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Creating Your First Shader

In this chapter, you will learn about the following recipes:

Creating a basic Standard Shader
Adding properties to a shader
Using properties in a Surface Shader

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• Learn the secrets of creating AAA quality shaders without writing long algorithms

• Master shader programming through easy-to-follow examples

• Create stunning visual effects that can be used in 3D games

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Since their introduction to Unity, shaders have been seen as notoriously difficult to understand and implement in games. Complex mathematics has always stood in the way of creating your own shaders and attaining the level of realism you crave. Unity 2018 Shaders and Effects Cookbook changes that by giving you a recipe-based guide to creating shaders using Unity. It will show you everything you need to know about vectors, how lighting is constructed with them, and how textures are used to create complex effects without the heavy math. This book starts by teaching you how to use shaders without writing code with the post-processing stack. Then, you’ll learn how to write shaders from scratch, build up essential lighting, and finish by creating stunning screen effects just like those in high-quality 3D and mobile games. You'll discover techniques, such as normal mapping, image-based lighting, and animating your models inside a shader. We'll explore how to use physically based rendering to treat light the way it behaves in the real world. At the end, we’ll even look at Unity 2018’s new Shader Graph system. With this book, what seems like a dark art today will be second nature by tomorrow.

What you will learn

• Understand physically based rendering to fit the aesthetic of your game

• Write shaders from scratch in ShaderLab and HLSL/Cg

• Combine shader programming with interactive scripts to add life to your materials

• Design efficient shaders for mobile platforms without sacrificing their realism

• Use state-of-the-art techniques, such as volumetric explosions and fur shading

• Master the math and algorithms behind the most used lighting models

• Understand how shader models have evolved and how you can create your own

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Amazon カスタマー Dec 22, 2019

シェーダーやポストプロセスの良い本だとは思うのですが、グラフィックスを扱う本なのにまさかのモノクロです。カラーページは一切ありません。それと当然ながら英語のみなので、注意してください。

Yahor Sep 03, 2019

Aware! This book is black and white! You cannot distinguish colours in the book where colours are the most important thing!In addition, images are of poor quality, see below.

M. HertZ Mar 12, 2019

It’s a decent primer if you’ve never worked with shader code before. The author does a decent job explaining the fundamentals of writing shader code. However for the price of the book and its subject, its pretty dissapointing that the images are low quality and in black and white. Furthermore getting the source code to follow along with the recipes is a pain. The publishers website provides confusing and inaccurate instructions. If you’re tired of reading blog posts and online tutorials then this book might be worth it for you.

thomas Feb 08, 2019

Great book, for those of you looking to learn some shader programming and are like me where you dont know where to start then this book is for you, i like how it takes you through set up and also provides demo materials which you can use as a guide or if you get stuck

Unity 2018 Shaders and Effects Cookbook: Transform your game into a visually stunning masterpiece with over 70 recipes , Third Edition

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Unity 2018 Shaders and Effects Cookbook

Creating Your First Shader

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Creating a basic Standard Shader

Adding properties to a shader

Using properties in a Surface Shader

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