--- title: "Expand Your Unity Studio Skills" content_type: tutorial url: "https://learn.unity.com/course/get-started-with-unity-studio/tutorial/expand-your-unity-studio-skills?language=en" language: en container_type: course container_title: "Get Started with Unity Studio" container_url: "https://learn.unity.com/course/get-started-with-unity-studio.md?language=en" standalone_markdown_url: "https://learn.unity.com/tutorial/expand-your-unity-studio-skills.md?language=en" previous_title: "Introduction to Unity Studio" previous_url: "https://learn.unity.com/course/get-started-with-unity-studio/tutorial/introduction-to-unity-studio?language=en" previous_markdown_url: "https://learn.unity.com/course/get-started-with-unity-studio/tutorial/introduction-to-unity-studio.md?language=en" difficulty: foundational duration_minutes: 20 supports_all_unity_versions: true last_updated: "2026-08-04T14:24:53.000Z" --- # Expand Your Unity Studio Skills Create your first Unity Studio project as you learn the interface, navigate a 3D scene, upload assets, and add simple interactivity. This tutorial explores more advanced **Unity Studio** features that will take your skills to the next level. By the end of this tutorial, you'll be able to do the following: - Build custom interactions and behaviors using **Logic**, the integrated visual scripting system for **Unity studio**. - Collaborate with your team in real-time within the same **draft** to iterate faster. - Utilize **Annotations** to pin feedback and spatial markers directly inside your 3D scene. - Transition your draft into the **Unity Editor** to unlock advanced development features. ## 1. Overview In the previous tutorial, you learned the fundamentals of navigating the **Unity studio** interface, creating a new draft, adding objects, and applying animations and materials. In this tutorial, you'll explore more advanced tools that will take your projects to the next level. You'll learn how to create interactive behaviors using scripts. You'll also discover tools that help teams work more efficiently, including the collaboration mode and **Annotations**, which allow you to leave comments directly on objects in the scene for other team members to review and act on. Finally, you'll learn how to import your **Unity Studio** draft into **Unity Editor**, creating a Unity project that you can extend with the full set of features and capabilities available in the editor. ![Unity Studio Editor showing two different views from teammates using the collaborative mode.](https://storage.googleapis.com/learn-platform-bucket-production/tutorial/f39785f0-29f9-4781-8c13-396a2a8642a3/versions%5B_key==%220fU7UhQ3D3f1GOOA8LVzgb%22%5D.sections%5B_key==%220fU7UhQ3D3f1GOOA8LVziJ%22%5D.body%5B_key==%226eef68037f90%22%5D.image/2026-07-07-studio-collab-developer-artist-light-gizmo_20260709_175726.png) ## 2. Create Logic scripts **Unity Studio** features its own visual scripting system, called **Logic**, which allows you to create interactive 3D experiences without writing any code. You can set up reactions to user actions and control how your GameObjects behave, all by connecting simple building blocks. In this step, you’ll create a simple behavior: when you hover your cursor over a GameObject, the name of the GameObject appears on screen; when you move your cursor away, the name disappears. **Important:** Extensive [Logic](https://docs.unity.com/en-us/unity-studio/develop/logic) documentation is available to help you understand the concepts of visual scripting and provides step-by-step instructions for adding specific functionality. Watch the video walkthrough or follow the step-by-step instructions below to learn more: [Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elSPChXnOhA) ## **Instructions** **1. Create a UI Text element** - In the **Hierarchy** panel, right-click the **UI** **Canvas** GameObject and select **UI** > **Text**. - Leave the default “New Text” content; the logic will update this at runtime. **2. Create and attach a Logic script** - In the **Hierarchy** panel, select the GameObject you want to hover over. - In the **Inspector** panel, select **Add** **Component**. - In the **New Logic** section, enter a name (for example, “HoverNameDisplay”), then select **Create and Edit** to open the **Logic** editor. **Tip:** You can also create scripts in the **My** **Logic** folder and attach them to GameObjects from their **Inspector** panel. **3. Review the Logic editor layout** - **Node Library**: All available events, actions, and operators. - **Logic Builder**: Drag and connect nodes to build behaviors. - **Methods** and **Variables**: Create and manage variables and methods. **4. Build logic to show the name on hover** - From the **Node** Library, drag a **While** event listener into the **Logic** **Builder** panel. **While** is an event listener that continuously checks a condition. **Tip**: You can zoom in on the **Logic** **Builder** panel and **Alt**+**click**+**drag** (macOS: **Option**+**click**+**drag**) to pan. - Drag a **Mouse Over** event inside the **While** node. - Drag the **me** variable into the **Object** socket. **me** is a build-in variable that refers to the GameObject this script is attached to. - Create a variable to reference your **Text** element: - In