Keywords: Unity, ShaderLab, Collections

ShaderLab

Collections

Collection of shaders and visual effects created for Unity 3D.
https://github.com/WorldOfZero/UnityVisualizations

A bunch of custom passes made for HDRP
https://github.com/alelievr/HDRP-Custom-Passes

Post Processing

A collection of custom post processing effects for Unity
https://github.com/keijiro/Kino

A 3D scan/sonar-like post-processing effect for Unity. Essentially a visualization of a spherical signed distance field (SDF).
https://github.com/MirzaBeig/Post-Processing-Scan

Outline

Source code for Outline Shader tutorial for Unity. Detects edges in a scene using the depth and normals buffers.
https://github.com/IronWarrior/UnityOutlineShader

Outline Image Effect for Unity
https://github.com/cakeslice/Outline-Effect

Screen-space outlines for Unity3d.
https://github.com/Arvtesh/UnityFx.Outline

Grass

Grass Shader
https://roystan.net/articles/grass-shader.html
Source code for Grass Shader tutorial for Unity.
https://github.com/IronWarrior/UnityGrassGeometryShader

Ocean & Water

An advanced ocean system implemented in Unity3D
https://github.com/crest-ocean/crest

Making Interactive Water using RenderTexture
https://www.patreon.com/posts/24192529

A port of Evan Wallace’s “Water Demo” for WebGL to Unity.
https://github.com/shanecelis/water-demo

Perfect Water Shaders - 1.4.0 Caustics and Foam Update | FILES
https://www.patreon.com/posts/perfect-water-1-33941315
Perfect Water Shaders - 1.4.1 Unity Fog Fix | FILES
https://www.patreon.com/posts/perfect-water-1-34159181

Next gen iteration of the unity community ocean shader
https://github.com/eliasts/Ocean_Community_Next_Gen

Water Surface Simulation using CutomRenderTexture in Unity 2017.1
https://github.com/hecomi/UnityWaterSurface

Frosted Glass

Test of a frosted glass material in Unity.
https://github.com/andydbc/unity-frosted-glass

Geometry Shader

An example of a geometry shader with Unity’s standard lighting model support.
https://github.com/keijiro/StandardGeometryShader

RealToon

RealToon
https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/vfx/shaders/realtoon-65518

Toon Shading

Flat Kit: Cel / Toon Shading
https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/vfx/shaders/flat-kit-cel-toon-shading-143368

An Uber Shader for rendering Sprites in Unity.
https://github.com/traggett/UnitySpriteShaders

A collection of “Toon” shaders for Unity based on a stepped PBR approximation.
https://github.com/Kink3d/ToonShading

A very simple toon lit shader example, for you to learn writing custom lit shader in Unity URP
https://github.com/ColinLeung-NiloCat/UnityURPToonLitShaderExample

UniversalRP Toon Shader with ShaderGraph
https://github.com/you-ri/LiliumToonGraph

UnityChanToonShaderVer2 Project / v.2.0.7 Release
https://github.com/unity3d-jp/UnityChanToonShaderVer2_Project

UniversalRP Toon Shader with ShaderGraph
https://github.com/you-ri/LiliumToonGraph

这是一个基于URP的开源仿原神卡通渲染项目
https://github.com/Gaolingx/GenshinCelShaderURP

A simple Genshin Impact facial shader for Unity URP, based on NiloCat shader example
https://github.com/NoiRC256/URPSimpleGenshinShaders

A Toon Shader in Unity Universal Render Pipeline.
https://github.com/ChiliMilk/URP_Toon

Volumetric

Little test of rendering clouds in Unity with raymarching.
https://github.com/SebLague/Clouds

Screen Space

This is a package which contains SSAO, SSDiffuse and SSReflection.
https://github.com/haolange/Unity_ScreenSpaceTechStack

Screen Space Planar Reflection

Reusable RendererFeature of Mobile Screen Space Planar Reflection
https://github.com/ColinLeung-NiloCat/UnityURP-MobileScreenSpacePlanarReflection

Shader Rendering Pipeline

Shadertoy shaders to unity Universal SRP screenspace shaders
https://github.com/umutbebek/shadertoy-to-unity-URP

UI Elements

This components and shaders allows you to add rounded corners to UI elements!
https://github.com/Nobinator/Unity-UI-Rounded-Corners

Firefly

Unity ECS example for special effects
https://github.com/keijiro/Firefly

Glitch

Glitch post-processing shader for Unity3d
https://github.com/staffantan/unityglitch

Holographic

Highly customizable sci-fi shield / force field shader for Unity3D. Allows you to set edge power & color, inner texture scrolling, waviness, scale pulsation and procedural intensity noise. Implements tessellation for low-poly base meshes.
https://github.com/AdultLink/HoloShield

