Three.js post-processing - EffectComposer, bloom, DOF, screen effects. Use when adding visual effects, color grading, blur, glow, or creating custom screen-space shaders.
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import * as THREE from "three";
import { EffectComposer } from "three/addons/postprocessing/EffectComposer.js";
import { RenderPass } from "three/addons/postprocessing/RenderPass.js";
import { UnrealBloomPass } from "three/addons/postprocessing/UnrealBloomPass.js";
// Setup composer
const composer = new EffectComposer(renderer);
// Render scene
const renderPass = new RenderPass(scene, camera);
composer.addPass(renderPass);
// Add bloom
const bloomPass = new UnrealBloomPass(
new THREE.Vector2(window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight),
1.5, // strength
0.4, // radius
0.85, // threshold
);
composer.addPass(bloomPass);
// Animation loop - use composer instead of renderer
function animate() {
requestAnimationFrame(animate);
composer.render(); // NOT renderer.render()
}import { EffectComposer } from "three/addons/postprocessing/EffectComposer.js";
import { RenderPass } from "three/addons/postprocessing/RenderPass.js";
const composer = new EffectComposer(renderer);
// First pass: render scene
const renderPass = new RenderPass(scene, camera);
composer.addPass(renderPass);
import { UnrealBloomPass } from "three/addons/postprocessing/UnrealBloomPass.js";
const bloomPass = new UnrealBloomPass(
new THREE.Vector2(window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight),
1.5, // strength - intensity of glow
0.4, // radius - spread of glow
0.85, // threshold - brightness threshold
);
composer.addPass(bloomPass);
Apply bloom only to specific objects.
import { UnrealBloomPass } from "three/addons/postprocessing/UnrealBloomPass.js";
import { ShaderPass } from "three/addons/postprocessing/ShaderPass.js";
// Layer setup
const BLOOM_LAYER = 1;
const bloomLayer = new THREE.Layers
import { ShaderPass } from "three/addons/postprocessing/ShaderPass.js";
import { FXAAShader } from "three/addons/shaders/FXAAShader.js";
const fxaaPass = new ShaderPass(FXAAShader);
fxaaPass.material.uniforms["resolution"].value.set(
1 / window.innerWidth,
1 / window.innerHeight,
);
composer.
import { SMAAPass } from "three/addons/postprocessing/SMAAPass.js";
const smaaPass = new SMAAPass(
window.innerWidth * renderer.getPixelRatio(),
window.innerHeight * renderer.getPixelRatio(),
);
composer.addPass(smaaPass);import { SSAOPass } from "three/addons/postprocessing/SSAOPass.js";
const ssaoPass = new SSAOPass(
scene,
camera,
window.innerWidth,
window.innerHeight,
);
ssaoPass.kernelRadius = 16;
ssaoPass.minDistance = 0.005;
ssaoPass.maxDistance = 0.1;
import { BokehPass } from "three/addons/postprocessing/BokehPass.js";
const bokehPass = new BokehPass(scene, camera, {
focus: 10.0, // Focus distance
aperture: 0.025, // Aperture (smaller = more DOF)
maxblur: 0.01, // Max blur amount
});
composer.addPass(bokehPass);
// Update focus dynamically
bokehPass.uniforms[import { FilmPass } from "three/addons/postprocessing/FilmPass.js";
const filmPass = new FilmPass(
0.35, // noise intensity
0.5, // scanline intensity
648, // scanline count
false, // grayscale
);
composer.addPass(filmPass);import { ShaderPass } from "three/addons/postprocessing/ShaderPass.js";
import { VignetteShader } from "three/addons/shaders/VignetteShader.js";
const vignettePass = new ShaderPass(VignetteShader);
vignettePass.uniforms["offset"].value = 1.0; // Vignette size
vignettePass.uniforms["darkness"].value = 1.0; // Vignette intensity
composer.import { ShaderPass } from "three/addons/postprocessing/ShaderPass.js";
import { ColorCorrectionShader } from "three/addons/shaders/ColorCorrectionShader.js";
const colorPass = new ShaderPass(ColorCorrectionShader);
