# Simple Shader Help

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-shader-help/322055
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [May 9, 2011, 4:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-shader-help/322055 "2011-05-09T04:51:08Z")
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### Author: ![Onebigparty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Onebigparty](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Onebigparty)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2011, 4:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-shader-help/322055/1 "2011-05-09T04:51:08Z")

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I want to build a simple shader in flash, without the use of PixelBender (or anything else for that matter). All I need is a basic shader, to learn how they work.

I am having trouble finding tutorials/examples of this. I have found one example at: [http://www.robertpenner.com/experiments/sphere\_shading.html](http://www.robertpenner.com/experiments/sphere_shading.html)

It is done in as2 and I am trying to learn how to do this with as3. It would be fantastic if someone could point me in the right direction as to where I can learn this. All of the tutorials I find online seem to want to use PixelBender, ect…