1 files changed, 22 insertions, 17 deletions

diff --git a/doc/EFFECT_WORKFLOW.md b/doc/EFFECT_WORKFLOW.md
index c4010db..46aebd2 100644
--- a/doc/EFFECT_WORKFLOW.md
+++ b/doc/EFFECT_WORKFLOW.md
@@ -44,14 +44,18 @@ void render(WGPUCommandEncoder encoder,
 void declare_nodes(NodeRegistry& registry) override;
 ```
 
-**Uniforms**:
+**Uniforms** (auto-updated by base class):
 ```cpp
+// Available in render() via params:
 params.time;            // Physical seconds
 params.beat_time;       // Musical beats
 params.beat_phase;      // Fractional beat 0.0-1.0
 params.audio_intensity; // Audio peak
 params.resolution;      // vec2(width, height)
 params.aspect_ratio;    // width/height
+
+// uniforms_buffer_ automatically initialized and updated
+// No need to call init_uniforms_buffer() or uniforms_buffer_.update()
 ```
 
 ### 2. Add Shader to Assets
@@ -143,17 +147,15 @@ class MyEffect : public Effect {
 
 MyEffect::MyEffect(const GpuContext& ctx,
                        const std::vector<std::string>& inputs,
-                       const std::vector<std::string>& outputs)
-    : Effect(ctx, inputs, outputs), pipeline_(nullptr), bind_group_(nullptr) {
-  uniforms_buffer_.init(ctx_.device);
-  pipeline_ = create_post_process_pipeline(ctx_.device,
-                                           WGPUTextureFormat_RGBA8Unorm,
-                                           my_shader_wgsl);
-}
+                       const std::vector<std::string>& outputs,
+                       float start_time, float end_time)
+    : Effect(ctx, inputs, outputs, start_time, end_time) {
+  HEADLESS_RETURN_IF_NULL(ctx_.device);
 
-MyEffect::~MyEffect() {
-  if (bind_group_) wgpuBindGroupRelease(bind_group_);
-  if (pipeline_) wgpuRenderPipelineRelease(pipeline_);
+  // uniforms_buffer_ already initialized by base class
+  pipeline_.set(create_post_process_pipeline(ctx_.device,
+                                           WGPUTextureFormat_RGBA8Unorm,
+                                           my_shader_wgsl));
 }
 
 void MyEffect::render(WGPUCommandEncoder encoder,
@@ -162,9 +164,9 @@ void MyEffect::render(WGPUCommandEncoder encoder,
   WGPUTextureView input_view = nodes.get_view(input_nodes_[0]);
   WGPUTextureView output_view = nodes.get_view(output_nodes_[0]);
 
-  uniforms_buffer_.update(ctx_.queue, params);
-  pp_update_bind_group(ctx_.device, pipeline_, &bind_group_, input_view,
-                       uniforms_buffer_.get(), {nullptr, 0});
+  // uniforms_buffer_ already updated by base class dispatch_render()
+  pp_update_bind_group(ctx_.device, pipeline_.get(), bind_group_.get_address(),
+                       input_view, uniforms_buffer_.get(), {nullptr, 0});
 
   WGPURenderPassColorAttachment color_attachment = {
     .view = output_view,
@@ -196,9 +198,12 @@ void MyEffect::render(WGPUCommandEncoder encoder,
 class My3DEffect : public Effect {
   std::string depth_node_;
 
-  My3DEffect(const GpuContext& ctx, ...)
-    : Effect(ctx, inputs, outputs),
-      depth_node_(outputs[0] + "_depth") {}
+  My3DEffect(const GpuContext& ctx, ..., float start_time, float end_time)
+    : Effect(ctx, inputs, outputs, start_time, end_time),
+      depth_node_(outputs[0] + "_depth") {
+    HEADLESS_RETURN_IF_NULL(ctx_.device);
+    // Custom uniforms if needed (don't use base uniforms_buffer_)
+  }
 
   void declare_nodes(NodeRegistry& registry) override {
     registry.declare_node(depth_node_, NodeType::DEPTH24, -1, -1);