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[[File:Super Secret Settings.png|thumb|The "Super Secret Settings..." button]]
'''Super Secret Settings''' was a button in the [[Minecraft:options]] menu that enabled built-in post-processing [[Minecraft:shader]]s.

When clicking on the button, a random sound played with a very low pitch, and the game cycled to the next shader. Once the last shader was reached, the game cycled back to the default shader <code>blit</code> which did not have any effect. The currently enabled shader was shown in the [[Minecraft:debug screen]] and could be toggled on and off by pressing {{key|F4}}.

This option was removed from the game in [[Minecraft:Java Edition 15w31a]], two years after its addition. The underlying shaders remained unused up to their removal in [[Minecraft:Java Edition 24w11a]].

== List of shaders ==
Note that the differences between certain shaders can be subtle, and therefore, to notice the differences, it might be necessary to observe a picture with higher resolution by clicking on the provided sample images.

{| class="wikitable" data-description="Shaders"
! Name
! Description
! Sample Images
|-
| Default (Blit)
| This does not utilize shaders. Use as a baseline for comparing to the screenshots below.
| [[File:Shader none.png|475px]]
|-
| Notch
| Uses 8-bit color with half the resolution, with a dithering effect. This is a reference to how many of Notch's other games use a similar overlay.
| [[File:Shader notch.png|475px]]
|-
| FXAA
| This shader adds a small amount of anti-aliasing (smoothing jagged edges), most visible in trees along the horizon.
| [[File:Shader fxaa.png|475px]]
|-
| Art
| Pixels are blurred outward, causing moving objects to twinkle.
| [[File:Shader art.png|475px]]
|-
| Bumpy
| Outlines color differences, and gives textures a 3D look. More visible when viewing screenshot at full resolution.
| [[File:Shader bumpy.png|475px]]
|-
| Blobs2
| Similar to Art, but less graphically intensive.
| [[File:Shader blobs2.png|475px]]
|-
| Pencil
| Monochromatic and sometimes has outlines.
| [[File:Shader pencil.png|475px]]
|-
| Color convolve
| Intensifies/adds more colors, adding vibrancy.
| [[File:Shader color convolve.png|475px]]
|-
| Deconverge
| Offsets the red, green, and blue color channels.
| [[File:Shader deconverge.png|475px]]
|-
| Flip
| Flips the player's view vertically.
| [[File:Shader flip.png|475px]]
|-
| Invert
| Inverts and slightly desaturates colors. Used when viewing the world as an [[Minecraft:enderman]] in [[Minecraft:Spectator]] mode.
| [[File:Shader invert.png|475px]]
|-
| NTSC
| Gives the player's view the impression of a CRT monitor or television screen.
| [[File:Shader ntsc.png|475px]]
|-
| Outline
| Outlines color differences similarly to Bumpy, but less complex. Has no effect on some computers.
| [[File:Shader outline.png|475px]]
|-
| Phosphor
| Pixels on screen linger, being "dragged out" when in motion before fading away.
| [[File:Shader phosphor.png|475px]]
|-
| Scan pincushion
| Similar to NTSC, but without the blurring and much less graphically intensive.
| [[File:Shader scan pincushion.png|475px]]
|-
| Sobel
| Turns the view black except for the edges of textures.
| [[File:Shader sobel.png|475px]]
|-
| Bits
| Lowers the resolution and uses an 8-bit color scheme.
| [[File:Shader bits.png|475px]]
|-
| Desaturate
| Reduces intensity of colors drastically, causing, as the name suggests, a desaturated effect.
| [[File:Shader desaturate.png|475px]]
|-
| Green
| Scan Pincushion and Bits, but with a green overlay.
| [[File:Shader green.png|475px]]
|-
| Blur
| Blurs the screen overall, independent of what is being displayed.{{info needed|Is this the same shader used in 24w09a and onwards in menus? Also, is this linear blur or box blur?}}
| [[File:Shader blur.png|475px]]
|-
| Wobble
| Colors cycle through the hue range constantly. All displayed pixels move up and down via a sine calculation. This affects only the screen plane and not the vertices being displayed by it; observing the edge of the screen reveals the pixels being moved.
| [[File:Shader wobble.png|475px]]
|-
| Blobs
| Similar to Blobs2 and Art, but the spots are tiny when close up and big when far away.
| [[File:Shader blobs.png|475px]]
|-
| Antialias
| Blurs the edges of pixels to reduce jaggedness. This is blurrier than FXAA, but is better at eliminating jagged edges in textures and blocks.
| [[File:Shader antialias.png|475px]]
|-
| Creeper
| Similar to Green, but with no black borders nor a CRT overlay and with a higher but still reduced resolution. Used when viewing the world as a [[Minecraft:creeper]] in Spectator mode.
| [[File:Shader creeper.png|475px]]
|-
| Spider
| 8 "eyes" onscreen with blur in between, similar to a spider's face. Used when viewing the world as a [[Minecraft:spider]] or [[Minecraft:cave spider]] in Spectator mode.
| [[File:Shader spider.png|475px]]
|}

== Passes ==
The shaders consisted of different passes. Each super secret shader used one or multiple of these passes, and consisted of a fragment shader and a vertex shader.

