--- title: Realistic Real-Time Water Shader Made in Blender | daily.dev description: Digital artist Agha Ali created a realistic real-time water shader in Blender featuring refraction, underside refraction, and light/shadow interaction. The... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/realistic-real-time-water-shader-made-in-blender-xijvraizp twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Realistic Real-Time Water Shader Made in Blender | daily.dev og:description: Digital artist Agha Ali created a realistic real-time water shader in Blender featuring refraction, underside refraction, and light/shadow interaction. The... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/realistic-real-time-water-shader-made-in-blender-xijvraizp og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/xIjvraizP.png og:image:alt: Realistic Real-Time Water Shader Made in Blender og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Realistic Real-Time Water Shader Made in Blender **[80 LEVEL](https://daily.dev/sources/80lv)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Digital artist Agha Ali created a realistic real-time water shader in Blender featuring refraction, underside refraction, and light/shadow interaction. The shader was developed for use in an upcoming short film project. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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