The Ultimate 2D & 3D Shader Graph VFX Unity Course

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Introduction: Course Overview

Lecture 2: What is Shader and what is Shader Graph?

Lecture 3: What is a render pipeline?

Lecture 4: Creating your first URP Unity project

Lecture 5: Converting existing project from Built-in render pipeline to URP

Lecture 6: Creating your first 2D Shader Graph

Chapter 2: 2D Fire Projectile Shader Graph

Lecture 1: Drawing Flames Texture in Photoshop

Lecture 2: Creating texture scrolling nodes

Lecture 3: Creating colorizing nodes

Lecture 4: Creating Movement Dissolve Nodes

Lecture 5: Creating Mask Nodes & Final 2D Fire VFX

Chapter 3: 2D Wind Vegetation Shader Graph (Vertex Movement Tutorial)

Lecture 1: Using Vertex Position Movement Nodes

Lecture 2: Masking the Vertex Movement

Chapter 4: 2D Dissolve Shader Graph

Lecture 1: Creating the Dissolve Nodes

Lecture 2: Creating the Outline Nodes + Adding Glow Post-Processing Effect

Lecture 3: Creating a Script that Controls the Dissolve In and Dissolve Out

Chapter 5: 2D Distortion Shader Graph

Lecture 1: Creating the Distortion Nodes

Lecture 2: Adding New Render Feature to Allow 2D Distortion

Lecture 3: Adding Soft Mask + Distortion Examples

Chapter 6: 2D Pixel Art Shader Graphs

Lecture 1: Creating Pixelation Shader

Lecture 2: Creating Pixilation Effect Control Codes

Lecture 3: Creating 2D Pixel Art Wind Shader Graph

Chapter 7: Standard 3D Lit Shader Graph – Physics-Based Rendering (PBR) Material

Lecture 1: Understanding and Creating the Base Map Nodes

Lecture 2: Understanding and Creating the Metallic and Smoothness Maps Nodes.

Lecture 3: Understanding and Creating the Normal and Depth Maps Nodes

Lecture 4: Understanding and Creating Ambient Occlusion Map Nodes

Lecture 5: Understanding and Creating the Emission Map Nodes

Chapter 8: 3D Magical Portal

Lecture 1: Creating circle with feathered edges

Lecture 2: Creating seamless texture in Photoshop + Vortex effect nodes

Lecture 3: Assembling differnt layers of the vortex to create the magical portal VFX

Lecture 4: Controling the portal to open and close by code

Chapter 9: 3D Stylized Water Shader

Lecture 1: Setting Up the Scene & Creating Water Depth Sub-Shader Graph

Lecture 2: Creating Water Refraction and Normal Nodes

Lecture 3: Creating Water Foam Nodes

Lecture 4: Adding Water Waves Nodes and Smoothness

Chapter 10: 3D Halftone Shader Graph

Lecture 1: Creating your first custom lighting.

Lecture 2: Creating the Halftone effect Using the Voronoi Node.

Lecture 3: Creating the Outline.

Chapter 11: Sub-Surface Scattering (SSS) Shader Graph

Lecture 1: Understanding SSS and Creating Custom Lighting to Simulate it.

Lecture 2: Adding Light Scattering Nodes

Lecture 3: Creating Thickness Map

Chapter 12: Triplanar Shader Graph

Lecture 1: What is Triplanar and How to Create the Simplest Triplanar Shader Graph

Lecture 2: Creating Advanced Triplanar that Blends Between 2 Textures

Lecture 3: Adding Normal Direction Nodes to Render Textures Only Facing Certain Direction

Chapter 13: Zelda Toon Shader

Lecture 1: Creating Custom Toon Lighting

Lecture 2: Adding Specular and Rim Light Nodes

Lecture 3: Adding Multiple Lights Support

Chapter 14: Extra content

Lecture 1: Stylized Fire Projectile VFX

Lecture 2: Fire Storm Axe Portal Punch VFX 1

Lecture 3: Fire Storm Axe Portal Punch VFX 2

Lecture 4: Colors Theory (Choose the most pleasing color combinations of color)