{| class="wikitable" data-description="Shader passes"
|-
! Passes !! Used in !! Fragment Shader !! Vertex Shader
|-
| antialias.json || Antialias || antialias.fsh || blobs.vsh
|-
| bits.json || Bits, Creeper, Green || bits.fsh || sobel.vsh
|-
| blit.json || Most shaders except Blur || blit.fsh || blit.vsh
|-
| blobs.json || Blobs || blobs.fsh || blobs.vsh
|-
| blobs2.json || Art, Blobs2 || blobs2.fsh || blobs.vsh
|-
| blur.json || Art, Blur, NTSC, Spider || blur.fsh || sobel.vsh
|-
| bumpy.json || Bumpy || bumpy.fsh || bumpy.vsh
|-
| color_convolve.json || Color convolve, Creeper, Desaturate, Green, NTSC || color_convolve.fsh || sobel.vsh
|-
| deconverge.json || Deconverge, NTSC || deconverge.fsh || sobel.vsh
|-
| downscale.json || || downscale.fsh || downscale.vsh
|-
| entity_outline.json || [[Minecraft:Glowing]] status effect || entity_sobel.fsh || sobel.vsh
|-
| flip.json || Flip || blit.fsh || flip.vsh
|-
| fxaa.json || FXAA || fxaa.fsh || fxaa.vsh
|-
| invert.json || Invert || invert.fsh || blit.vsh
|-
| notch.json || Notch || notch.fsh || sobel.vsh
|-
| ntsc_decode.json || NTSC || ntsc_decode.fsh || sobel.vsh
|-
| ntsc_encode.json || NTSC || ntsc_encode.fsh || sobel.vsh
|-
| outline.json || Outline || outline.fsh || sobel.vsh
|-
| outline_combine.json || Art || outline_combine.fsh || sobel.vsh
|-
| outline_soft.json || Pencil || outline_soft.fsh || sobel.vsh
|-
| outline_watercolor.json || Art || outline_watercolor.fsh || sobel.vsh
|-
| overlay.json || || overlay.fsh || blit.vsh
|-
| phosphor.json || NTSC, Phosphor || phosphor.fsh || sobel.vsh
|-
| scan_pincushion.json || Green, NTSC, Scan pincushion || scan_pincushion.fsh || sobel.vsh
|-
| sobel.json || Sobel || sobel.fsh || sobel.vsh
|-
| spider.json || Spider || spiderclip.fsh || rotscale.vsh
|-
|-
| wobble.json || Wobble || wobble.fsh || sobel.vsh
|-
|love.json
|Love and Hugs update{{info needed|no longer listed here. should this remain?}}
|
|
|}

== History ==
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.7.2|dev=13w38a|The original set of shaders was added: Antialias, Deconverge, Outline, Art, Desaturate, Pencil, Bits, Flip, Phosphor, Blobs, FXAA, Scan pincushion, Blobs2, Green, Sobel, Blur, Invert, Wobble, Color convolve, NTSC.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=13w38b|The Bumpy shader was added.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.7.4|dev=13w47a|The Notch shader was added.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.8|dev=14w05a|The Creeper and Spider shaders were added. Shaders are automatically applied in [[Minecraft:spectator]] mode when viewing the world as a [[Minecraft:Creeper]], [[Minecraft:Spider]] or [[Minecraft:Enderman]].}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=14w05b|Shaders are now removed from view when changing perspective while spectating a mob.<ref name="NoBug">{{bug|MC-46727#comment-219617}}</ref>|{{key|F4}} now toggles different shaders rather than turning them off.<ref name="NoBug"/>}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=14w06a|The Entity Outline shader was added.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.9|dev=15w31a|Removed the Super Secret Settings button for an internal rewrite.<ref>{{tweet|grum|627141591942209536|@TheMogMiner nah just rewriting it all :p They are still in the game, the button is just gone atm. It would make more sense to keybind imho|July 31, 2015}}</ref>}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.20.5|dev=24w11a|The shaders which were present in Super Secret Settings have been removed, having remained unused for almost a decade.}}
}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

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