colorPass.uniforms["powRGB"].value = new THREE.Vector3(1.2, 1.2, 1.2); // Power
import { GammaCorrectionShader } from "three/addons/shaders/GammaCorrectionShader.js";
const gammaPass = new ShaderPass(GammaCorrectionShader);
composer.addPass(gammaPass);import { RenderPixelatedPass } from "three/addons/postprocessing/RenderPixelatedPass.js";
const pixelPass = new RenderPixelatedPass(6, scene, camera); // 6 = pixel size
composer.addPass(pixelPass);import { GlitchPass } from "three/addons/postprocessing/GlitchPass.js";
const glitchPass = new GlitchPass();
glitchPass.goWild = false; // Continuous glitching
composer.addPass(glitchPass);import { HalftonePass } from "three/addons/postprocessing/HalftonePass.js";
const halftonePass = new HalftonePass(window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight, {
shape: 1, // 1 = dot, 2 = ellipse, 3 = line, 4 = square
radius: 4, // Dot size
rotateR: Math.PI / 12,
rotateB: (Math.PI / 12) * 2
import { OutlinePass } from "three/addons/postprocessing/OutlinePass.js";
const outlinePass = new OutlinePass(
new THREE.Vector2(window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight),
scene,
camera,
);
outlinePass.edgeStrength = 3;
outlinePass.edgeGlow = 0;
outlinePass.edgeThickness
Create your own post-processing effects.
import { ShaderPass } from "three/addons/postprocessing/ShaderPass.js";
const CustomShader = {
uniforms: {
tDiffuse: { value: null }, // Required: input texture
time: { value: 0 },
intensity: { value: 1.0 },
},
vertexShader: `
const InvertShader = {
uniforms: {
tDiffuse: { value: null },
},
vertexShader: `
varying vec2 vUv;
void main() {
vUv = uv;
gl_Position = projectionMatrix * modelViewMatrix * vec4(position, 1.0);
}
`,
fragmentShader: `
uniform sampler2D tDiffuse;
varying vec2 vUv;
void main() {
vec4 color = texture2D(tDiffuse, vUv);
const ChromaticAberrationShader = {
uniforms: {
tDiffuse: { value: null },
amount: { value: 0.005 },
},
vertexShader: `
varying vec2 vUv;
void main() {
vUv = uv;
gl_Position = projectionMatrix * modelViewMatrix * vec4(position, 1.0);
}
`,
fragmentShader: `
import { EffectComposer } from "three/addons/postprocessing/EffectComposer.js";
import { RenderPass } from "three/addons/postprocessing/RenderPass.js";
import { UnrealBloomPass } from "three/addons/postprocessing/UnrealBloomPass.js";
import { ShaderPass } from
// Create render target
const renderTarget = new THREE.WebGLRenderTarget(512, 512);
// Render scene to target
renderer.setRenderTarget(renderTarget);
renderer.render(scene, camera);
renderer.setRenderTarget(null);
// Use texture
const texture = renderTarget.texture;
otherMaterial.map // Multiple composers for different scenes/layers
const bgComposer = new EffectComposer(renderer);
bgComposer.addPass(new RenderPass(bgScene, camera));
const fgComposer = new EffectComposer(renderer);
fgComposer.addPass(new RenderPass(fgScene, camera));
fgComposer.addPass(bloomPass);
import { postProcessing } from "three/addons/nodes/Nodes.js";
import { pass, bloom, dof } from "three/addons/nodes/Nodes.js";
// Using node-based system
const scenePass = pass(scene, camera);
const bloomNode = bloom(scenePass, 0.5, 0.4, 0.85);
const postProcessing = new
// Disable pass
bloomPass.enabled = false;
// Reduce bloom resolution
const bloomPass = new UnrealBloomPass(
new THREE.Vector2(window.innerWidth / 2, window.innerHeight / 2),
strength,
radius,
threshold,
);
// Only apply effects in high-performance scenarios
const
function onWindowResize() {
const width = window.innerWidth;
const height = window.innerHeight;
const pixelRatio = renderer.getPixelRatio();
camera.aspect = width / height;
camera.updateProjectionMatrix();
renderer.setSize(width, height);
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