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# Shader Transforms

Learn how to manipulate a Shader Game Object using standard properties such as scale, rotation, and position, including how to apply tweens to them.

A Phaser 4.1.0 example in [Game Objects / Shaders](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/shaders.md). It runs at 800 × 600, and loads its assets from https://cdn.phaserfiles.com/v410. See it running, with its code, at https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/shaders/view/shader-transforms.

To run it, load Phaser 4.1.0 (`https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/phaser@4.1.0/dist/phaser.min.js`), then the file, on a page with a `<div id="game-container">`.

## Code

### shader transforms.js

```js
class Example extends Phaser.Scene
{
    preload ()
    {
        this.load.setBaseURL('https://cdn.phaserfiles.com/v410');
        this.load.glsl('marble', 'assets/shaders/marble.frag');
        this.load.image('bird', 'assets/pics/birdy.png');
    }

    create ()
    {
        this.add.image(400, 600, 'bird').setOrigin(0.5, 1);

        const shader = this.add.shader({
            name: 'marble',
            fragmentKey: 'marble',
            setupUniforms: (setUniform, drawingContext) =>
            {
                setUniform('time', this.game.loop.getDuration());
            },
        }, 400, 300, this.scale.width, this.scale.width);


        this.input.once('pointerdown', function ()
        {

            this.tweens.add({
                targets: shader,
                props: {
                    scaleX: { value: 0.2, duration: 4000 },
                    scaleY: { value: 0.2, duration: 4000 },
                    angle: { value: 360, duration: 2000 },
                    y: { value: 100, duration: 1000 }
                },
                ease: 'Sine.easeInOut',
                yoyo: true,
                repeat: -1
            });

        }, this);
    }
}

const config = {
    scale: { mode: Phaser.Scale.FIT },
    type: Phaser.WEBGL,
    parent: 'game-container',
    width: 800,
    height: 600,
    backgroundColor: '#0972ff',
    scene: Example
};

const game = new Phaser.Game(config);
```

## More in Shaders

- [Basic Texture Shader](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/shaders/view/basic-texture-shader.md): Demonstrates how to create a custom shader that accepts an image texture as a uniform and applies it using texture coordinates.
- [Change Shader Texture](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/shaders/view/change-shader-texture.md): Demonstrates how to dynamically swap textures used by a shader at runtime using the setTextures method.
- [Load Shader](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/shaders/view/load-shader.md): Learn how to load an external GLSL fragment shader file and display it in your scene using a Shader Game Object.
- [Render Shader to Texture](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/shaders/view/save-shader-as-texture.md): Demonstrates how to render a fragment shader directly to a texture, which can then be used by standard Game Objects like Images and Sprites throughout your scene.
- [Setting Shader Uniforms](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/shaders/view/set-shader-uniform.md): Demonstrates how to define custom uniform variables within a BaseShader and update their values at runtime using the setUniform method.
- [Shader Arcade Physics](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/shaders/view/shader-arcade-physics.md): This example demonstrates how to apply Arcade Physics to Shader Game Objects, including dynamic bodies with velocity and bounce, as well as static body collisions.
- [Shader as a Mask](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/shaders/view/shader-as-a-mask.md): Demonstrates how to use a custom GLSL shader as a dynamic mask for an image. It shows how to create a shader object and apply it to a Game Object through the filters system to create animated masking effects.
- [Shader Feedback Buffers](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/shaders/view/buffer-a.md): Demonstrates how to create a shader feedback loop by rendering multiple shaders to textures and using the output of one as the input for another.
- [Shader Render to Texture](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/shaders/view/shader-mass-texture-test.md): Demonstrates how to render a GLSL shader to a texture and then use that texture across multiple Game Objects simultaneously.
- [Shader Render-to-Texture Feedback](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/shaders/view/buffer-b.md): Demonstrates how to create a feedback loop between multiple shaders by rendering each to a texture and passing those textures as sampler inputs to one another.
- [Shader Sandbox](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/shaders/view/sandbox.md): Demonstrates layering multiple shaders with standard images and animating shader uniforms using the Tween Manager.
- [Shader Using an Updating Dynamic Texture](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/shaders/view/shader-using-an-updating-dynamic-texture.md): This example demonstrates how to use a Dynamic Texture as a sampler input for a fragment shader, allowing you to feed live-rendered graphics directly into a shader effect.
- [All 15 examples in Shaders](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/shaders.md)

---

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