Introduction to Shaders in Unity

Apr 8 2020 , C# 7.3, Unity 2019.3, Unity C# 7.3, Unity 2019.3, Unity

Ever wondered about shaders in Unity? In this tutorial, you’ll learn what shaders are, how to display vertex colors and how to animate within shaders. By Joseph Hocking.

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Introduction to Shaders in Unity

25 mins

Where to Go From Here?

Download the completed project files by clicking on the Download Materials button at the top or bottom of this tutorial.

You now know the basics of how to write custom Shaders in Unity! There’s a lot more to learn of course, and a good resource to peruse is Unity’s Shader manual.

Remember that handy shader function include you used earlier? Well, if you’re curious as to what helper functions are available with that include, you can check them out over here.

Seeing as though you’re interested in learning about shaders with Unity, check out our other tutorial on Unity’s Shader Graph here.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial! If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, feel free to leave them in the comments below or to visit our forums.