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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