Resources and next steps

Congratulations on completing the Get Started with Shader Graph course!

Throughout this course, you created 9 different shaders and worked with 28 unique nodes, 4 property types, and various Graph Settings.

In this tutorial, you’ll find reference tables summarizing the nodes, properties, and settings used throughout the course. These are designed to help you quickly revisit key concepts as you continue your journey in shader development.

You’ll also find links to useful documentation and additional resources to support your learning.

Important: This tutorial is part of the Get Started with Shader Graph course, which is organized into multiple units, each focusing on different types of shaders.

Note: If you need to inspect the tables, download them from here.

Note: If you need to inspect the table, download it from here.

Note: If you need to inspect the table, download it from here.

As you develop more complex shaders, documentation and external resources are going to be fundamental. Here is a list of useful resources to support your learning journey.

Official Unity Resources

• Unity’s official Youtube channel: Includes useful Shader Graph livestreams.
• The Universal Render Pipeline cookbook: A very comprehensive ebook with recipes to create versatile shaders and visual effects with URP in Unity 6.
• Unity’s official documentation: Provides a complete library of all the available nodes in Shader Graph.

Advanced Shader Graph tutorials

• URP Compute Shaders tutorial: Based on a recipe from the Universal Render Pipeline cookbook, it guides you on how to write your own compute shader to create particle effects.
• Shader Graph Masterclass: In this webinar you’ll create a foliage shader to simulate moving grass and a variation to create a simple water surface.

External resources

• The Book of Shaders: A very complete and comprehensive guide on Fragment shaders created by Patricio Gonzalez Vivo and Jen Lowe.
• Ben Cloward Youtube channel: Tutorials on shader creation and other game dev tips and tricks in Unity.
• Gabriel Aguiar Prod. Youtube channel: Youtube channel mostly focused on visual effects for games.

Congratulations!

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