the **Variables** panel, select the **Add** (**+**) button. - Name it “NameDisplay” and set the **Type** property to **Object**. - Leave the **Scope** property as **Global** (accessible by other scripts); **Local** variables remain private to this script. - Select the Create button. - Add a **Set Text** action node inside the **While** block. - Drag the **NameDisplay** variable into the first socket. - In the **Variables** panel, expand the **me** variable and drag its **name** property into the second socket. While the mouse is over “me” (the GameObject the script is attached to), the UI text will display the GameObject’s name. **5. Test and connect references** - Close the **Logic** editor (select **X** or press **Escape**), then select **Play**. - You’ll see a warning stating that “**NameDisplay** is empty”. Select **Show** to locate the source. This will take you to the **Inspector** panel of the GameObject that has your **Logic** script attached, with the **NameDisplay** empty slot highlighted. - Exit Play mode. - Drag the **Text UI** element from the **Hierarchy** panel into the **NameDisplay** box in the **HoverNameDisplay** script component. - Press **Play** and hover over your GameObject to see that the name now appears. **6. Hide the name when the mouse is not over the GameObject** - Reopen the **Logic** editor by double-clicking the **HoverNameDisplay** script. - Right-click the logic block you’ve created and select **Duplicate**. - In the **Node** **Library** panel, search for “Not” (under **Operators**) and drag it into the **Logic** **Builder** panel. The **Not** logical operator reverses the condition it is applied to. - Drag the **Mouse is over Me** output from the duplicated event into the **Not** node. - Drag the combined **Not** node back into the duplicated **While** block’s condition socket (the block now reads “While the mouse is not over me”). - In the duplicated **Set Text** node, remove the **me** > **Name** property and leave the text input empty. This clears the UI text. **7. Final test** - Close the **Logic** editor and press the **Play** button. - Hover over your GameObject and see the name appear. - Move your cursor away and the name clears. You’ve now created and attached a **Logic** script, used event listeners, variables, actions, and operators, navigated the **Logic** **Builder** panel, and connected references between your script and GameObjects in the scene. ## 3. Want to learn more about Logic? If you want to learn more examples of **Logic** scripts you can create, there are additional sets of step-by-step instructions in the documentation for the following interactive behaviors: - [Use a button to transform a GameObject](https://docs.unity.com/en-us/unity-lite/develop/logic/examples/logic-example-button-click) - [Hide or show a UI element](https://docs.unity.com/en-us/unity-lite/develop/logic/examples/hide-show-ui-element) - [Trigger an animation with a key press](https://docs.unity.com/en-us/unity-lite/develop/logic/examples/start-animation-on-key-press) - [Adjust scene lighting with a button](https://docs.unity.com/en-us/unity-lite/develop/logic/examples/change-light-with-button) - [Interact with an asset after an event](https://docs.unity.com/en-us/unity-lite/develop/logic/examples/control-gameobject-interactivity) - [Enable or disable a property on a GameObject](https://docs.unity.com/en-us/unity-studio/develop/logic/examples/enable-disable-property-gameobject) - [Mute and unmute audio with the toggle element.](https://docs.unity.com/en-us/unity-studio/develop/logic/examples/toggle-example) - [Use sliders to change a material's color](https://docs.unity.com/en-us/unity-studio/develop/logic/examples/slider-example) - [Play audio when you click on an object](https://docs.unity.com/en-us/unity-studio/develop/logic/examples/audio-example) You can also browse other draft templates available in **Unity Studio** and examine their **Logic** scripts to observe how different interactive elements and behaviors are implemented. ## 4. Real-time collaboration **Unity Studio** has a real-time collaboration feature built in, so your whole team can work in the same **draft** at the same time, right in the browser. Everyone gets their own color, giving you shared presence and live visibility into what's changing. You can view other participants' cameras and fields of view, cursors in the **Scene** view, selections in the **Hierarchy** panel, live changes such as adding assets or changing material colors, and edits in the **Inspector** panel or **Logic** scripts. Changes display live, with no saving or refreshing needed. In this step, you'll start a collaborative session, see who's working and what they're changing, follow a participant's view, and review the result together. Watch the video walkthrough or follow the step-by-step instructions below to complete this task: [Video](https://storage.googleapis.com/learn-platform-bucket-production/tutorial/f39785f0-29f9-4781-8c13-396a2a8642a3/versions%5B_key==%220fU7UhQ3D3f1GOOA8LVzgb%22%5D.sections%5B_key==%220fU7UhQ3D3f1GOOA8LW0pY%22%5D.body%5B_key==%22061544c52ef8%22%5D.overviewVideo/uscollab_v3%20%281080p%29_20260708_200608.mp4) ## **Instructions** **1.