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CG shaders (E-LITE and MakeUp edit)

CG shaders (E-LITE and MakeUp edit)

SHADER
CG - Ultra Fast shaders edit that is highly customizable, beautiful, and fast!
by CosmoGeorge
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Updated Oct 14, 2026
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ABOUT

CG shaders is a modification of E-LITE that aims to make it fancier while maintaining great performance. It adds a lot of customisation, and is ideal for use on most PCs, with highly adaptable graphics profiles.

DO NOT use OptiFine preview versions, they are very buggy.

🚀 What's New in This Version
  • Glowing Ores Menu Overhaul: Reorganized and expanded the glowing ores configuration menu. You can now toggle individual ore types and fine-tune the overall glow intensity.
  • End Portal Frame Fix: Fixed visual and rendering artifacts on the End Portal frame.
  • Sun Rendering Fix: Resolved an issue with sun duplication when using custom skybox or astronomy mods (such as Cosmic Horizon).

TESTED ON:

  • Minecraft 1.12.2 - 26.1
  • NVIDIA, AMD and Intel, NO warranty that it works on all hardware.
  • Windows 10 and 11.

Features:

Majority of these features can be turned off or reduced to enhance performance.

  • Shadow casting and colored shadows.
  • Style button for fast switching of Realistic looks and Vanilla.
  • Godrays.
  • Smart sharpening TAA and FXAA.
  • Screen-Space reflections on blocks and water.
  • Realistic and Vanilla clouds/water.
  • Ambient occlusion.
  • Bloom, Motion blur and Depth of Field.
  • +5 customized color schemes.
  • Optional auto-exposure.
  • Distant horizons and Voxy support (Iris only)
  • LabPBR support.
  • And more…

How to config?

PROFILES:

  • Minimum: Pure shader.
  • Very low - MAX: Progressively increase the quality and amount of effects at the cost of performance.
  • Choose the best for you!

COLOR SCHEME:

  • Change the color of sky and lighting. Realistic+ is the default and most recommended.

STYLE:

  • By clicking on the style button, you switch between Enhanced and Vanilla, Enhanced aims to be realistic, and Vanilla preserves the Minecraft aesthetic.

SCREENS:

  • Basic: Basic features of shader.
  • Lighting: Shadow quality, distance, light intensity, etc.
  • Effects: Majority of options of shader, separed into sub-screens, such as Rendering, Camera, etc.
  • Misc: Extra options, like seasons, selection line, etc.
  • Info: Information about the shader.

How to install?

  • First, you need Iris shaders or OptiFine: https://irisshaders.dev/ https://optifine.net/downloads
  • Put CG shaders.zip folder at .minecraft/your_instance/shaderpacks
  • Launch Minecraft with Iris or OptiFine installed.
  • Open: "Options -> Video Settings -> Shaders"
  • Choose CG shaders.

Recommendations:

  • Minecraft Java 1.12.2, previous versions works but with some bugs.
  • "Medium" profile.
  • Smart leaves turned off, as it can break lighting.

CREDITS:

Credits for forks of CG shaders:

MakeUp - Ultrafast original creator: Javier Garduño. Links:

https://www.planetminecraft.com/mod/makeup-ultra-fast-shader https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/customization/makeup-ultra-fast-shader https://github.com/javiergcim/MakeUpUltraFast

Modified and translated by Entokito.

Credits for forks of E-LITE shaders:

WARNING:

This shader is only available on MODRINTH, CURSEFORGE and PLANET MINECRAFT. Downloading it from any other site may not be safe. I haven't officially uploaded it to any other site.

CG shaders 1.1.3.zip
MC 1.16.3, 1.13.1, 1.16-Snapshot, 1.17.1, 1.21.2-Snapshot, 1.21, 1.21.6-snapshot, 1.15-Snapshot, 1.16.1, 1.18.1, 1.20.2-Snapshot, 1.20.5-Snapshot, 1.14.3, 1.15, 1.16, 1.13
Release 2026-09-28 Get

Requirements & install

How to use this shader in Minecraft
Shader loader
Iris or OptiFine
Minecraft
1.16.3 – 1.21.6-snapshot
Install folder
.minecraft/shaderpacks

How to install shaders

  1. Install a shader loader for your Minecraft version: Iris (with Sodium) or OptiFine.
  2. Download the shader pack .zip file (do not extract it).
  3. Put the .zip into the shaderpacks folder (.minecraft/shaderpacks).
  4. In game open Options → Video Settings → Shader Packs, select the pack and apply it.
Browse more: Iris shaders OptiFine shaders Shaders for 1.21.6-snapshot All shaders
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