diff --git a/demo/index.html b/demo/index.html
index dcee0c7..ca2acff 100644
--- a/demo/index.html
+++ b/demo/index.html
@@ -26,20 +26,9 @@
   <repa-shader id="demoshader" fs-input="fsinput" alpha mouse snippets="noise.glsl" width=512 height=512>
     <repa-texture src="avatar.png" name="tex_avatar" wrap="mirrored_repeat"></repa-texture>
     <repa-texture src="futas.mp4"></repa-texture>
+    <repa-texture filter="nearest">[[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 128, 255], [255, 128, 64, 32, 4, 3, 2, 1]]</repa-texture>
     <!-- repa-texture src="webcam"></repa-texture -->
     <!-- repa-texture ref="demoshader"></repa-texture -->
-<script type="x-shader/x-fragment">
-void main() {
-  vec2 uv = gl_FragCoord.xy / resolution.xy;
-  vec3 col = .5 + .5 * cos(uv.xyx + time + vec3(0, 2, 4));
-  col *= texture(tex_avatar, 1.-uv).rgb;
-
-  float dist = distance(uv, mouse.xy);
-  float circle = smoothstep(.1, .2, dist) * .5 + .5;
-  vec4 acolor = vec4(col * circle, circle);
-  outColor = vec4(acolor);
-}
-</script>
 <script type="x-shader/x-fragmen[DELETE]t">
 // https://twigl.app/?ol=true&ss=-NOAlYulOVLklxMdxBDx
 void main() {
@@ -57,6 +46,16 @@ void main() {
   o+=pow(max(o-o,(a+.5)*.1*vec4(6,1,2,0)+.003/length(N)),o-o+.45);
 }
 </script>
+void main() {
+  vec2 uv = gl_FragCoord.xy / resolution.xy;
+  vec3 col = .5 + .5 * cos(uv.xyx + time + vec3(0, 2, 4));
+  col *= texture(tex_avatar, uv).rgb;
+
+  float dist = distance(uv, mouse.xy);
+  float circle = smoothstep(.1, .2, dist) * .5 + .5;
+  vec4 acolor = vec4(col * circle, circle);
+  outColor = vec4(acolor);
+}
   </repa-shader>
   <div>
     <textarea id="fsinput"></textarea>
diff --git a/src/repa-shader.js b/src/repa-shader.js
index d9fab59..07e6b83 100644
--- a/src/repa-shader.js
+++ b/src/repa-shader.js
@@ -244,11 +244,15 @@ class RepaShader extends HTMLElement {
   }
 
   _getWrap(wrap) {
-    return this._gl[wrap.toUpperCase().replaceAll('-', '_')] || this._gl.CLAMP_TO_EDGE;
+    return (wrap && this._gl[wrap.toUpperCase().replaceAll('-', '_')]) || this._gl.CLAMP_TO_EDGE;
   }
 
   _getFilter(filter) {
-    return this._gl[filter.toUpperCase().replaceAll('-', '_')] || this._gl.LINEAR;
+    return (filter && this._gl[filter.toUpperCase().replaceAll('-', '_')]) || this._gl.LINEAR;
+  }
+
+  _getFormat(format) {
+    return (format && this._gl[format.toUpperCase().replaceAll('-', '_')]) || this._gl.RGBA;
   }
 
   _collectTextures() {
@@ -382,7 +386,10 @@ class RepaShader extends HTMLElement {
 
       // update if needed
       if (t.texElement.shouldUpdate) {
-        this._gl.texImage2D(this._gl.TEXTURE_2D, 0, this._gl.RGBA, this._gl.RGBA, this._gl.UNSIGNED_BYTE, t.texElement.update());
+        const format = this._getFormat(t.texElement.format);
+        this._gl.pixelStorei(this._gl.UNPACK_FLIP_Y_WEBGL, t.texElement.flipY);
+
+        this._gl.texImage2D(this._gl.TEXTURE_2D, 0, format, t.texElement.width, t.texElement.height, 0, format, this._gl.UNSIGNED_BYTE, t.texElement.update());
       }
 
       this._gl.uniform1i(this._uniLocation[t.texElement.name], i + this.mrt);
@@ -644,6 +651,11 @@ void main() {
       }
     }
 
+    // text content
+    if (!source) {
+      source = Array.from(this.childNodes).filter(n => n.nodeType === Node.TEXT_NODE).map(n => n.textContent).join('').trim();
+    }
+
     // fallback demo
     if (!source) {
       source = DEMO_FS;
diff --git a/src/repa-texture.js b/src/repa-texture.js
index 32cecaa..e347b33 100644
--- a/src/repa-texture.js
+++ b/src/repa-texture.js
@@ -16,10 +16,9 @@ const isVideo = (src) => {
 };
 
 /* TODO
- * - display content on canvas
  * - ready promise
  **
- * types: image, [video, webcam], [canvas, shader]
+ * types: image, [video, webcam], [canvas, shader], raw
  */
 class RepaTexture extends HTMLElement {
   constructor() {
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ class RepaTexture extends HTMLElement {
   }
 
   static get observedAttributes() {
-    return ['src', 'type', 'mag-filter', 'min-filter', 'filter', 'wrap-s', 'wrap-t', 'wrap'];
+    return ['src', 'type', 'mag-filter', 'min-filter', 'filter', 'wrap-s', 'wrap-t', 'wrap', 'format'];
   }
 
   attributeChangedCallback(name, oldValue, newValue) {
@@ -85,6 +84,8 @@ class RepaTexture extends HTMLElement {
     if (this.ref) {
       this.ready = true;
       this._forceUpdate = true;
+    } else if (this.textContent) {
+      this.content = JSON.parse(this.textContent);
     } else {
       this.logger.error('Source cannot be loaded');
     }
@@ -199,21 +200,42 @@ class RepaTexture extends HTMLElement {
       } else if (this.ref.nodeName === 'REPA-SHADER') {
         return 'shader';
       }
+    } else if (this._content) {
+      return 'raw';
     }
 
     return null;
   }
 
+  get flipY() {
+    return this.type !== 'raw';
+  }
+
+  // Array of Arrays
+  set content(data) {
+    this.ready = true;
+    this._type = 'raw';
+    this._format = 'luminance';
+    this._forceUpdate = true;
+
+    this._width = data[0].length;
+    this._height = data.length;
+    this._content = new Uint8Array(this._width * this._height);
+
+    data.forEach((row, y) => {
+      this._content.set(row, y * this._width);
+    });
+  }
+
   get content() {
     if (this.ref) {
       if (this.type === 'shader') {
         return this.ref.target;
-      } else {
-        return this.ref;
       }
+      return this.ref;
     }
 
-    return null;
+    return this._content;
   }
 
   _guessType(src) {
@@ -253,11 +275,11 @@ class RepaTexture extends HTMLElement {
   }
 
   get width() {
-    return this.ref?.videoWidth || this.ref?.width || 0;
+    return this._width || this.ref?.videoWidth || this.ref?.width || 0;
   }
 
   get height() {
-    return this.ref?.videoHeight || this.ref?.height || 0;
+    return this._height || this.ref?.videoHeight || this.ref?.height || 0;
   }
 
   get magFilter() {
@@ -276,6 +298,10 @@ class RepaTexture extends HTMLElement {
     return this.getAttribute('wrap-t') || this.getAttribute('wrap') || 'clamp-to-edge';
   }
 
+  get format() {
+    return this._format || this.getAttribute('format') || 'rgba';
+  }
+
   get name() {
     if (!this._name) {
       let name = this.getAttribute('name');