How to use the Preview node in Unity’s shader graph to organize and clarify your graphs.
Tip: Preview Nodes in Shader Graph
Tag: shaders
Paper Shader in Unity
This is the first in a collection of posts about paper shaders in Unity. This will cover five (really four) ways to deform a plane and make it look more like paper.
How to Calculate Shader Graph Normals
How to calculate normal vectors inside Unity. Shader Graph normals as well as code driven normals.
Unity Vertex Shader and Geometry Shader Tutorial
An introduction to vertex shaders and geometry shaders within Unity. Includes coded shaders and shader graph.
How To Create Custom Shader Graph Nodes
How to create custom shader graph nodes for the Unity shader graph package. We’ll explore both how to include HLSL code within a shader graph, and creating custom sub-nodes purely within the graph. This is useful for both reusing graphs, and creating advanced functionality within a graph.
Shader Series 5 – Unity Shader Graph
In the beginning of my shader series, I said that I’d stay in more in code than in graph tools. Well, today I’m ignoring that. Specifically, I’ll be going over how to work in the Unity Shader Graph. I knew eventually I’d have to start jumping into graph tools, but it has happened sooner than […]
Shader Series 4 – Colors As Math
Do you ever say to yourself “I wish math was sneakily hidden in more places around me”? Obviously you do. Well, today I’m going to cover how hiding math inside a texture can boost your shader capabilities. For context, an example of this would be using a normal map in a shader in Unity. If […]
Shader Series 3 – Shaders In Unity
There are quite a few paths to head down when creating shaders in Unity. There is support for several types of code based shaders, and as of 2018.1 you can use the shader graph. Today’s blog will cover the basic setup for those methods. This will provide a framework to better equip you to utilize […]
Shader Series 2 – Basic Shaders
Welcome to part two of my shader series. This post will be a collection of basic shaders samples, each intending to show you a simple concept. These can be used as-is within Unity, or modified slightly for other platforms and engines. At the end of this article, there’s a live Unity version of all the […]
Shader Series 1 – High Level Concepts
This is the first in a series I’m creating to walk people from “heard of shaders” to “writing complex shaders from scratch”. This one covers shader basics and high level concepts. Future articles will focus on more specific shader implementations, using shaders in tools like Unity, or advanced shader concepts. Edit: This was the first […]