fix: dispose <primitive>-based effects, r3f never does it for them

src/effects/ASCII.tsx

@@ -1,29 +1,30 @@
 // From: https://github.com/emilwidlund/ASCII
 // https://twitter.com/emilwidlund/status/1652386482420609024
 
-import { forwardRef, useMemo } from 'react'
-import { CanvasTexture, Color, NearestFilter, RepeatWrapping, Texture, Uniform } from 'three'
 import { Effect } from 'postprocessing'
+import { Ref, useMemo } from 'react'
+import { CanvasTexture, Color, NearestFilter, RepeatWrapping, Texture, Uniform } from 'three'
+import { useDispose } from '../util'
 
-const fragment = `
-uniform sampler2D uCharacters;
-uniform float uCharactersCount;
-uniform float uCellSize;
-uniform bool uInvert;
-uniform vec3 uColor;
+const fragment = /* glsl */ `
+  uniform sampler2D uCharacters;
+  uniform float uCharactersCount;
+  uniform float uCellSize;
+  uniform bool uInvert;
+  uniform vec3 uColor;
 
-const vec2 SIZE = vec2(16.);
+  const vec2 SIZE = vec2(16.);
 
-vec3 greyscale(vec3 color, float strength) {
+  vec3 greyscale(vec3 color, float strength) {
     float g = dot(color, vec3(0.299, 0.587, 0.114));
     return mix(color, vec3(g), strength);
-}
+  }
 
-vec3 greyscale(vec3 color) {
+  vec3 greyscale(vec3 color) {
     return greyscale(color, 1.0);
-}
+  }
 
-void mainImage(const in vec4 inputColor, const in vec2 uv, out vec4 outputColor) {
+  void mainImage(const in vec4 inputColor, const in vec2 uv, out vec4 outputColor) {
     vec2 cell = resolution / uCellSize;
     vec2 grid = 1.0 / cell;
     vec2 pixelizedUV = grid * (0.5 + floor(uv / grid));
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ void mainImage(const in vec4 inputColor, const in vec2 uv, out vec4 outputColor)
     asciiCharacter.rgb = uColor * asciiCharacter.r;
     asciiCharacter.a = pixelized.a;
     outputColor = asciiCharacter;
-}
+  }
 `
 
 interface IASCIIEffectProps {
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ interface IASCIIEffectProps {
   cellSize?: number
   color?: string
   invert?: boolean
+  ref?: Ref<ASCIIEffect>
 }
 
 class ASCIIEffect extends Effect {
@@ -63,7 +65,7 @@ class ASCIIEffect extends Effect {
     cellSize = 16,
     color = '#ffffff',
     invert = false,
-  }: IASCIIEffectProps = {}) {
+  }: Omit<IASCIIEffectProps, 'ref'> = {}) {
     const uniforms = new Map<string, Uniform>([
       ['uCharacters', new Uniform(new Texture())],
       ['uCellSize', new Uniform(cellSize)],
@@ -114,22 +116,21 @@ class ASCIIEffect extends Effect {
   }
 }
 
-export const ASCII = /* @__PURE__ */ forwardRef<ASCIIEffect, IASCIIEffectProps>(
-  (
-    {
-      font = 'arial',
-      characters = ` .:,'-^=*+?!|0#X%WM@`,
-      fontSize = 54,
-      cellSize = 16,
-      color = '#ffffff',
-      invert = false,
-    },
-    fref
-  ) => {
-    const effect = useMemo(
-      () => new ASCIIEffect({ characters, font, fontSize, cellSize, color, invert }),
-      [characters, fontSize, cellSize, color, invert, font]
-    )
-    return <primitive ref={fref} object={effect} />
-  }
-)
+export function ASCII({
+  font = 'arial',
+  characters = ` .:,'-^=*+?!|0#X%WM@`,
+  fontSize = 54,
+  cellSize = 16,
+  color = '#ffffff',
+  invert = false,
+  ref,
+}: IASCIIEffectProps) {
+  const effect = useMemo(
+    () => new ASCIIEffect({ characters, font, fontSize, cellSize, color, invert }),
+    [characters, fontSize, cellSize, color, invert, font]
+  )
+
+  useDispose(effect)
+
+  return <primitive ref={ref} object={effect} />
+}

src/effects/ChromaticAberration.tsx

@@ -1,5 +1,30 @@
+import type { ReactThreeFiber } from '@react-three/fiber'
 import { ChromaticAberrationEffect } from 'postprocessing'
-import { type EffectProps, wrapEffect } from '../wrapEffect'
+import type { Ref } from 'react'
+import { useMemo } from 'react'
+import { useDispose, useVector2 } from '../util'
 
