Part I: Introduction to Shaders In Unity
Chapter 1: How Shader Development Works
Chapter 2: Your First Unity Shader
Chapter 3: The Graphics Pipeline
Chapter 4: Transforming Coordinate Spaces
Chapter 5: Your First Unity Lighting Shader
Chapter 6: Specular Implementation
Chapter 7: Surface Shaders
Part II: Physically Based Shading
Chapter 8: What Is Physically Based Shading?
Chapter 9: Making a Shader Physically Based
Chapter 10: Post-Processing Effects
Chapter 11: BRDFs Who‘s Who
Chapter 12: Implementing a BRDF
Chapter 13: Hooking Into the Standard Shader
Chapter 14: Implementing Advanced Techniques
Part III: Shader Development Advice
Chapter 15: Making Shaders Artists Will Use
Chapter 16: Complexity and Ubershaders
Chapter 17: When Shading Goes Wrong
Chapter 18: Keeping Up with the Industry
Chapter 1: How Shader Development Works
What Is a Shader?
Shaders as Light Simulations
Rendering as Perspective Drawing
Rendering Process
Shaders as Code Running on GPUs
Shader Execution
Different Types of Shaders
Coordinate Systems
Types of Light
The Rendering Equation
The Behavior of Light
Renderer Type
Shader Visual Graphs
Summary
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Chapter 2: Your First Unity Shader
Introduction to Unity
Set Up
Unity UI
Make Your First Scene
Shader Editing
Shader Editing
From White to Red
Adding Properties
Summary
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Chapter 3: The Graphics Pipeline
Why Learn the Basics of Graphics APIs
A General Structure of the Graphics Pipeline
The Rasterizer
The Structure of an Unlit Shader
Vertex Data Structure
Vertex Function
Fragment Data Structure
Fragment Function
Adding Vertex Colors Support
Appdata Additions
v2f Additions
Assign the Color in the Vertex Function
Use the Color in the Fragment Function
Final Result
Summary
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Chapter 4: Transforming Coordinate Spaces
Coordinate Spaces Who‘s Who
Object Space
World Space
Transformation Between Spaces
Camera Space
Clip Space
Normalized Device Coordinates
Screen Space
Underneath Built-In Functions
Where to Find the Shader "Standard Library" Code
Summary
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Chapter 5: Your First Unity Lighting Shader
Lighting Shaders
What Is an Approximation
Diffuse Approximation
Specular Approximation
Diffuse and Specular Combined
Calculating Basic Lighting
Diffuse
Your First Lighting Unity Shader
Implementing a Diffuse Term
Adding a Texture Property
Adding an Ambient Value
Summary
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Chapter 6: Specular Implementation
Calculating Basic Lighting (Part II)
Specular
Your First Lighting Unity Shader (Part II)
Supporting More Than One Light
Summary
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Chapter 7: Surface Shaders
What Is a Surface Shader?
The Default Surface Shader
Pragmas
New Data Structure
The Surface Function
What‘s a Lighting Model?
Data Flow of a Surface Shader
Editing a Surface Shader
Add a Second Albedo Map
Add a Normal Map
Making Sure Shadow Work
Use Different Built-In Lighting Models
Writing a Custom Lighting Model
Lighting Model Function Signatures
The SurfaceOutput Data Structure
The Surface Function
Properties Block
The Custom Lighting Function
Summary
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Chapter 8: What Is Physically Based Shading?
Light Is an Electromagnetic Wave
Microfacet Theory Overview
Refraction and Other Beats
Fresnel Reflectance
How to Measure Light
Solid Angle
Power
Irradiance
Radiance
How to Represent a Material
Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function (BRDF)
Microfacet Theory
The Rendering Equation (Part II)
Hacks Real-Time Rendering Needs
HDR and Tone Mapping
Linear Color Space
Why Is Physically Based Shading Useful?
Summary
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Chapter 9: Making a Shader Physically Based
Analyzing Phong
Checking for Positivity
Checking for Reciprocity
Checking for Energy Conservation
The Modified Phong
Summary
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Chapter 10: Post-Processing Effects
How Post-Processing Effects Work
Why Post-Processing Effects Are Useful
Setting Up a Post Effect
HDR and Linear Setup
Script Setup
Conversion to Linear
RenderTextures Brief Overview
A Simple Tone Mapper
Post-Processing Stack v1
Post-Processing Stack v2
Summary
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Chapter 11: BRDFs Who‘s Who
BRDF Explorer
BRDF Parameterizations
Reading BRDF Explorer‘s Output
Phong
MERL Database
Comparing BRDFs
An Incomplete List of BRDFs Used in Real-Time Rendering
Summary
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Chapter 12: Implementing a BRDF
Which BRDF to Implement?
Finding References
CookTorrance
Disney
Starting from the Paper
CookTorrance (or Microfacet) BRDF
Disney BRDF
Implementation
Properties
Custom Light Function Implementation
Utility Functions
CookTorrance Implementation
Disney Diffuse
Another Implementation of the Disney Diffuse
Putting It All Together
Summary
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Chapter 13: Hooking Into the Standard Shader
Chapter 14: Implementing Advanced Techniques
Chapter 15: Making Shaders Artists Will Use
Chapter 16: Complexity and Ubershaders
Chapter 17: When Shading Goes Wrong
Chapter 18: Keeping Up with the Industry
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