diff --git a/samples/PixelShaders/Outlines.hlsl b/samples/PixelShaders/Outlines.hlsl
index 789f5dc2d2..ecee3adcca 100644
--- a/samples/PixelShaders/Outlines.hlsl
+++ b/samples/PixelShaders/Outlines.hlsl
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@ SamplerState samplerState;
 
 // Terminal settings such as the resolution of the texture
 cbuffer PixelShaderSettings {
-  // The number of seconds since the pixel shader was enabled
-  float  Time;
-  // UI Scale
-  float  Scale;
-  // Resolution of the shaderTexture
-  float2 Resolution;
-  // Background color as rgba
-  float4 Background;
+    // The number of seconds since the pixel shader was enabled
+    float Time;
+    // UI Scale
+    float Scale;
+    // Resolution of the shaderTexture
+    float2 Resolution;
+    // Background color as rgba
+    float4 Background;
 };
 
 // A pixel shader is a program that given a texture coordinate (tex) produces a color.
@@ -29,38 +29,19 @@ float4 main(float4 pos : SV_POSITION, float2 tex : TEXCOORD) : SV_TARGET
     // effect, read the colors offset on the left, right, top, bottom of this
     // fragment, as well as on the corners of this fragment.
     //
-    // You could get away with fewer samples, but the resulting outlines will be
-    // blurrier.
-
-    //left, right, top, bottom:
-    float4 leftColor   = shaderTexture.Sample(samplerState, tex+1.0*Scale*float2( 1.0,  0.0)/Resolution.y);
-    float4 rightColor  = shaderTexture.Sample(samplerState, tex+1.0*Scale*float2(-1.0,  0.0)/Resolution.y);
-    float4 topColor    = shaderTexture.Sample(samplerState, tex+1.0*Scale*float2( 0.0,  1.0)/Resolution.y);
-    float4 bottomColor = shaderTexture.Sample(samplerState, tex+1.0*Scale*float2( 0.0, -1.0)/Resolution.y);
-
-    // Corners
-    float4 topLeftColor     = shaderTexture.Sample(samplerState, tex+1.0*Scale*float2( 1.0,  1.0)/Resolution.y);
-    float4 topRightColor    = shaderTexture.Sample(samplerState, tex+1.0*Scale*float2(-1.0,  1.0)/Resolution.y);
-    float4 bottomLeftColor  = shaderTexture.Sample(samplerState, tex+1.0*Scale*float2( 1.0, -1.0)/Resolution.y);
-    float4 bottomRightColor = shaderTexture.Sample(samplerState, tex+1.0*Scale*float2(-1.0, -1.0)/Resolution.y);
-
-
     // Now, if any of those adjacent cells has text in it, then the *color vec4
     // will have a non-zero .w (which is used for alpha). Use that alpha value
     // to add some black to the current fragment.
     //
     // This will result in only coloring fragments adjacent to text, but leaving
     // background images (for example) untouched.
-    float3 outlineColor = float3(0, 0, 0);
-    float4 result = color;
-    result = result + float4(outlineColor, leftColor.w);
-    result = result + float4(outlineColor, rightColor.w);
-    result = result + float4(outlineColor, topColor.w);
-    result = result + float4(outlineColor, bottomColor.w);
 
-    result = result + float4(outlineColor, topLeftColor.w);
-    result = result + float4(outlineColor, topRightColor.w);
-    result = result + float4(outlineColor, bottomLeftColor.w);
-    result = result + float4(outlineColor, bottomRightColor.w);
-    return result;
+    for (int dy = -2; dy <= 2; dy += 2) {
+        for (int dx = -2; dx <= 2; dx += 2) {
+            float4 neighbor = shaderTexture.Sample(samplerState, tex, int2(dx, dy));
+            color.a += neighbor.a;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return color;
 }