** **Start collaborating** - Open a **draft** from the Unity Studio main page. - When other users join the draft, their participant icons appear at the top right of the **Hierarchy** panel. Hover over an icon to display the participant's full name, or select the expand arrow next to the icons to view the full participant list. - Each participant has a unique color. Use this color to identify their camera, cursor, selections, and activity across the editor panels. **Note:** A maximum of 12 participants can work in the same draft simultaneously. **2.** **See who's changing what** - **Camera:** Each participant has a camera icon in the **Scene** view that shows their live position and orientation. - **Cursor and selections:** Each participant's cursor and name display in the **Scene** view as they navigate. When they click, a white raycast appears from their camera to the click location. If they select an asset, it's outlined in their color, and a colored dot appears next to it in the **Hierarchy** panel. - **Inspector edits:** When a participant edits a value in the **Inspector** panel, a colored dot appears next to the value and the field is outlined in their color. - **Logic script edits:** An actively edited Logic script is outlined in the participant's color in the **Project** panel, with a colored dot at the top right of the script. **Note:** Only one participant can edit a **Logic** script at a time. While a participant is editing a script, other participants can't open or edit it. **3.**  **Follow a participant's work** - Select a participant's icon at the top right of the **Hierarchy** panel. Your view switches to that participant's camera, so you can follow exactly what they're working on, including live changes such as adjusting a light, which highlights instantly with no saving or refreshing. - To stop following a participant, select the black cross at the bottom of the screen. **4.** **Search for a participant** - Select the expand arrow next to the participant icons at the top right of the **Hierarchy** panel. - Enter a name in the search bar, then select the participant's name to follow them. - Select their name again to stop following. **5.**  **Review the result together** - As changes are made, they update live across every viewport, for everyone in the scene. - Select the **Play** button at the top of the **Scene** view to run the scene and review the result together. With real-time collaboration, you can now work on the same draft at once, see who's changing what, follow a participant's view, and review changes together as they happen. ## 5. Working with Annotations **Annotations** let you leave comments and feedback directly inside your 3D scene. You can pin a comment to a spot, add a sketch, spatial marker, or file for context, reply, react with emojis, tag teammates, and mark comments as resolved. **Annotations** sync every few seconds, so your team can see new comments without the need to save or refresh the project. In this step, you'll learn how to add a comment, attach context, reply to and resolve feedback, and manage notifications. Watch the video walkthrough or follow the step-by-step instructions below to learn more: [Video](https://storage.googleapis.com/learn-platform-bucket-production/tutorial/f39785f0-29f9-4781-8c13-396a2a8642a3/versions%5B_key==%220fU7UhQ3D3f1GOOA8LVzgb%22%5D.sections%5B_key==%220fU7UhQ3D3f1GOOA8LW2m5%22%5D.body%5B_key==%2267014e5337da%22%5D.overviewVideo/2026_UnityStudio_ShortTutorial_Annotation_20260708_200832.mp4) ## **Instructions** **1. Add a comment to your scene** - In the **Scene** view, select the **Comment** icon in the toolbar. - Move your cursor over the scene; a comment icon will show the areas where you can add a comment. - Select a spot to open the **Comment Editor**; the comment icon will turn blue. - Enter your comment in the text field. The attach, spatial marker, and sketch options let you add additional visual cues. - Select the **Post** button (**⬆**) or press **Enter** to add the comment. **2. Add context to your comments: sketches, markers, and files** - **Attach a Sketch**: Select the pencil icon in the comments toolbar to draw directly in the scene. Use the toolbar at the bottom of the screen to adjust the pencil's **Size**, **Brush Color**, and **Opacity**, then select the **Checkmark** to save your sketch. Finally, select **Post** (⬆) to publish your comment. Your sketch will be automatically saved as a screenshot attached to the comment. - **Attach Spatial Marker**: Link the comment you’ve made to one or more locations in your scene. To do so, select the **Spatial Marker** option in the comments’ toolbar, then choose the location(s) in the scene you want to link to. - **Attach file**: Select the paperclip icon in the comments toolbar to attach a file up to 25 MB, in any format. **3. Reply, react, and resolve comments** - In the **Scene** view, select the **Comment** icon in the toolbar to open the thread list in the rightmost panel (filter or use **Search for comments** to find a specific thread). - Open a thread to reply in context, react with an emoji, or tag a teammate with “**@**”. - Mark a comment as **resolved** when feedback is handled (and unresolved if it needs reopening). - To edit or delete a comment, hover over it, open the options menu (**...**), and select **Edit** or **Delete**. **4. Stay in the loop** - From a thread's (**...