Aerie is a pipeline shader for Canvas that unifies the Vanilla style while adding some useful new features like TAA, bloom, autogenerated normals, and colored handheld lighting.
Canvas is a client-side optimization mod similar to Sodium and Optifine. It increases performance by using shaders for game rendering, and allows custom third-party shaders using an entirely different format. Aerie requires Canvas, and as such, it will never work with Optifine or Iris!
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Be sure you're on 1.19.2 or above. Support is not guaranteed for versions that Canvas doesn't actively support.
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Install Fabric and get some cool mods that you like
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Get Canvas Renderer mod through Modrinth. You can also find an unofficial 1.19.3 build here. Keep in mind that Canvas does not work with Sodium, Iris, OptiFine, or OptiFabric.
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Download your preferred pipeline shaderpack. If you're looking for alternatives to Aerie, try out Lumi Lights, Lomo (not for gameplay), or Forget-me-not.
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Launch your game, put your pipeline resource pack into your resource packs folder and enable the resource pack.
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Activate your pipeline in
Options / Video Settings / Canvas / Pipeline Options / Pipelines
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