---
title: "Creative Core: VFX"
content_type: course
url: "https://learn.unity.com/course/creative-core-vfx?language=en"
language: en
difficulty: beginner
duration_minutes: 150
unity_version:
  - "6.0"
supported_unity_versions:
  - name: "6.0"
    url: "https://learn.unity.com/course/creative-core-vfx.md?language=en&version=6.0"
  - name: "2022.3"
    url: "https://learn.unity.com/course/creative-core-vfx.md?language=en&version=2022.3"
  - name: "2021.3"
    url: "https://learn.unity.com/course/creative-core-vfx.md?language=en&version=2021.3"
last_updated: "2026-08-04T14:20:55.000Z"
---

# Creative Core: VFX

Visual effects, or VFX, are simulated motion effects added to enhance a scene, ranging from a subtle splash of water to a massive fiery explosion.

In this mission, you will learn to create your own visual effects, including fire, weather effects, and a puff of smoke.

By the time you complete this learning experience, you will be able to:

- Decide whether to use Unity's Particle Systems or VFX Graph in order to produce an effect in your scene.
- Produce environmental and burst effects by configuring Unity's Particle System object.
- Interpret a simple VFX graph.

About this learning experience

This project is a standalone learning experience which uses content developed for the [Creative Core pathway](https://learn.unity.com/pathway/creative-core). You’ll find everything you need to get started with VFX in Unity, but you may also notice references to the guided learning journey for that pathway.

If you decide that you’d like to complete the whole [Creative Core pathway](https://learn.unity.com/pathway/creative-core), you can start at any time. You’ll receive credit for any tutorials that you have already completed when you do.

## Contents

- [Get started with VFX](https://learn.unity.com/course/creative-core-vfx/tutorial/get-started-with-vfx?language=en&version=6.0) ([md](https://learn.unity.com/course/creative-core-vfx/tutorial/get-started-with-vfx.md?language=en&version=6.0)) — Explore what VFX are, who creates them, their uses in real-time 3D, and how Unity’s Particle System differs from VFX Graph.
- [Play around with a Particle System](https://learn.unity.com/course/creative-core-vfx/tutorial/play-around-with-a-particle-system?language=en&version=6.0) ([md](https://learn.unity.com/course/creative-core-vfx/tutorial/play-around-with-a-particle-system.md?language=en&version=6.0)) — Combine multiple Particle Systems to build a fire effect and tune Emission, Shape, and Renderer modules for unique results.
- [Create an environmental Particle System](https://learn.unity.com/course/creative-core-vfx/tutorial/create-an-environmental-particle-system?language=en&version=6.0) ([md](https://learn.unity.com/course/creative-core-vfx/tutorial/create-an-environmental-particle-system.md?language=en&version=6.0)) — Configure a new Particle System and its modules to create convincing rain or snow effects in your scene.
- [Create a burst particle](https://learn.unity.com/course/creative-core-vfx/tutorial/create-a-burst-particle-3?language=en&version=6.0) ([md](https://learn.unity.com/course/creative-core-vfx/tutorial/create-a-burst-particle-3.md?language=en&version=6.0)) — Create a user-triggered smoke burst Particle System and control particle color, size, and randomness over their lifetimes.
- [Experiment with VFX Graph](https://learn.unity.com/course/creative-core-vfx/tutorial/experiment-with-vfx-graph?language=en&version=6.0) ([md](https://learn.unity.com/course/creative-core-vfx/tutorial/experiment-with-vfx-graph.md?language=en&version=6.0)) — Use VFX Graph to add and edit visual effects, compare it to the Particle System, and navigate its core context nodes.
- [Challenge: Add some magic to your scene](https://learn.unity.com/course/creative-core-vfx/tutorial/challenge-add-magic-to-your-scene?language=en&version=6.0) ([md](https://learn.unity.com/course/creative-core-vfx/tutorial/challenge-add-magic-to-your-scene.md?language=en&version=6.0))
- [Creative Core: VFX Quiz](https://learn.unity.com/course/creative-core-vfx/quiz/creative-core-vfx-quiz?language=en&version=6.0) ([md](https://learn.unity.com/course/creative-core-vfx/quiz/creative-core-vfx-quiz.md?language=en&version=6.0)) — Check your understanding of VFX concepts, including Unity’s Particle System and VFX Graph.