How to make 2D GLOW in Unity!

In this video we create an awesome Glow effect for extra flare!
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♪ "ES_Dress Code_Black - oomiee" by Epidemic Sound
♪ "Brooklyn Flava - Mattias Andreasson" by Epidemic SoundIn this video WE CREATE AN AWESOME 2D Glow effect.

[@iiguizin9162]

For those who are on a more current version of unity, the main node "Sprite Unlit Master" has been replaced by "Vertex" and "Fragment". So for this effect to work, just connect A(1) of "MainTex / Sample Texture 2D" to Alpha(1) of "Fragment", and connect Out(4) of "Add" to Base Color(3) of " Fragment". Hope this helps :)

[@issaelynuma9001]

Hero with out cap

[@emredesu]

If you can't see the "Alpha" in "Fragment", click on "Base Color" of "Fragment", click on "Graph Settings" in Graph Inspector, and then set "Surface Type" to "Transparent".

[@nothingatall6703]

Can u please help me how to do the second part where we change the color and intensity of the glow because it doesn't work for me. It's always white color and looks well only when I connect the alpha of the emission / Sample Texture 2D to the multiply

[@nothingatall6703]

Actually the intensity is working and the glow its changing its color but the parts of my character dont change their color, they remain white

[@raahimfareed]

Thank you so much.

[@FIREHIVE]

When Brackeys has to make a new video about unity: "One of my favorite things in unity is *insert video's title keyword here* :D

[@cathacker13]

He just loves everything about it

[@neothespankplank5839]

There is 1 thing that really annoyed him back in the days - Camera scripts :D He said that in his Cinemachine tutorial

[@chimeforest]

My favorite Popcore game is "Watch The Ad", it's this game where you play a super short level of something, and then watch an un-skippable ad which takes longer than the level. Best game ever.

[@JoTheXplosiv]

LMAO

[@joris4235]

ok

[@buubaku]

Just turn off your data

[@joris4235]

@@buubaku ok

[@buubaku]

@@joris4235 I was talking to chimeforest

[@OlivierPons]

Your "How to make a 2D Platformer" is 4 years old, a *lot* has changed since (including how joyful your videos are today!!). Any chance you do it again but with your 4 years+ experience (like a "How to make a 2D Platformer" 2.0)?

[@CartoonH2O]

The problem with long tutorial series like this is that I don't think they get as many views after the first 1 or 2 videos, because a lot of people will start it, then give up. So in terms of monetizing etc, it's probably not as good a moneymaker as random little videos like this. It's a shame because I'd love more tutorial series too.

[@dvenom642]

@@CartoonH2O He is not doing it for money i think cuz hes developing games for like 10 years. I bet its just more fun to him to make small videos

[@joris4235]

ok awesome

[@Purpeal]

nah

[@pyro1438]

uuhhhhh

[@mikamulperi]

For anyone wondering why they cannot see MainTex properties in Shader graph window... It is now moved to -> Graph inspector -> Node Settings tab

[@cam4722]

This was great. I'd love a complete *series* on Shader Graph and the terminology and concepts of shaders to get beginners comfortable creating on their own.

[@UnluckyIAM]

Amazing! Yesterday I've been worried about how to make some cool 2D Lighting Glow. I checked your 2D Lights video, but it already isn't up-to-date and it basically didn't work. Voilà, now you made this great video that really helped me. Love u Brackeys! :D

[@draalahora5910]

I just started doing game development as a hobbie, and I'm so glad to find someone so talented and brilliant as you in my way. This video was AWESOME!

[@DanisTutorials]

yoo this is sick actually, thancc big brack!

[@notmysql]

lol make a vr game

[@dariusgm7104]

Shut up Billy

[@sebastianbundgaard8076]

DanisTutorials hey Dani love your stuff

[@dariusgm7104]

@indieaustin no waay Dani wouldn't finish Billy he's to *thicc* to be destroyed

[@jacobbellet401]

Why u no make vr game?

[@CodingJedi]

This looks really cool would definitely use it! And the monk is amazing!

[@LuisGRano]

If your sprite is still showing as a blank square even after following every step, you just need to connect the alpha (A(1)), from the Sample Texture 2D of the MainTex(T2), to the alpha(1) from the Fragment section (below Base Color(3)). Seems like in lastest versions of Unity they changed the Sprite Unlit Master, so there are some differences.

