Pixel Shader Effects are starting to go mainstream. Now that Silverlight 3, WPF and Expression Blend support Shader Effects I expect to see a blossoming of interesting effects libraries.
A case in point. Charles, over at digitalepiphania.com has an new pixel shader that is worth investigating. His shader effect converts any XAML visual into a simulated hand drawn rendering.
Read his article for more information about how it works.
Write your own shaders
Need help creating your own shaders? Try the Open Source Shazzam tool.
As an alternative to running Fxc.exe from the command line, you can download Walt Ritscher’s excellent Shazzam utility and use it to compile PS files. An added bonus with Shazzam is that you can test and debug your effects before compiling them. -Jeff Prosise
