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Unity 2021 Shaders and Effects Cookbook

You're reading from   Unity 2021 Shaders and Effects Cookbook Over 50 recipes to help you transform your game into a visually stunning masterpiece

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781839218620
Length 484 pages
Edition 4th Edition
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Chapter 1: Post Processing Stack 2. Chapter 2: Creating Your First Shader FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 3: Working with Surface Shaders 4. Chapter 4: Working with Texture Mapping 5. Chapter 5: Understanding Lighting Models 6. Chapter 6: Physically Based Rendering 7. Chapter 7: Vertex Functions 8. Chapter 8: Fragment Shaders and Grab Passes 9. Chapter 9: Mobile Shader Adjustment 10. Chapter 10: Screen Effects with Unity Render Textures 11. Chapter 11: Gameplay and Screen Effects 12. Chapter 12: Advanced Shading Techniques 13. Chapter 13: Shader Graph – 2D 14. Chapter 14: Shader Graph – 3D 15. Other Books You May Enjoy

Getting a filmic look using grain, vignetting, and depth of field

Now that we have installed the Post Processing Stack, we can create our first post-processing volume. The new Post Processing Stack relies on using volumes that describe how things should be drawn, either globally or within a certain area.

One of the most common appearances people like projects to have is that of a film. This is used quite frequently in titles such as the Uncharted series and Grand Theft Auto V. It's also used quite effectively in the Left 4 Dead series as its creators were trying to emulate the B-movie zombie films that the games are based on:

Figure 1.14 – The final result of the filmic look

Getting ready

Make sure you have completed the Installing the Post Processing Stack recipe before starting this one.

How to do it...

Follow these steps to get a filmic look using grain, vignetting, and depth of field:

  1. First, we must create a new Post Processing...
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