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New Edition for Unity 6
The Unity Shaders Bible
Over 400 pages on Unity shader development, plus a downloadable package with examples, case studies, and more.
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4.8 out of 5 stars from 13 ratings
Fabrizio Espíndola
Second Edition 2026
410 pages
Who is this for?
You are new to Shaders.
Learn shader language step by step.
You use Unity.
Written for Unity using HLSL, ShaderLab, and Shader Graph.
Transition into Technical Art.
Bridge the gap between art and code to craft unique visual effects.
You are Indie Developer.
Indie developers looking to improve the graphics of their games.
Shaders are what give a Unity game its visual identity, yet for many developers they remain a black box. Between ShaderLab, HLSL, and Shader Graph, it is easy to end up with effects that work in one tutorial and break the moment they are moved into a real project. The Unity Shaders Bible tackles that problem by building your understanding from the ground up. Written by a technical artist with more than eleven years of experience at studios such as Rovio and DeNA, this book explains how shaders work inside Unity, so you can write, adapt, and optimize your own effects with confidence.
You will learn how shaders are built in both Shader Graph and ShaderLab, how vertex and fragment functions process geometry and color in HLSL, and how URP handles lighting and materials. You will then dive deep into advanced techniques, including compute shaders and ray marching, to push your effects beyond what the standard rendering path can do.
You will learn how shaders are built in both Shader Graph and ShaderLab, how vertex and fragment functions process geometry and color in HLSL, and how URP handles lighting and materials. You will then dive deep into advanced techniques, including compute shaders and ray marching, to push your effects beyond what the standard rendering path can do.
Content Included.
Table of Contents.
1. Introduction to the Programming Language.
- Introduction to Mesh Data.
- Shader Graph, ShaderLab, and the HLSL language.
- Render Pipeline and Render Paths.
- Matrices and Coordinate Spaces.
- Semantics, Nodes, and Custom Functions.
2. Lighting, Shadows, and Surfaces.
- Custom Lighting Models.
- Exploring Existing Lighting Implementation.
- Ambient, Diffuse, Specular, Anisotropic, and More.
- Making a custom Shader GUI.
3. Advanced Concepts.
- Introduction to Compute Shaders.
- Creating Visual Effects with Compute Shaders.
- Introduction to Signed Distance Functions.
- Ray Marching and Visual Effects.
4. Technical Art in Practice.
- Water Splash with Shader and Particle System.
- Procedural Lightning Bolt with Shader Graph.
- Stylized Flat Art with Stencil Buffer and ShaderLab.
- Character-Position-Based Transparency Effect.
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About the author.
Latest customer reviews.
13 ratings
4.8 out of 5 stars from 13 ratings
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Sourav Chatterjee
It is a very ambitious and useful book that tries hard to demystify shaders.
5.0
Eugene
It is great work guys! This book allows me to structure and arrange my knowledge about creating shaders. Because before, my knowledge was like a bunch of separate pieces.
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Julian Cano
It’s an excellent material to study and learn technical art with shaders! What I have seen has been very detailed and applicable.
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This course includes:
- Skill level:
Beginner
- Language: English, Español
- Software: Unity 6
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