Comments on: Debugging Shaders in Flash with PIX

By: Beck Sebenius

Beck Sebenius — Wed, 11 Sep 2013 19:11:21 +0000

Thanks for the info, it really helped getting started with PIX. I’m using it in Unity and it is becoming an indispensable part of my gfx programming workflow.

By: Michael Smith

Michael Smith — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 23:58:31 +0000

Adobe have recently released a new tool called Adobe Scout, that should be useful to you:

http://gaming.adobe.com/technologies/scout/

It’s a profiler for Flash, but it also lets you debug your Stage3D content – and there’s a built-in AGAL editor. It doesn’t support shader debugging, like in PIX, but it will let you edit a shader and immediately re-render the entire scene. That way, you can quickly play around with the shader until you get it right! Plus, you can use it with any Flash content (on mobile, desktop, or in the browser).

You can try Scout now as a free trial – you just need to register for a free Creative Cloud account. Sometime later this year it’ll become a paid product (there will still be a free version, but you’ll need a paid Creative Cloud account to use the advanced features like Stage3D debugging).

It’s worth checking out, to see if you find it useful!

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 15:50:28 +0000

Thanks for this super helpful. Looks like you can still download PIX from here… for free!!

DirectX SDK (9.24.1400): http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=22508

By: Colin Northway

Colin Northway — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 17:35:11 +0000

In reply to cywil_pl. I think they may have taken it away and added it to Visual Studio, which is pricey :/