ShaderLab syntax: Blending

ShaderLab syntax: Blending Blending is used to make transparent objects.   When graphics are rendered, after all shaders have executed and all textures have been applied, the pixels are written to the screen. How they are combined with what is already there is controlled by the Blend command. Syntax Blend Off Turn off blending Blend   SrcFactor   DstFactor Configure & enable blending. The generated color is multiplied by the   SrcFactor. The color already on screen is multiplied by   DstFactorand the two are added together. Blend   SrcFactor   DstFactor,   SrcFactorA   DstFactorA Same as above, but use different factors for blending the alpha channel. BlendOp   BlendOp Instead of adding blended colors together, do a different operation on them. Blend operations The following blend operations can be used: Add Add source and destination together. Sub Subtract source from destination. RevSub Subtract destination from source. Min Use the smaller of source and destination. Max Use the larger of source and destination. LogicalClear Logical operation: Clear (0) DX11.1 only. LogicalSet Logical operation: Set (1) DX11.1 only. LogicalCopy Logical operation: Copy (s) DX11.1 only. LogicalCopyInverted Logical operation: Copy inverted (!s) DX11.1 only. LogicalNoop Logical operation: Noop (d) DX11.1 only. LogicalInvert Logical operation: Invert (!d) DX11.1 only. LogicalAnd Logical operation: And (s & d) DX11.1 only. LogicalNand Logical operation: Nand !(s & d) DX11.1 only. LogicalOr Logical operation: Or (s | d) DX11.1 only. LogicalNor Logical operation: Nor !(s | d) DX11.1 only. LogicalXor Logical operation: Xor (s ^ d) DX11.1 only. LogicalEquiv Logical operation: Equivalence !(s ^ d) DX11.1 only. LogicalAndReverse Logical operation: Reverse And (s & !d) DX11.1 only. LogicalAndInverted Logical operation: Inverted And (!s & d) DX11.1 only. LogicalOrReverse Logical operation: Reverse Or (s | !d) DX11.1 only. LogicalOrInverted Logical operation: Inverted Or (!s | d) DX11.1 only. Blend factors All following properties are valid for both SrcFactor & DstFactor in the Blend command. Source refers to the calculated color, Destinationis the color already on the screen. The blend factors are ignored if BlendOp is using logical operations. One The value of one - use this to let either the source or the destination color come through fully. Zero The value zero - use this to remove either the source or the destination values. SrcColor The value of this stage is multiplied by the source color value. SrcAlpha The value of this stage is multiplied by the source alpha value. DstColor The value of this stage is multiplied by frame buffer source color value. DstAlpha The value of this stage is multiplied by frame buffer source alpha value. OneMinusSrcColor The value of this stage is multiplied by (1 - source color). OneMinusSrcAlpha The value of this stage is multiplied by (1 - source alpha). OneMinusDstColor The value of this stage is multiplied by (1 - destination color). OneMinusDstAlpha The value of this stage is multiplied by (1 - destination alpha). Details Below are the most common blend types: Blend SrcAlpha OneMinusSrcAlpha // Alpha blendingBlend One One // AdditiveBlend OneMinusDstColor One // Soft AdditiveBlend DstColor Zero // MultiplicativeBlend DstColor SrcColor // 2x Multiplicative Example Here is a small example shader that adds a texture to whatever is on the screen already: Shader "Simple Additive" { Properties { _MainTex ("Texture to blend", 2D) = "black" {} } SubShader { Tags { "Queue" = "Transparent" } Pass { Blend One One SetTexture [_MainTex] { combine texture } } }} And a more complex one, Glass. This is a two-pass shader: The first pass renders a lit, alpha-blended texture on to the screen. The alpha channel decides the transparency. The second pass renders a reflection cubemap on top of the alpha-blended window, using additive transparency. Shader "Glass" { Properties { _Color ("Main Color", Color) = (1,1,1,1) _MainTex ("Base (RGB) Transparency (A)", 2D) = "white" {} _Reflections ("Base (RGB) Gloss (A)", Cube) = "skybox" { TexGen CubeReflect } } SubShader { Tags { "Queue" = "Transparent" } Pass { Blend SrcAlpha OneMinusSrcAlpha Material { Diffuse [_Color] } Lighting On SetTexture [_MainTex] { combine texture * primary double, texture * primary } } Pass { Blend One One Material { Diffuse [_Color] } Lighting On SetTexture [_Reflections] { combine texture Matrix [_Reflection] } } }}