# Extend the functionality of standard or PBR material with a custom vertex shader

**URL:** <https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/extend-the-functionality-of-standard-or-pbr-material-with-a-custom-vertex-shader/9309>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Created:** [March 18, 2020, 7:38pm UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/extend-the-functionality-of-standard-or-pbr-material-with-a-custom-vertex-shader/9309 "2020-03-18T19:38:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Steff](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/steff/32/6866_2.png) [@Steff](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/Steff)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 7:38pm UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/extend-the-functionality-of-standard-or-pbr-material-with-a-custom-vertex-shader/9309/1 "2020-03-18T19:38:17Z")

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I would like to use my custom vertex shader with standard or PBR material.  
In my search for an answer, I came across a topic dating back to 2015.

> **[ShaderMaterial on a StandardMaterial](https://www.html5gamedevs.com/topic/13617-shadermaterial-on-a-standardmaterial/)**
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> Hi everyone!Is it possible to apply a shaderMaterial on a StandardMaterial? I mean... I have a StandardMaterial with some properties like reflections and fresnel to whom Id like to apply a wave shader effect... How can I do it? As far as Ive seen, to...

  
But I hope that over these 5 years the situation could change, and a more direct method has appeared?

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**Author:** ![Evgeni\_Popov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/evgeni_popov/32/4432_2.png) [@Evgeni\_Popov](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/Evgeni_Popov)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 8:00pm UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/extend-the-functionality-of-standard-or-pbr-material-with-a-custom-vertex-shader/9309/2 "2020-03-18T20:00:55Z")

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You can use `CustomMaterial` / `PBRCustomMaterial`:

- [CustomMaterial - Babylon.js Documentation](https://doc.babylonjs.com/api/classes/babylon.custommaterial)
- [Babylon.js/materialsLibrary/src/custom at master · BabylonJS/Babylon.js · GitHub](https://github.com/BabylonJS/Babylon.js/tree/master/materialsLibrary/src/custom)
- [CustomMaterial Samples](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/custommaterial-samples/57)

Also, PBR is coming to the NME, so it will also be an option when it’s in.

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**Author:** ![Steff](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/steff/32/6866_2.png) [@Steff](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/Steff)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 9:29am UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/extend-the-functionality-of-standard-or-pbr-material-with-a-custom-vertex-shader/9309/3 "2020-03-19T09:29:30Z")

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Thank you Evgeni! That’s what I need! 🙂