Unity: Next Level Game Visuals

Learn a suite simple techniques that will allow you to transform the look of your game graphics

4.40 (20 reviews)
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English
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Game Development
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169
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3 hours
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Aug 2018
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$49.99
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What you will learn

Be equipped with the knowledge and practical experience to use a range of simple, yet powerful, techniques to dramatically improve game visuals

Understand the terminology used when rendering textures onto game objects

Create your own height and normal maps, to simulate surface detail on a game object (rivets, scratches, seams etc.)

Create seamless textures

Understand tiling and offsetting of textures to achieve more realistic visuals; use simple code to randomize tiling and offset values to reduce the appearance of repeating textures

Understand the benefits and limitations of all the techniques introduced in this course and where they can be applied

Provide you with the suite of techniques to equip you with the confidence to take the 'next steps' in your journey of creativity

Description

By the end of this course you will be able to

  • Understand the theory behind diffuse maps, height maps and normal maps

  • Create your own height maps and normal maps from textures that will quickly and simply transform the look of your game graphics

  • Understand the relationship between textures, materials and shaders

  • Express your creativity without needing to be an artist

  • Create your own seamless textures

  • Understand tiling and offset in order to correctly display textures on game objects

  • Understand the concept of an texture atlas

Hopefully, along the way, having  fun; equipped and inspired to independently explore your own techniques beyond the boundaries of the course

Content

Introduction

Why Buy this Course?
Introduction and Course Overview
Setting up your Software Applications
Faking the Detail - This Course in a Nutshell

Theory: The Basics & Terminology

An Image Primer
Images: Test your Understanding
Textures, Materials, Shaders and more....
Textures, Materials & Shaders: Test Your Understanding
Height Maps and Normal Maps Explained
Height Maps and Normal Maps: Test your Understanding
Using an Atlas to Explain Tiling and Offset
Tiling and Offset: Test your Understanding

Practical Examples: Height Maps and Normal Maps

Your First Height Map and Normal Map
4 More Examples
Height Maps and Normal Maps from Scratch
Online Map Generator

Practical Examples: Seamless Textures, Tiling and Offset

Creating a Seamless Texture
Free Photoshop Seamless Texture Plugin
Randomising Tiling and Offset for More Realistic Effects

Bringing It All Together

Closing Thoughts

Screenshots

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Reviews

Durga
April 14, 2022
Learned how to generate Normal and Height Map usign photoshop, thats the only plus point for this course, explained in detailed on normal and height map but could be better if covered all topics on materials using other maps too and pitfall for these maps.
David
October 17, 2021
Very few courses cover how to generate height and normal maps. Most of them just recommend downloading or purchasing pre-made ones. It was great to see the process of creating those by hand.
Khalid
February 9, 2019
Amazing course overall. it was quite short but it helped me understand how to add realism toward my material through height-map, normal-map. The course also scratches the surface on ambient occlusion, and other material maps, Though it is not explained in detail it gives you the basic understanding and encourages you to explore the different material mapping to improve your materials.

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