Writing Your First Shader in Unity

Learn the fundamentals of shader authoring in Unity through this comprehensive 57-minute live training session that guides you from basic concepts to creating your first functional shader. Explore Unity's rendering pipeline and understand how shaders integrate into the graphics workflow before diving into the anatomy of an unlit shader. Master the vertex function to manipulate geometry and discover how the fragment function controls pixel appearance, including implementing color tinting effects. Progress to advanced techniques by creating transparent shaders and learning vertex displacement methods alongside pixel clipping operations. Gain practical experience through hands-on demonstrations that cover essential shader programming concepts, from basic structure to more complex visual effects, concluding with a Q&A session to address common shader development questions and challenges.

Syllabus

Writing Your First Shader In Unity - Session Introduction [1/8] Live 2017/6/21
Writing Your First Shader In Unity - Rendering In Unity [2/8] Live 2017/6/21
Writing Your First Shader In Unity - Anatomy Of An Unlit Shader [3/8] Live 2017/6/21
Writing Your First Shader In Unity - The Vertex Function [4/8] Live 2017/6/21
Writing Your First Shader In Unity - The Fragment Function and Color Tint [5/8] Live 2017/6/21
Writing Your First Shader In Unity - Making A Transparent Shader [6/8] Live 2017/6/21
Writing Your First Shader In Unity - Displacing Vertices and Clipping Pixels [7/8] Live 2017/6/21
Writing Your First Shader In Unity - Questions and Answers [8/8] Live 2017/6/21