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Unity 2018 Shaders and Effects Cookbook

You're reading from   Unity 2018 Shaders and Effects Cookbook Transform your game into a visually stunning masterpiece with over 70 recipes

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2018
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ISBN-13 9781788396233
Length 392 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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John P. Doran John P. Doran
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Preface 1. Post Processing Stack FREE CHAPTER 2. Creating Your First Shader 3. Surface Shaders and Texture Mapping 4. Understanding Lighting Models 5. Physically-Based Rendering 6. Vertex Functions 7. Fragment Shaders and Grab Passes 8. Mobile Shader Adjustment 9. Screen Effects with Unity Render Textures 10. Gameplay and Screen Effects 11. Advanced Shading Techniques 12. Shader Graph 13. Other Books You May Enjoy

Using basic Photoshop-like Blend modes with screen effects

The screen effects aren't just limited to adjusting the colors of a rendered image from our game. We can also use them to combine other images with our RenderTexture. This technique is no different than creating a new layer in Photoshop and choosing a Blend mode to blend two images together or, in our case, a texture with a RenderTexture. This becomes a very powerful technique as it gives the artists in a production environment a way to simulate their blending modes in the game rather than just in Photoshop.

For this particular recipe, we are going to take a look at some of the more common blend modes, such as Multiply, Add, and Overlay. You will see how simple it is to have the power of Photoshop Blend modes in your game.

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