# Lens flares

> How to create lens flare.

Resources and techniques for creating lens flares lighting effects, which can add atmosphere to your scene.


**Lens flare:**
![](/api/media?file=/engine/6000.3/media/images/srp-lens-flare.png)

| **Topic**                                                                                                          | **Description**                                                                                                |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Introduction to lens flare effects](/engine/6000.3/manual/visual-effects/lens-flares/lens-flare-introduction.md)  | Understand how Unity manages lens flares, which simulate the effect of lights refracting inside a camera lens. |
| [Lens flares in URP](/engine/6000.3/manual/visual-effects/lens-flares/lens-flare.md)                               | Resources and techniques for creating and configuring lens flares in the Universal Render Pipeline (URP).      |
| [Lens flares in the Built-In Render Pipeline](/engine/6000.3/manual/visual-effects/lens-flares/lens-flare-birp.md) | Resources and techniques for creating lens flares lighting effects in the Built-In Render Pipeline.            |

## Render pipeline information

How you work with lens flare depends on the render pipeline you use.

| **Feature name** | **Universal Render Pipeline (URP)**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | **High Definition Render Pipeline (HDRP)**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | **Built-in Render Pipeline**                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| ---------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Lens flares**  | YesUse a [Lens Flare (SRP) Data Asset](/engine/6000.3/manual/visual-effects/lens-flares/lens-flare/asset.md) and a [Lens Flare (SRP) component](/engine/6000.3/manual/visual-effects/lens-flares/lens-flare/component.md), or a [Screen Space Lens Flare override](/engine/6000.3/manual/visual-effects/lens-flares/lens-flare/post-processing-screen-space.md). | YesUse a [Lens Flare (SRP) Data Asset](https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition@17.0/manual/shared/lens-flare/lens-flare-asset.html) and a [Lens Flare (SRP) component](https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition@17.0/manual/shared/lens-flare/lens-flare-component.html), or a [Screen Space Lens Flare override](https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition@17.0/manual/shared/lens-flare/Override-Screen-Space-Lens-Flare). | YesUse a [Flare asset](/engine/6000.3/manual/visual-effects/lens-flares/lens-flare-birp/class-flare.md) and, optionally, a [Lens Flare component](/engine/6000.3/manual/visual-effects/lens-flares/lens-flare-birp/class-lens-flare.md). |