Shader Forge on the Asset Store

 

“Shader Forge has completely changed my outlook on working with Unity; As an artist, having the power to create my own shaders without learning code is an absolute must, and with SF I discovered a tool that goes above and beyond every other node-based editor”
Robert Briscoe, artist & designer on Dear Esther

 
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Shader Forge on the Asset Store

The ultimate visual node-based shader editor for Unity

Shader Forge is aiming to push the visual quality of Unity to new heights, 

giving you the freedom of shader creation in a visual and intuitive way - with no code required!




 

• Real-time shader preview for tight iteration times

• Visual & intuitive interface

• Energy conserving physically based lighting, Blinn-Phong or Phong

• Image based lighting; perfect together with Marmoset
Skyshop

• Vertex animation

• DX11 Tessellation & Displacement




 

• Unity Free and Pro

• No extra files - just the .shader file itself

• Extensive node documentation, with tutorials coming
soon

• 10 example shaders included, that you can open, edit, and use freely

• Custom lighting support, if you want to get creative or technical 

• Outline width and color

• ...and much more not listed here!

A total of 21 inputs into the main node

Diffuse



Diffuse Power



Specular



Gloss



Normal



Emission



Tranmission



Light Wrapping



Diffuse Ambient Light



Specular Ambient Light



Custom Lighting



Alpha



Alpha Clip



Refraction



Outline Width



Outline Color



Vertex Offset



DX11 Displacement



DX11 Tessellation



Not listed: Diffuse Ambient Occlusion & Specular Ambient Occlusion 





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