Part I: Introduction to Shaders In Unity
Chapter 1: How Shader Development Works
Chapter 2: Your First Unity Shader
Chapter 3: The Graphics Pipeline
Chapter 4: Transforming Coordinate Spaces
Chapter 5: Your First Unity Lighting Shader
Chapter 6: Specular Implementation
Part II: Physically Based Shading
Chapter 8: What Is Physically Based Shading?
Chapter 9: Making a Shader Physically Based
Chapter 10: Post-Processing Effects
Chapter 12: Implementing a BRDF
Chapter 13: Hooking Into the Standard Shader
Chapter 14: Implementing Advanced Techniques
Part III: Shader Development Advice
Chapter 15: Making Shaders Artists Will Use
Chapter 16: Complexity and Ubershaders
Chapter 17: When Shading Goes Wrong
Chapter 18: Keeping Up with the Industry
Chapter 1: How Shader Development Works
What Is a Shader?
Shaders as Light Simulations
Rendering as Perspective Drawing
Rendering Process
Shaders as Code Running on GPUs
Shader Execution
Different Types of Shaders
Coordinate Systems
Types of Light
The Rendering Equation
The Behavior of Light
Renderer Type
Shader Visual Graphs
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Chapter 2: Your First Unity Shader
Introduction to Unity
Set Up
Unity UI
Make Your First Scene
Shader Editing
Shader Editing
From White to Red
Adding Properties
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Chapter 3: The Graphics Pipeline
Why Learn the Basics of Graphics APIs
A General Structure of the Graphics Pipeline
The Rasterizer
The Structure of an Unlit Shader
Vertex Data Structure
Vertex Function
Fragment Data Structure
Fragment Function
Adding Vertex Colors Support
Appdata Additions
v2f Additions
Assign the Color in the Vertex Function
Use the Color in the Fragment Function
Final Result
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Chapter 4: Transforming Coordinate Spaces
Coordinate Spaces Who's Who
Object Space
World Space
Transformation Between Spaces
Camera Space
Clip Space
Normalized Device Coordinates
Screen Space
Underneath Built-In Functions
Where to Find the Shader "Standard Library" Code
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Chapter 5: Your First Unity Lighting Shader
Lighting Shaders
What Is an Approximation
Diffuse Approximation
Specular Approximation
Diffuse and Specular Combined
Calculating Basic Lighting
Diffuse
Your First Lighting Unity Shader
Implementing a Diffuse Term
Adding a Texture Property
Adding an Ambient Value
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Chapter 6: Specular Implementation
Calculating Basic Lighting (Part II)
Specular
Your First Lighting Unity Shader (Part II)
Supporting More Than One Light
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Chapter 7: Surface Shaders
What Is a Surface Shader?
The Default Surface Shader
Pragmas
New Data Structure
The Surface Function
What's a Lighting Model?
Data Flow of a Surface Shader
Editing a Surface Shader
Add a Second Albedo Map
Add a Normal Map
Making Sure Shadow Work
Use Different Built-In Lighting Models
Writing a Custom Lighting Model
Lighting Model Function Signatures
The SurfaceOutput Data Structure
The Surface Function
Properties Block
The Custom Lighting Function
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Chapter 8: What Is Physically Based Shading?
Light Is an Electromagnetic Wave
Microfacet Theory Overview
Refraction and Other Beats
Fresnel Reflectance
How to Measure Light
Solid Angle
Power
Irradiance
Radiance
How to Represent a Material
Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function (BRDF)
Microfacet Theory
The Rendering Equation (Part II)
Hacks Real-Time Rendering Needs
HDR and Tone Mapping
Linear Color Space
Why Is Physically Based Shading Useful?
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Chapter 9: Making a Shader Physically Based
Chapter 10: Post-Processing Effects
Chapter 11: BRDFs Who's Who
Chapter 12: Implementing a BRDF
Chapter 13: Hooking Into the Standard Shader
Chapter 14: Implementing Advanced Techniques
Chapter 15: Making Shaders Artists Will Use
Chapter 16: Complexity and Ubershaders
Chapter 17: When Shading Goes Wrong
Chapter 18: Keeping Up with the Industry