## Community
* Join my [discord server](https://discord.gg/ngEW66HScd) for questions, suggestions and development updates
* You can also [donate](https://ko-fi.com/sixthsurge) if you would like to say thanks
#### Frequently asked questions
1. "When will Photon be released for _new Minecraft version_?"
- Shader packs are generally not very dependent on MC versions; as long as Iris is available, Photon should just work.
## 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
## Compatibility
### Shader loaders
* [Iris](https://irisshaders.dev/download) (recommended)
* Iris is a modern shader loader with far better performance, mod compatibility and developer features than OptiFine
* Some features (Colored Lighting) will only work on Iris
* [OptiFine](https://optifine.net/home)
### GPU vendors
* Nvidia
* AMD
* Intel
* **NOT** compatible with Apple GPUs (Metal)
### Mods
* [Voxy](https://modrinth.com/mod/voxy)
* [Distant Horizons](https://modrinth.com/mod/distanthorizons)
## Showcase videos
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## Acknowledgments
* Settings menu translations:
* [NakiriRuri](https://github.com/NakiriRuri) and [OrzMiku](https://github.com/Orzmiku) (Chinese)
* [Jmayk](https://github.com/Jmayk-dev) (Italian)
* [Timtaran](https://github.com/Timtaran) (Russian)
* [Emin](https://github.com/EminGT) - Shadow bias method from [Complementary Reimagined](https://www.complementary.dev/shaders/) (fully fixes peter panning and light leaking underground!)
* [DrDesten](https://github.com/DrDesten) - Depth tolerance calculation for SSR (helps to prevent false reflections)
* [Jessie](https://github.com/Jessie-LC) - f0 and f82 values for labPBR hardcoded metals
* [Sledgehammer Games](https://www.sledgehammergames.com/) - Bloom downsampling method used in Call of Duty Advanced Warfare (described [here](http://www.iryoku.com/next-generation-post-processing-in-call-of-duty-advanced-warfare))
* http://momentsingraphics.de/ - Blue noise texture
* [NASA Scientific Visualization Studio](https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4851) - Galaxy image
