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title: "Projection Shader"
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section_path: "Material Manager > Classic Materials > Classic material > Channel Shaders > Projection Shader"
element_id: "XSLAPROJECTOR"
description: "Projector allows you to alter the projection of a shader or image. This is useful for having different mappings in separate channels of a material …"
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# Projection Shader

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Projector allows you to alter the projection of a shader or image. This is useful for having different mappings in separate channels of a material, especially when used in conjunction with other shaders such as Nukei or Fusion. Note that 3D shaders do not work with Projector.