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Yes, but you can learn it!

1. Get inspired, get motivated. Shaders like these are breathtaking (and well-commented): https://www.shadertoy.com/view/l3cfW4

2. Watch "Learn to paint with mathematics" to see a simple shader being built gradually: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ifChJ0nJfM

3. Work through https://thebookofshaders.com/.



Also, the Inigo Quilez website is a great reference: https://iquilezles.org/

He is essentially the god of shaders effects like this. He is the one who made Shadertoy, the non code-golfed version of the cloud effect, and the second video you linked, among many other things.


Thank you for posting these links, and for the inspirational tone :)




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