Exposing properties to the Inspector via Shader Graph

It is great to be able to create graphs and set up their properties using the Graph editor, but sometimes it is nice to use the same shader with a simple tweak in the same manner that we've used with the previous shaders we've created. To do this, we can make use of the Blackboard.

Getting ready

Ensure that you have created the SimpleGraph shader in the previous recipe. Afterward, complete the following steps:

1. From the Project tab, select the SimpleGraph shader and duplicate it by pressing Ctrl + D. Once duplicated, name the newly created shader ExposePropertyGraph.
2. Next, create a new material (ExposePropertyMat) and set the shader it uses to the Shader Graphs/ExposePropertyGraph selection.
3. Assign the material to the sphere in our scene:

Figure 13.15 – Setup for this recipe

The project should look the same as what we had in the previous recipe since we are using...