Unity - Manual: Visual effects

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Unity 6.2 Alpha User Manual
- Documentation versions
- Offline documentation
- Trademarks and terms of use
What's new in Unity
- New in Unity 6
- New in Unity 6 Preview
- New in Unity 2023.2
- New in Unity 2023.1
Install and upgrade
- Install Unity
- Deploy Unity across your enterprise
  - Enable Unity installation by standard users (Windows)
  - Use Unity through web proxies
- Licenses and activation
- Upgrade Unity
The Editor interface
- The Project window
- The Scene view
  - Overlays
  - Scene view grid snapping
  - Pick and select GameObjects in the Scene view
  - Position GameObjects
  - Scene view navigation
  - Scene view Camera
  - Control a camera in first person
  - Scene visibility
  - Scene view Draw Modes and View Options overlays
  - Gizmos menu
  - Scene view context menu
  - Custom Editor tools
- The Game view
- Device Simulator
  - Device Simulator introduction
  - The Simulator view
  - Simulated classes
  - Adding a device
  - Extending the device simulator
- The Hierarchy window
- The Inspector window
  - Working in the Inspector
  - Focus an Inspector window
- Editing properties
- The Toolbar
- The status bar
- The Background Tasks window
- Console Window
- Additional windows
- Undo
- Search in the Editor
- Customizing your workspace
- Unity shortcuts
- Preferences
- Shortcuts Manager
- Project Settings
  - Use the Project Settings window
  - Audio
  - Editor
  - Graphics
  - Package Manager
  - Physics
  - Physics 2D reference
  - Player
    - Splash Image Player settings
  - Preset Manager
  - Quality
  - Script Execution Order settings
  - Tags and Layers
  - Time
  - UI Toolkit project settings
  - Version Control
- 2D and 3D mode settings
- Save your work
- Editor analytics
- Troubleshoot the Editor
- Unity Search
  - Search usage
  - Search tables
  - Search Providers
  - Search expressions
    - Functions reference
  - Creating a custom Search Provider
Packages and feature sets
- Unity's Package Manager
- Packages
- Creating custom packages
- Feature sets
Assets and media
- Asset workflow
- Unity's Asset Store
- Unity Accelerator
3D game development
- 2D or 3D projects
- 3D game development quickstart guide
  - Creating a 3D game
- Advanced best practice guides
2D game development
- Introduction to 2D
- Get started with 2D game development
- 2D renderer sorting
- Sprites
- Tilemaps in Unity
- 2D physics
- 2D game development in URP
  - 2D lighting in URP
  - Precise pixel scaling and rotation via the Pixel Perfect Camera in URP
XR
- Overview
- XR project set up
- Run an XR application
- XR graphics
- XR audio
  - Audio spatializers in XR
- Unity XR SDK
Multiplayer
- Unity multiplayer overview
- Use the Multiplayer Center
Platform development
- Cross-platform features and considerations
- Android
- Dedicated Server
- Embedded systems
- iOS
- Linux
- macOS
- tvOS
- Universal Windows Platform
- visionOS
- Web
- Windows
GameObjects
- Introduction to GameObjects
- GameObject fundamentals
- Primitive and placeholder objects
  - Types of 2D primitive GameObjects
- Components
- Models
  - Creating models outside of Unity
  - Importing models into Unity
- Meshes
- Prefabs
- Constraints
Scenes
- Introduction to scenes
- Creating, loading, and saving Scenes
- Work with multiple scenes in Unity
- Scene Templates
- Layers
- Tags
- Text-based Scene files
Cameras
- Introduction to cameras
- The camera view
- Using multiple cameras
- Changing resolution scale
  - Introduction to changing resolution scale
  - Dynamic Resolution
- Excluding hidden objects with occlusion culling
- Simulating real-world cameras with Physical Cameras
- Camera output
- Cameras in URP
- Cameras in the Built-In Render Pipeline
  - Set the camera background with Clear Flags in the Built-In Render Pipeline
  - Camera Inspector window reference for the Built-In Render Pipeline
- Troubleshooting cameras
World building
- Sky
- Terrain
- Terrain Tools package
Physics
- Built-in 3D Physics
Input
- Mobile Keyboard
- Unity XR Input
- Legacy Input
  - Input Manager
  - Mobile device input
- IME in Unity
UI systems
- Comparison of UI systems in Unity
- UI Toolkit
- Unity UI
- Immediate Mode GUI (IMGUI)
Animation
- Mecanim Animation system
- Legacy Animation system
  - Legacy Animation component
Audio
- Audio overview
- Audio files
- Tracker Modules
- Audio Mixer
- Native audio plug-in SDK
- Audio playlist randomization
- Audio Profiler module
- Ambisonic Audio
  - Develop an ambisonic audio decoder
- Audio Reference
Video and cutscenes
- Video sources
- Video Player
- Video Profiler module
Lighting
- Get started with lighting
  - Introduction to lighting
  - Choose a lighting setup
- Light sources
- Direct and indirect lighting
- Shadows
- Reflections
- Lighting in URP
- Lighting in the Built-In Render Pipeline
- Optimize lighting in the Built-In Render Pipeline
- Lighting reference
Materials and shaders
- Materials
- Prebuilt materials and shaders
- Custom textures
- Custom shaders
- Color and High Dynamic Range (HDR)
  - Color spaces
  - High dynamic range (HDR)
Visual effects
- Particle effects
- Decals
- Lens flares
- Light halos
  - Create and configure a halo light effect
  - Halo component reference
- Lines and trails
  - Rendering lines
  - Rendering trails
- Visual Effect Graph
Render pipelines
- Introduction to render pipelines
- Scriptable Render Pipeline fundamentals
- Choosing a render pipeline
- Rendering paths in Unity
- Using the Universal Render Pipeline
- Using the High Definition Render Pipeline
- Using the Built-In Render Pipeline
Post-processing
- Introduction to post-processing
- Post-processing effect availability reference
- Post-processing and full-screen effects in URP
Programming in Unity
- Get started with programming in Unity
- Environment and tools
- Object-oriented development
- Compilation and code reload
- Code optimization
  - Asynchronous programming with the Awaitable class
  - Job system
- Debugging and diagnostics
Optimization
- Memory in Unity
- Unity Profiler
- Profiling tools
  - Analyzing profiler traces
- Understanding optimization in Unity
- Graphics performance and profiling
Building and publishing
- Build profiles
- Incremental build pipeline
- Visual Studio C# integration
- RenderDoc integration
- Version control
- Command-line arguments
Unity Services
- Unity IAP
- Unity Distribution Portal
Troubleshooting
Glossary

Topic	Description
Particle systemsA component that simulates fluid entities such as liquids, clouds and flames by generating and animating large numbers of small 2D images in the scene. More info See in Glossary	How to choose between Unity’s different particle systems, and use them in your project.
Decals	How to create decal and projector effects.
Lens flaresA component that simulates the effect of lights refracting inside a camera lens. Use a Lens Flare to represent very bright lights or add atmosphere to your scene. More info See in Glossary	How to create lens flare.
Light halos	How to create halo effects.
Line and trail effects	How to render lines, trails, and billboardsA textured 2D object that rotates so that it always faces the Camera. More info See in Glossary.
Visual Effect Graph package reference	Reference resources for the Visual Effect Graph package.