[@TheCrushiii]

Hey, I am sorry but I can't find this "Alpha channel" in Fragment...Can you tell me where it is ? It seems that unity update this...

[@ioruko23]

You saved me here!

[@nesterio619]

You are a life saver, Thank you!!!!!!

[@valourcat3164]

Legend

[@GamePhysics]

Thank you so much! You saved me too!

[@Ahmed-ic9ft]

Brackeys i know this have been said but i just find it crazy, yesterday i was looking all over the internet for this effect but didnt find anything good and today u post this. ty

[@ktmochiii]

Emission maps! Always learning something new every vid. Thanks Brackeys.

[@MRBenjii]

I've been using unity for like 5 years and for the life of me no matter what i read i couldn't figure out 'bloom', i managed to follow along and instead of 2d sprites i managed to get it working for 3d objects, because the principle is pretty much the same and MY GOD its finally up and running, its amazing what a little bit of glow can do for the visuals of a game 10/10 for this tutorial!!!!!

[@malltshik]

That is mind blowing staff! Awesome dude!

[@yusrighouse]

Man shader graph is such a powerful tool. Brackeys, we need more content related to shader graph.

[@corbywhite4662]

a huge thank you to you and your channel guys! i m new at unity, still trying to figure it out, and your tutorials are really helpful!

[@davidduong1372]

Thank you I have been searching for something like this for weeks!

[@inolin5667]

Thanks for the tutorial, the result really looks awesome.

[@greggunther]

Wow. That was amazing. I started in Unity years ago but didn't really take it very far. Now I'm getting the 'bug' again to get back into game dev. There was so much in this video. Stuff I never even saw before. All those node thingys. What even was all that. I guess I need to learn a lot more. Thanks.

[@Amberleen_the_Light_Eevee]

Sprite characters with glow effect is such a beautiful charm "Eev!" ❤️

[@JujuProdGames]

Love your channel! Keep up the good work!

[@nitumi]

Thanks Brackeys, this video saved me probably many hours of adding bloom to my 2D project (after few wasted)

[@2dinunity10]

10:35 shift + space to full screen toggle a tab 😉

[@m4r5w0n6]

i've been using unity professionally for 8 years and you just blew my mind

[@2dinunity10]

@@m4r5w0n6 my mind was blown too when I learned this

[@mmabnoob814]

This is amazing Keep up the good work ✊

[@alexeyrublichan5392]

I've been looking for this. Thanks😉

[@PacoBarba]

Simply great, I have been able to do it the first time to implement it in my game. Thank you.

[@thestickystudio6331]

Thanks Brackeys! Really helped with my game!!

[@AFStudiosMedia]

Congratulations on 1M subs man!

[@waltercastro2847]

Brackeys have made my life easier. Thank you man!

[@LassiY]

Finally! I have been waited this long time.

[@artjom5617]

why is your stuff always so cool

[@rodraix]

Great tutorial man, it helped me a lot!!

[@elliotthood1719]

This is literally EXACTLY what I was looking for

[@fall3nworldstudios]

Awesome...BEEN LOOKIN FOR THIS

[@idrawpictures9140]

Bloom is AMAZING!!! I'm very happy :)

[@theStroke]

When I watch videos like this it makes me feel like I will never know how to fully use this software...

[@artjom5617]

haha yeah man me too. but after some years now i did see alot and know alot about Unity. the most stuff i learn from videos like these, they are doing some stuff i didnt know it exit, then i check it out, play a little bit and know it. if i get into my own games, i will now always remember there was something cool with glow effects, i will probably get back here and rewatch it and learn it even better... thats the way i go^^

[@javisarias]

Yes please!! Do the Outline example, that will be very useful!

[@stratisdermanoutsos9113]

Thank you so much for this video. I am trying to make an Iron Man ark Reactor for a UI I am working on. This is the best tutorial I've seen so far.

[@angeldiaz7554]

great tutorials as always!

[@hcps2576]

YES I LOVE YOU JUST AS I NEEDED THIS AGAIN YOU ARE THE BEST

[@uba754]

Thank you for your videos! You make dreams seem possible!

[@eman1978]

That's awesome! Thanks for that

[@sp00l]

This is exactly what I neeeeed

[@KumailAhmed]

I love to like each and every video of yours :)

[@tafaar_]

For anyone else that was running into the issue where the entire sprite would start glowing instead of just the emission node, I think I found a solution. Instead of linking the multiply node Out(4) directly into the add node, link it into a new multiply node alongside the A(1) from the emission sample texture. You should be able to see your emission texture with the color you've assigned now, and then you can plug the Out(4) into the add node and things should work as expected.

