# Shader Effects is the coolest GNOME extension you'll try this weekend

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Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/10/shader-effect-gnome-extension>)

Author: Joey Sneddon

Published: 2026-10-24T03:29:18Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [OMG! Ubuntu](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/omg-ubuntu.md>)

Topics: [Tool](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tool.md>), [Image](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/image.md>)

Tags: [animation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/animation.md>), [bloom](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bloom.md>), [crt](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/crt.md>), [desktop](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/desktop.md>), [effect](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/effect.md>), [effects](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/effects.md>), [extension](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/extension.md>), [eye-candy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/eye-candy.md>), [glow](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/glow.md>), [gnome](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gnome.md>), [gnome-extensions](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gnome-extensions.md>), [gnome-shell](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gnome-shell.md>), [gpu](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gpu.md>), [gpu-accelerated](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gpu-accelerated.md>), [green](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/green.md>), [news](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/news.md>), [rgb](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rgb.md>), [scan](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scan.md>), [settings](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/settings.md>), [shader-effects](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/shader-effects.md>), [shell](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/shell.md>), [speed](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/speed.md>), [ubuntu](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ubuntu.md>)

## AI overview

Shader Effects adds GPU-accelerated retro display filters to the GNOME desktop or selected app windows. It offers effects such as scan lines, NTSC RGB bloom, green CRT glow, and VHS distortion; users can adjust intensity, animation speed, and frame rate, and toggle or switch effects from the panel. Shader effects cannot be mixed or stacked. Higher animation and frame-rate settings require more GPU power and may use more battery, while prolonged use can cause motion sickness. The excerpt says it works with GNOME 48-51 and is available through the GNOME Extensions website.

## Source excerpt

Ever wondered what your Ubuntu desktop would look like if you were watching it on a chewed up VHS tape or an old monochrome CRT monitor? You probably haven't, but a new GNOME Shell extension lets you find out anyway. The Shader Effects extension applies different GPU-accelerated filters (things like fuzzy scan lines, NTSC RGB bloom and flickery green CRT glow) to the entire desktop, or just a specific window if you'd rather. Settings allow you to fine-tune how intense the effect is, and dial in (or disable) animation speed and frame rate. The higher those values are, the more [...] You're reading Shader Effects is the coolest GNOME extension you'll try this weekend, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.