**) menu, select **Follow this thread** to enable notifications, or **Unfollow this thread** to disable them. When enabled, if someone tags you, you’ll get a notification on the **bell icon** section of the **Asset Manager**. **Important:** You can't add annotations to a **UI canvas** or while the **Animation** timeline is open. ## 6. Import Unity Studio drafts to the Unity Editor You can now import your **Unity Studio draft** into the Unity Editor and keep developing it with Unity's full feature set. The import preserves your scene hierarchy, adds your assets (3D models, materials, textures, and logic) to the **Project** window, and converts your Unity Studio Logic scripts to C# scripts. This uses the **Unity Studio Importer** package. In this step, you'll set up a compatible Unity project, install the importer package, complete its prerequisites, and import a draft. Watch the video walkthrough or follow the step-by-step instructions below to learn more: [Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Snk-AANdUS4&t=66s) ## **Instructions** **1. Set up a compatible Unity project** - Open the **Unity Hub** and select **Installs**. Make sure you have installed **6000.3.2f1** or later; Studio imports require it. If not, select **Install Editor** and install a compatible version. For a more comprehensive explanation follow the [Install a version of the Unity Editor](https://learn.unity.com/tutorial/explore-the-unity-hub#694187f90ee6cf905aae55fc) instructions. - Go to **Projects** > **New Project**, set the **Editor Version** to a compatible version, choose the **Universal 3D** template (Studio drafts only work in 3D projects), then select **Create Project**. **2. Install the Unity Studio Importer package** - With your project open, from the main menu, select **Window** > **Package Management** > **Package Manager**. - In the upper-left side of the **Package Manager** window, select **Add** (**+**) > **Install package byname...** - Enter “com.unity.studio” in the **Name** field and select **Install**. **3. Complete the package prerequisites** - Once the installation is finished, from the main menu, select **Unity Studio** > **Draft Import** to open the **Unity Studio Draft Import** window. A prerequisite dialog appears. Check each item to continue: - **Set up Universal Render Pipeline (URP):** It’s checked by default. In case you didn't create a project using URP, select **Switch to URP** > **Set Up**. - **Enable the Legacy Input system:** Select **Enable both**, then **Apply and Restart** (the Editor will restart). - **Install TextMeshPro Essentials:** Select **Install now** > **Import**. - **Sign in to Unity:** Select **Sign in** and log in to your Unity account. - Select **Continue** to proceed to import. **4. Import your draft** - In the **Unity Studio Draft Import** window, select the draft you want; its details appear on the right panel. **Note:** If the **Unity Studio Draft Import** window didn’t open, from the main menu, select **Unity Studio** > **Draft Import.** - Select **Import**. This can take a few minutes depending on the size and complexity of the draft. - When it finishes, an **Import Report** dialog window shows what was imported. If the import process was successful, you can now close this window. **Note:** To update a draft you already imported, re-open the **Draft Import** window located at the main menu at the upper-left side of the editor, choose the draft you want to update and select **Import** > **Import** > **Remove and Import**. If you see an Incompatible Draft Version error, open and re-save the draft in **Unity Studio**, then import again. Your Unity Studio draft is now a Unity project — including C# versions of your Logic scripts — ready to extend, optimize, and build to platforms beyond the browser. ## 7. What's next? **Congratulations!** You've successfully completed the [**Get Started with** **Unity Studio**](https://learn.unity.com/course/get-started-with-unity-studio) course, and in this last tutorial learned how to create custom interactions with **Logic** scripts, work alongside your team in real-time using **Annotations** and the collaborative mode, and transition your **Unity Studio** drafts into the Unity Editor for advanced development. You now have a solid foundation for bringing your 3D ideas to life using **Unity Studio**. To continue learning, review the [Unity Studio](https://docs.unity.com/en-us/unity-studio) documentation. If you want to continue your Unity development journey, we recommend that you explore some of our other available courses: - **[Get Started with Unity-In-Editor Tutorial](https://learn.unity.com/tutorial/get-started-with-unity-in-editor-tutorial):** This tutorial takes you on a brief guided tour of the Unity editor, ending in the creation of your first 3D scene, all from within the editor itself. - **[Unity Essentials Pathway](https://learn.unity.com/pathway/unity-essentials):** This guided learning Pathway includes everything you need to get started and comfortable inside the Unity editor. - **[Game Development Pathway](https://learn.unity.com/pathway/game-development):** Want to make your own games? Learn the basics of 2D and 3D game development and prepare for the **Unity Certified Associate** exam.