1 Section Introduction: Materials and Effects

• Let’s make things pretty!
• This section covers, well, materials and effects.
• We will cover shaders and post processing.
• How to create particle systems.

2 Materials » Standard Shaders 1/3

• Match Standard Shader properties by their description.
• Define the Albedo of a material.
• Editing shader properties.
• Using textures in a material.
• Metallic and Smoothness properties.
• Introduction to Normal maps.

3 Materials » Standard Shaders 2/3

• Match Standard Shader properties by their description.
• Height vs normal maps.
• Occlusion and emission maps.
• Details maps and masks.

4 Materials » Standard Shaders 3/3

• Match Standard Shader properties by their description.
• Standard specular shader.
• Creating materials.
• Glass materials.
• Render modes: Fade vs Cutout vs Transparent

5 Effects » Image Effects 1/2

• Differentiate Image Effects by their results.
• Overview of the effects package.
• Bloom and glow effects.
• Sunshafts.
• Colour adjustment in Unity.
• Post-processed antialiasing.

6 Effects » Image Effects 2/2

• Differentiate Image Effects by their results.
• Overview of the effects package.
• Depth of field and vignetting effects.
• Motion blur and film noise.
• Edge detection and vortex effects.

7 Particle System » Emitters 1/3

• Explain particle system settings.
• Differentiate particle options by their result.
• Relating Emission Rate & Lifetime to Max Particles.
• Affecting particles with wind and gravity.
• Emitter meshes and their effects.
• Particle speed and direction.
• Billboard vs Mesh render modes.

8 Particle System » Emitters 2/3

• Explain particle system settings.
• Differentiate particle options by their result.
• Previewing particle systems in the scene.
• Varying properties over lifetime and speed.
• Color, size and rotation over lifetime.
• Using curves, gradients over lifetime.
• Random values between curves or gradients.

9 Particle System » Emitters 3/3

• Explain particle system settings.
• Differentiate particle options by their result.
• Duration, loop, prewarming and start delay.
• Rotation properties of billboards.
• Velocity inheritance, external forces, texture sheets.
• Collisions and sub emitters.