About Water Wave Shader
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Simulate a realistic water surface over any image — animated caustic light patterns, natural ripples, and refraction that make flat images feel like they're sitting under moving water. Works as a live animated filter or as a standalone animated texture.
Features
Real caustic simulation — recursive fractal noise drives natural, non-repeating caustic light patterns
Dual-layer distortion — combine primary caustics with a second distortion layer for extra depth
Independent wave noise — add simplex-noise-based ripples separate from the caustic pattern
Animated by default — fully time-based motion with adjustable speed, or freeze it as a static texture
Edge-aware distortion — control how strongly the caustic effect bends near image edges
Built in Paper style, running on a lightweight, zero-dependency shader engine for smooth performance
Controls
Image
Background Color
Highlight Color
Highlights
Layering
Edges
Waves
Caustic
Size
Speed
Scale / Rotation / Offset
How to use
Add the Water component onto your canvas
Upload an image to distort, or leave it empty to use as a standalone animated water texture
Adjust Caustic and Layering to set how strong the light-refraction pattern looks
Add Waves for extra organic movement independent of the caustics
Set Speed to control animation pace, or set it to 0 to freeze on a single frame
Shader powered by Paper Shaders.
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