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Unity 2021 Shaders and Effects Cookbook
Unity 2021 Shaders and Effects Cookbook

Unity 2021 Shaders and Effects Cookbook: Over 50 recipes to help you transform your game into a visually stunning masterpiece , Fourth Edition

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  • Discover practical recipes for mastering post-processing effects and advanced shading techniques
  • Learn the secrets of creating AAA quality shaders without writing long algorithms
  • Create visually stunning effects for your games using Unity's VFX Graph

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Shaders enable you to create powerful visuals for your game projects. However, creating shaders for your games can be notoriously challenging with various factors such as complex mathematics standing in the way of attaining the level of realism you crave for your shaders. The Unity 2021 Shaders and Effects Cookbook helps you overcome that with a recipe-based approach to creating shaders using Unity. This fourth edition is updated and enhanced using Unity 2021 features and tools covering Unity's new way of creating particle effects with the VFX Graph. You'll learn how to use VFX Graph for advanced shader development. The book also features updated recipes for using Shader Graph to create 2D and 3D elements. You'll cover everything you need to know about vectors, how they can be used to construct lighting, and how to use textures to create complex effects without the heavy math. You'll also understand how to use the visual-based Shader Graph for creating shaders without any code. By the end of this Unity book, you'll have developed a set of shaders that you can use in your Unity 3D games and be able to accomplish new effects and address the performance needs of your Unity game development projects. So, let's get started!

Who is this book for?

This book is for game developers who want to start creating their first shaders in Unity 2021 and take their game to a whole new level by adding professional post-processing effects. The book assumes intermediate-level knowledge of Unity.

What you will learn

  • Use physically based rendering to fit the aesthetic of your game
  • Create spectacular effects for your games by testing the limits of what shaders can do
  • Explore advanced shader techniques for your games with AAA quality
  • Use Shader Graph to create 2D and 3D elements for your games without writing code
  • Master the math and algorithms behind the commonly used lighting models
  • Get to grips with the Post-Processing Stack to tweak the appearance of your game

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Roshan Dec 30, 2021
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Extraordinary book, for those of you hoping to get familiar with some shader programming and if you don't know where to begin then this book is for you, I like how it takes you through setting up and furthermore gives demo materials which you can use as an aide.
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benradd Jan 12, 2022
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This is an essential book for anyone looking to create beautiful imagery in Unity. This book covers everything an artist or programmer needs to create customer shaders and effects and really raise the quality and visual fidelity of your project. Great for both Artists and Programmers this book has something for everyone. Breaks down complex topics and makes them easy to understand but also takes on some more advanced projects. I am a professional Unity Artist with 20 years of CG experience and I really enjoyed working through this book!
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046 Dom Feb 10, 2022
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Great book to learn ! Great for those of you looking to learn some shader programming and are like me where you don't know where to start then this book is for you.
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Sue B Apr 02, 2022
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This book requires a basic understanding of Unity. That being said, the author goes through the steps needed one at a time in clear instructions.Much better than trying to decipher some YouTube video on the subject.Well worth the $$.
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Tanvee Dec 31, 2021
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This book is the thing I've been searching for. It covers each subject I needed to find out about in addition to some more. After reading the initial chapters I was at that point composing my own shaders, in any event, coming up myself with thoughts that were really canvassed later in the book.To comprehensively get shaders and compose your own, this book is most certainly worth reading.
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