-export type ChromaticAberrationProps = EffectProps<typeof ChromaticAberrationEffect>
-export const ChromaticAberration = /* @__PURE__ */ wrapEffect(ChromaticAberrationEffect)
+export type ChromaticAberrationProps = Omit<
+  Partial<ConstructorParameters<typeof ChromaticAberrationEffect>[0]>,
+  'offset'
+> & {
+  ref?: Ref<ChromaticAberrationEffect>
+  offset?: ReactThreeFiber.Vector2
+}
+
+export function ChromaticAberration({ ref, ...props }: ChromaticAberrationProps) {
+  const offset = useVector2(props, 'offset')
+
+  const effect = useMemo(
+    () =>
+      new ChromaticAberrationEffect({
+        ...props,
+        offset,
+      } as ConstructorParameters<typeof ChromaticAberrationEffect>[0]),
+    [offset, props]
+  )
+
+  useDispose(effect)
+
+  return <primitive object={effect} ref={ref} />
+}

src/effects/ColorAverage.tsx

@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
-import { ColorAverageEffect, BlendFunction } from 'postprocessing'
-import React, { Ref, forwardRef, useMemo } from 'react'
-
-export type ColorAverageProps = Partial<{
-  blendFunction: BlendFunction
-}>
-
-export const ColorAverage = /* @__PURE__ */ forwardRef<ColorAverageEffect, ColorAverageProps>(function ColorAverage(
-  { blendFunction = BlendFunction.NORMAL }: ColorAverageProps,
-  ref: Ref<ColorAverageEffect>
-) {
-  /** Because ColorAverage blendFunction is not an object but a number, we have to define a custom prop "blendFunction" */
+import { BlendFunction, ColorAverageEffect } from 'postprocessing'
+import type { Ref } from 'react'
+import { useMemo } from 'react'
+import { useDispose } from '../util'
+
+export type ColorAverageProps = {
+  blendFunction?: BlendFunction
+  ref?: Ref<ColorAverageEffect>
+}
+
+export function ColorAverage({ blendFunction = BlendFunction.NORMAL, ref }: ColorAverageProps) {
   const effect = useMemo(() => new ColorAverageEffect(blendFunction), [blendFunction])
-  return <primitive ref={ref} object={effect} dispose={null} />
-})
+
+  useDispose(effect)
+
+  return <primitive object={effect} ref={ref} />
+}

src/effects/DepthOfField.tsx

@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
+import type { ReactThreeFiber } from '@react-three/fiber'
 import { DepthOfFieldEffect, MaskFunction } from 'postprocessing'
-import { Ref, forwardRef, useMemo, useEffect, useContext } from 'react'
-import { ReactThreeFiber } from '@react-three/fiber'
+import type { Ref } from 'react'
+import { use, useMemo } from 'react'
 import { type DepthPackingStrategies, type Texture, Vector3 } from 'three'
 import { EffectComposerContext } from '../EffectComposer'
+import { useDispose } from '../util'
 
-type DOFProps = ConstructorParameters<typeof DepthOfFieldEffect>[1] &
+export type DepthOfFieldProps = ConstructorParameters<typeof DepthOfFieldEffect>[1] &
   Partial<{
+    ref: Ref<DepthOfFieldEffect>
     target: ReactThreeFiber.Vector3
     depthTexture: {
       texture: Texture
@@ -16,28 +19,27 @@ type DOFProps = ConstructorParameters<typeof DepthOfFieldEffect>[1] &
     blur: number
   }>
 
-export const DepthOfField = /* @__PURE__ */ forwardRef(function DepthOfField(
-  {
-    blendFunction,
-    worldFocusDistance,
-    worldFocusRange,
-    focusDistance,
-    focusRange,
-    focalLength,
-    bokehScale,
-    resolutionScale,
-    resolutionX,
-    resolutionY,
-    width,
-    height,
-    target,
-    depthTexture,
-    ...props
-  }: DOFProps,
-  ref: Ref<DepthOfFieldEffect>
-) {
-  const { camera } = useContext(EffectComposerContext)
+export function DepthOfField({
+  ref,
+  blendFunction,
+  worldFocusDistance,
+  worldFocusRange,
+  focusDistance,
+  focusRange,
+  focalLength,
+  bokehScale,
+  resolutionScale,
+  resolutionX,
+  resolutionY,
+  width,
+  height,
+  target,
+  depthTexture,
+  ...props
+}: DepthOfFieldProps) {
+  const { camera } = use(EffectComposerContext)
   const autoFocus = target != null
+
   const effect = useMemo(() => {
     const effect = new DepthOfFieldEffect(camera, {
       blendFunction,
@@ -79,11 +81,7 @@ export const DepthOfField = /* @__PURE__ */ forwardRef(function DepthOfField(
     depthTexture,
   ])
 
-  useEffect(() => {
-    return () => {
-      effect.dispose()
-    }
-  }, [effect])
+  useDispose(effect)
 
