Green Hippo has unveiled the Hippotizer Effect Editor, a powerful new tool built on the 4.9 Hippotizer Engine and designed to give users unprecedented freedom to code, craft, and customise their own visual effects while storing them for instant recall. The tool opens the door for programmers and creatives to reshape their workflows, allowing them to modify existing effects, create CMY colour mixing engines, adjust parameters within favourite ripples, or even transform IMAG into stylised cartoon-style visuals with ease. Prior knowledge of C#, HLSL, and rendering is highly recommended, although users can dive straight into the library of 160 existing effects to uncover how they function and learn through real-time feedback and logging.

The Hippotizer Effect Editor provides a dedicated render window to preview effects live without needing to run a Hippotizer engine, enabling the upload of custom textures, offering the capability to write HLSL PixelShaders, and allowing users to adjust parameters in real time rather than repetitively testing between the engine and editor. Parameter limits can be customised, while multiple render passes and integrated blur passes streamline the creation of sophisticated visual looks. With a consistent interface for working on both effects and generators, the tool brings a new level of flexibility and creative precision to Hippotizer users seeking tighter control over their visual storytelling.