Self Study 5 - Lighting and Shadergraph

Self-Study 5 - Lighting and Shadergraph

During this tutorial I followed a YouTube video called LIGHTING in Unity, by (Brackeys, 2018). Below is a screenshot of the final outcome of the tutorial. I applied the tone mapping with ACES mode (Academy Colour Encoding System) as part of the post processing.

The monkey head in the room after completing the tutorial by Brackeys.

I then watched a YouTube video called REALTIME LIGHTING in Unity, by (Brackeys, 2018). I then applied some of the principles to my scene. Many lighting features were applied to the scene that were mentioned in the video, as well as finding out what difficulties or problems can arise when baking and generating the lighting in different ways.

Unwanted lighting issue with the markings and top section not appearing correctly, which was partially corrected by changing it back to a non-static object, and regenerating the lighting.

I downloaded and applied a free asset from the Unity Asset Store, by (ProAssets, 2025) for the skybox as seen in the screenshot below:

Skybox asset added to scene.

Following that I followed along in a video called Basics of Shader Graph - Unity Tutorial, by (Brackeys, 2018). The screenshot below is the outcome of following the video and applying the procedures to the monkey's head. It is an animated shadergraph.

Monkeys head with animated effect on the shadergraph.

ShaderGraph final result after following the tutorial.

Then I applied a custom shadergraph to my barrel object, as seen below:

Green and yellow barrel with custom ShaderGraph.

Shadergraph for Green yellow barrel, inspired by the MonkeyShaderGraph.

In this screenshot the Main Preview isn't really showing correctly, however it shows the layout of the shader graph.

I then added some lights around the scene, as you can see in the screenshots below:

Point light attached to the top of the beacon.

Point lights attached to both sides of the moving obstacle, set to be a non-static object.

A green point light set above the doorway, and a plane with a material that has an emission.

References:

(Brackeys, 2018), LIGHTING in Unity, YouTube video, Available at: LIGHTING in Unity (Accessed: 26/03/24)

(Brackeys, 2018), REALTIME LIGHTING in UNITY, YouTube video, Available at: REALTIME LIGHTING in Unity (Accessed: 26/03/24)

(ProAssets, 2025), Free HDR Sky , Unity Asset, Free HDR Sky | 2D Sky | Unity Asset Store (Accessed: 26/03/24)

 (Brackeys, 2018), Basics of Shader Graph, YouTube video, Available at: Basics of Shader Graph - Unity Tutorial - YouTube (Accessed: 26/03/24)