2D lighting in URP
Techniques and resources for creating 2D lights and applying 2D lighting effects
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Techniques and resources for creating 2D lights and applying 2D lighting effects.
Topic | Description |
|---|---|
| Introduction to 2D lighting | Understand the tools and runtime components you use to create a lit 2D scene. |
| Create a 2D light | Create a 2D light that illuminates compatible 2D GameObjects in your scene. |
| Make a GameObject compatible with 2D lights | Make a shader or a visual effect graph compatible with 2D lights. |
| Add a normal map or a mask map to a sprite | Add surface detail such as bumps, grooves, and scratches to a 2D sprite. |
| Blend 2D lights | Change how a 2D light interacts with GameObjects and other 2D lights. |
| Shadows from 2D lights | Add shadows from 2D lights or create a custom shadow. |
| Optimize 2D lights | Reduce the number of light textures, shadow textures, and shader variants Unity uses to render your 2D lights. |
| Create a custom 2D light type | Create a custom 2D light type using the |
| Light 2D component reference | Explore the properties and options you can use to customize the appearance and behavior of 2D lights. |
| 2D Graphics Profiler module reference | Explore the statistics you can use to find how much work Unity does to render 2D lights, shadows, and normal maps. |