Contour Shaders

Ever watched a Minecraft trailer and wondered how the mobs got those clean, vibrant outlines? Now you can bring that exact official art style into your own game.

✦ What is Contour Shaders?

Contour Shaders introduces dynamic, color-coded entity outlines to every mob, player, and dropped item in your world.

Instead of a flat, intrusive black border, the outline color intelligently adapts to the entity itself—giving a Creeper a rich green outline and a Cow a deep brown border. It perfectly replicates the iconic aesthetic seen in official Minecraft trailers and promotional art.

✦ Key Features

• Intelligent Outlines: Every mob naturally pops out from the environment without losing the game's immersive feel.

• Pixel-Perfect Scaling: Outlines remain crisp, clean, and proportional at any render distance.

• That "Trailer" Aesthetic: Experience your world as if you're playing inside official Minecraft artwork.

• Fully Customizable: Easily tweak thickness, darkness, and distance falloff directly from the in-game shader options.

• Rainbow Outline Mode: Make the outline cycle through rainbow colors, with support for animated or fixed hue.

• Built on Greatness: Built on top of Complementary Shaders, ensuring the rest of your world still features industry-standard lighting, water, etc.

🛠️ Requirements

• Minecraft Java Edition
• Iris Shaders (v1.6 or higher)
• A graphics card supporting OpenGL 3.3 or higher

⚙️ Settings You Can Tweak

📦 Quick Installation

1. Ensure Iris Shaders is installed.
2. Navigate to: Options ➔ Video Settings ➔ Shader Packs ➔ Open Shader Pack Folder
3. Drop the downloaded .zip file into the folder.
4. Select Contour Shaders in-game and click Apply.
5. Enjoy your new look!

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👥 Credits

Shader Base: Complementary Shaders by Emin (EminGT) and the Complementary Development team. Visit them at Complementary Dev

Modifications: The custom adaptive outline system was developed by me (Eleeter) and Edren, integrated into the Complementary codebase.

Distributed as a Modified Pack in full compliance with the Complementary License Agreement 1.6.