-  return <primitive {...props} ref={ref} object={effect} target={target} />
-})
+  return <primitive {...props} object={effect} ref={ref} target={target} />
+}

src/effects/Glitch.tsx

@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-import { Vector2 } from 'three'
-import { GlitchEffect, GlitchMode } from 'postprocessing'
-import { Ref, forwardRef, useMemo, useLayoutEffect, useEffect } from 'react'
 import { ReactThreeFiber, useThree } from '@react-three/fiber'
-import { useVector2 } from '../util'
+import { GlitchEffect, GlitchMode } from 'postprocessing'
+import { Ref, useLayoutEffect, useMemo } from 'react'
+import { useDispose, useVector2 } from '../util'
 
 export type GlitchProps = ConstructorParameters<typeof GlitchEffect>[0] &
   Partial<{
@@ -12,29 +11,27 @@ export type GlitchProps = ConstructorParameters<typeof GlitchEffect>[0] &
     duration: ReactThreeFiber.Vector2
     chromaticAberrationOffset: ReactThreeFiber.Vector2
     strength: ReactThreeFiber.Vector2
+    ref?: Ref<GlitchEffect>
   }>
 
-export const Glitch = /* @__PURE__ */ forwardRef<GlitchEffect, GlitchProps>(function Glitch(
-  { active = true, ...props }: GlitchProps,
-  ref: Ref<GlitchEffect>
-) {
+export function Glitch({ active = true, ref, ...props }: GlitchProps) {
   const invalidate = useThree((state) => state.invalidate)
   const delay = useVector2(props, 'delay')
   const duration = useVector2(props, 'duration')
   const strength = useVector2(props, 'strength')
   const chromaticAberrationOffset = useVector2(props, 'chromaticAberrationOffset')
+
   const effect = useMemo(
     () => new GlitchEffect({ ...props, delay, duration, strength, chromaticAberrationOffset }),
     [delay, duration, props, strength, chromaticAberrationOffset]
   )
+
   useLayoutEffect(() => {
     effect.mode = active ? props.mode || GlitchMode.SPORADIC : GlitchMode.DISABLED
     invalidate()
   }, [active, effect, invalidate, props.mode])
-  useEffect(() => {
-    return () => {
-      effect.dispose?.()
-    }
-  }, [effect])
-  return <primitive ref={ref} object={effect} dispose={null} />
-})
+
+  useDispose(effect)
+
+  return <primitive ref={ref} object={effect} />
+}

src/effects/GodRays.tsx

@@ -1,16 +1,20 @@
 import { GodRaysEffect } from 'postprocessing'
-import React, { Ref, forwardRef, useMemo, useContext, useLayoutEffect } from 'react'
+import { Ref, RefObject, useContext, useLayoutEffect, useMemo } from 'react'
 import { Mesh, Points } from 'three'
 import { EffectComposerContext } from '../EffectComposer'
-import { resolveRef } from '../util'
+import { resolveRef, useDispose } from '../util'
 
 type GodRaysProps = ConstructorParameters<typeof GodRaysEffect>[2] & {
-  sun: Mesh | Points | React.RefObject<Mesh | Points>
+  sun: Mesh | Points | RefObject<Mesh | Points>
+  ref?: Ref<GodRaysEffect>
 }
 
-export const GodRays = /* @__PURE__ */ forwardRef(function GodRays(props: GodRaysProps, ref: Ref<GodRaysEffect>) {
+export function GodRays({ ref, ...props }: GodRaysProps) {
   const { camera } = useContext(EffectComposerContext)
   const effect = useMemo(() => new GodRaysEffect(camera, resolveRef(props.sun), props), [camera, props])
   useLayoutEffect(() => void (effect.lightSource = resolveRef(props.sun)), [effect, props.sun])
-  return <primitive ref={ref} object={effect} dispose={null} />
-})
+
+  useDispose(effect)
+
+  return <primitive ref={ref} object={effect} />
+}

src/effects/Grid.tsx

@@ -1,21 +1,28 @@
-import React, { Ref, forwardRef, useMemo, useLayoutEffect } from 'react'
-import { GridEffect } from 'postprocessing'
 import { useThree } from '@react-three/fiber'
+import { GridEffect } from 'postprocessing'
+import { Ref, useLayoutEffect, useMemo } from 'react'
+import { useDispose } from '../util'
 
 type GridProps = ConstructorParameters<typeof GridEffect>[0] &
   Partial<{
     size: {
       width: number
       height: number
     }
+    ref: Ref<GridEffect>
   }>
 
-export const Grid = /* @__PURE__ */ forwardRef(function Grid({ size, ...props }: GridProps, ref: Ref<GridEffect>) {
+export function Grid({ size, ref, ...props }: GridProps) {
   const invalidate = useThree((state) => state.invalidate)
+
   const effect = useMemo(() => new GridEffect(props), [props])
+
   useLayoutEffect(() => {
     if (size) effect.setSize(size.width, size.height)
     invalidate()
   }, [effect, size, invalidate])
-  return <primitive ref={ref} object={effect} dispose={null} />
-})
+
+  useDispose(effect)
+
+  return <primitive ref={ref} object={effect} />
+}