\n# Quanta Shader<\/p>\n
> A simple, fast and beautiful Minecraft shader for Iris\/OptiFine.
\n> Soft sunlight, gentle bloom, real shadows, dynamic clouds and lively
\n> water \u2014 tuned to look great while staying smooth on modest hardware.<\/p>\n
—<\/p>\n
A huge thank you \ud83d\ude4f<\/p>\n
Quanta Shader exists only thanks to **Javier G. Cimarras (`javiergcim`)**
\nand his amazing project **[MakeUp Ultra Fast]**.<\/p>\n
All the heavy lifting \u2014 the lighting model, the shadows, the water,
\nthe sky, the clouds, every clever optimization that makes this shader
\nfast \u2014 is his work. This project is just a small, respectful fork:
\nrenamed, cleaned up, and slightly tweaked.<\/p>\n
If you like Quanta Shader, please go and support the original author
\nfirst. He deserves all the credit. \u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\n
* Original project: https:\/\/github.com\/javiergcim\/MakeUpUltraFast
\n* Original author: **javiergcim or KDXavier**<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Fast, beautiful Minecraft visuals. Soft shadows, dynamic clouds, reflective water and rich skies, optimized for high FPS gameplay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":127532,"template":"","meta":{"_minecraft_slug":"quanta-shader","_minecraft_project_id":"d6GxSh1K","_minecraft_author":"J-ko","_minecraft_license":"LGPL-3.0-or-later","_minecraft_downloads":21,"_minecraft_follows":0,"_minecraft_client_side":"required","_minecraft_server_side":"unsupported","_minecraft_storage_type":"zip","_minecraft_archive_name":"quanta-shader.zip","_minecraft_size_bytes":1262800,"_minecraft_version_count":1,"_minecraft_updated_at":"2026-05-16T11:18:52.461648Z","_minecraft_date_created":"2026-05-16T01:27:31.756848Z","_minecraft_date_modified":"2026-04-30T15:11:05.708297Z","_minecraft_project_url":"https:\/\/modrinth.com\/mod\/quanta-shader","_minecraft_icon_attachment_id":127532,"_minecraft_imported_at":"2026-06-07T12:02:39+00:00","_minecraft_import_hash":"432f947646aff2e00068046f62dabb22","_minecraft_versions":"","_minecraft_links":"","_minecraft_gallery":"","_minecraft_api_metadata":""},"mod_category":[880,882,883,885,886,1012,889],"mod_loader":[890,891],"minecraft_version":[54,55,56,57,58,59,36,60,93,94,101,102,62,37,40,41,73,74,38,78,79,80,81,82,83,167,163],"class_list":["post-127531","mod","type-mod","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","mod_category-atmosphere","mod_category-high","mod_category-iris","mod_category-medium","mod_category-optifine","mod_category-path-tracing","mod_category-shadows","mod_loader-iris","mod_loader-optifine","minecraft_version-1-19","minecraft_version-1-19-1","minecraft_version-1-19-2","minecraft_version-1-19-3","minecraft_version-1-19-4","minecraft_version-1-20","minecraft_version-1-20-1","minecraft_version-1-20-2","minecraft_version-1-20-3","minecraft_version-1-20-4","minecraft_version-1-20-5","minecraft_version-1-20-6","minecraft_version-1-21","minecraft_version-1-21-1","minecraft_version-1-21-10","minecraft_version-1-21-11","minecraft_version-1-21-2","minecraft_version-1-21-3","minecraft_version-1-21-4","minecraft_version-1-21-5","minecraft_version-1-21-6","minecraft_version-1-21-7","minecraft_version-1-21-8","minecraft_version-1-21-9","minecraft_version-26-1","minecraft_version-26-1-1","minecraft_version-26-1-2"],"yoast_head":"\n