OverwatchShield
https://github.com/LexdevTutorials/OverwatchShield

Sorangon Level Up Sketch Open Project (Recommended)
https://github.com/Sorangon/Level-Up-Sketch-Open-Project

Crash Ground

Gears Hammer of Dawn
https://github.com/LexdevTutorials/GearsHammerOfDawn
https://lexdev.net/tutorials/case_studies/gears_hammerofdawn.html

Fog

Civilization VI Fog of War
https://lexdev.net/tutorials/case_studies/civilization_fogofwar.html

Fast URP volumetric fog, suitable for low-end hardware.
https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/vfx/shaders/fullscreen-camera-effects/volumetric-fog-urp-277702

Textures

Painting directly in mesh textures in Unity 3d with shaders.
https://github.com/IRCSS/TexturePaint

Vertex Animation

VAT (Vertex Animation Texture) on Unity HDRP examples
https://github.com/keijiro/HdrpVatExample

Fast GPU vertex shader based animation library for Unity (VAT, Vertex Animation Texture, Morphing Animation)
https://github.com/codewriter-packages/Mesh-Animation

Decal

Unity unlit screen space decal shader for URP. Just create a new material using this shader, then assign it to a new unity cube GameObject = DONE, now you have unlit decal working in URP
https://github.com/ColinLeung-NiloCat/UnityURPUnlitScreenSpaceDecalShader

Noise

Noise Shader Library for Unity
https://github.com/keijiro/NoiseShader

Matrix

A realtime Matrix VFX Shader in Unity 3D
https://github.com/IRCSS/MatrixVFX

Dissolve (Destruct) Ground

Dissolving Ground Trail Effect in Unity using Shader Graph
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXg9MxIMolE

Voronoi

Voronoi Noise
https://www.ronja-tutorials.com/post/028-voronoi-noise/

Blogs

Shader Fun
https://shaderfun.com/

Developer

IronWarrior’s Repository

Source code for Outline Shader tutorial for Unity. Detects edges in a scene using the depth and normals buffers.
https://github.com/IronWarrior/UnityOutlineShader

Source code for Toon Water Shader tutorial for Unity. Renders and animates toon-style waves from a noise texture and generates shoreline foam based off the depth buffer.
https://github.com/IronWarrior/ToonWaterShader

Source code for Toon Shader tutorial for Unity. Has specular, rim lighting, and can cast and receive shadows.
https://github.com/IronWarrior/UnityToonShader

Source code for Grass Shader tutorial for Unity. Generates blades with a geometry shader, tessellates input mesh to control density.
https://github.com/IronWarrior/UnityGrassGeometryShader

Tutorials

Comprehensive Tutorails

The Unity Shaders Bible
https://learn.jettelly.com/unity-shader-bible/

A bunch of shader examples created in Unity (ShaderGraph & HLSL).
https://github.com/adrian-miasik/unity-shaders

记录学习Unity Shader过程中实现过的一些Demo。
https://github.com/csdjk/LearnUnityShader

Offical Tutorials

A library of Shaders created using Unity’s Shader Graph.
https://github.com/UnityTechnologies/ShaderGraph_ExampleLibrary

Tutorials On Patreon

Catlike Coding, is creating Unity C# and Shader Tutorials
https://www.patreon.com/catlikecoding

Minions Art is creating Game Art Tips and Astro Kat, a Catventure game!
https://www.patreon.com/minionsart

Harry Alisavakis
https://www.patreon.com/halisavakis
https://halisavakis.com/category/blog-posts/my-take-on-shaders

Roystan is creating open source game development tutorials
https://www.patreon.com/roystan

New Shiny Sparkly Shader
https://www.patreon.com/posts/new-shiny-shader-51125313

Universal Splat Map Shader | Release
https://www.patreon.com/posts/universal-splat-53172985

Compute Shader Interactive Grass + Updated Painter Tool (Fade at bottom of grass)
https://www.patreon.com/posts/compute-shader-53587750

HLSL & GLSL

Various shaders. Unity shader programming (HLSL & GLSL).
https://github.com/przemyslawzaworski/Unity3D-CG-programming

Shader Animation Tutorials

Creating shader animation in Unity
https://torchinsky.me/shader-animation-unity/

Post-Processing Tutorials

EVERY Image Effect in Unity Explained - Post Processing v2 Tutorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tjYz6Ab0oc

Vertex Shader Tutorials

Gears Hammer of Dawn
https://github.com/LexdevTutorials/GearsHammerOfDawn
https://lexdev.net/tutorials/case_studies/gears_hammerofdawn.html

Tools

Shader Editor

ShaderToy to ShaderLab Converter. A Shader Editor for Unity.
https://github.com/FreyaHolmer/ShaderForge

Convert ShaderToy to Unity HLSL/CG
https://github.com/smkplus/ShaderMan


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