[@HermeticaScarabelot]

Hey, thanks very much for that, you explained it amazingly well

[@GuyFromNet]

Outline will be pretty cool

[@farou5736]

This is what i've been looking for

[@JeloOW]

YO NO WAY I CHECKED IF YOU UPLOADED A NEW VID YET LIKE 5/6 HOURS AGO AND NOW I STARTED MAKING A 2D GAME IN WHICH I NEED GLOW

[@hotbutteredcrumpets]

👀 Amazing tutorial man.

[@pumpking3006]

Quality content, as per usual

[@ajrmarchan]

Incredible. Thank you.

[@sirixb]

Incredible!!, Awesome!! Thaks ♥

[@PistoleroDoc]

Brakeys thanks for all the videos you make, I follow you from Italy :D Have you already made a video on how to create multiple layers using a single scene?

[@EricR971]

it now feels like you are in my room looking what I need

[@diliupg]

I ported my game to Unity 2019.3 URP and wanted to give some sptires a glow and then came to KZbin and found this!!

[@youneskasdi]

Scary isnt it, for me i was actually talking to my friend who is working on a small game with me about how to make some game objects glow and after i opened youtube the first recommended video was this

[@NoName-qf4tu]

YOU ARE A HERO

[@VitorHugo-wi9yj]

Bro, you are incredible

[@GabrielAguiarProd]

Glow, glow everywhere! Cool 2D Shader, well done

[@looserdev]

Hi, love your videos! amazing tutorials :)

[@GameDesignerJDG]

I need a video on that sweet outline. Working on a project for school with toon shaders.

[@thecrispypickle7944]

This is great!

[@ILoveThisGame778]

I am rashid iqbal from Pakistan .When i started learning games from KZbin i was so disappointed but when i was searching for courses i found your video about top down shooting. Thats where i found my buddy. And today following your tutorials i completed my first mobile game. Only ads integration remaining. I searched your channel but there is no video about reward video ads but i am searching it i just want to say thank you sir. You are amazing

[@mrflovi3611]

It's like you knew I needed this yesterday... THANKS

[@Kaldrin]

That's pretty cool :o

[@unlockener]

Great video!

[@lemetamax]

I like the Spaghetti Code shirt. Also, this video makes me glow!

[@user-sg5yu6im8n]

video came out 15 seconds ago Everybody: 15:20 haha

[@CodingJedi]

Thats how brackeys Glow! He got magic

[@joris4235]

ha what

[@jairoandresvizuetepedraza5492]

YEEEEEEES..!! I LOVE YOUR TUTORIALS..!!

[@KMOONN]

Thank You For This Videos!

[@mordekaidc]

This is just what i need for my 2d project, thank you so much!! im a mess with the shader editor hahaha

[@danilosadzinski4648]

Damn! That's awesome! I'm just making my very first game and I'm using pixel art, and this will help a lot. Could you show an easy way to cast shadows with these lights?

[@Kavee_3]

Well, He always saves my time❤❤

[@ahmedsleem81]

Pretty cool

[@YnIanIo]

Just when i thought i had awesome looking space ship engine flame effects that dropped a nice light you come and show me another way to spend hours on making it look even cooler! Awesome tutorial as always.

[@johnElden8760]

this saved my life todaY, i needed emissive sprites in hdrp

[@gameupdog]

thx, Brackeys!

[@keyboard1819]

Nothing to comment on. It's as usual an awesome video

[@supermutanthero5365]

Cool video. One thing, is there a way to use a single emission map but you can use it to light up differently coloured parts on a sprite (e.g it lights up both red and blue pixels) or is that not how it works?

[@ennizodev]

That's what I am looking for ❤️

[@NihongoWakannai]

1:37 that's not true, bloom is an effect that happens in the lens of the camera. This is why a light source which is partly occluded by an object will have its bloom overlap that object, because the bloom happens in-lens and isn't a physical phenomenon happening to the light itself in the air.

[@hiiambarney4489]

also if your windows are pretty dirty.

[@alextrollip7707]

yes it is, but the Bloom in games is just trying to reproduce that

[@NihongoWakannai]

@@alextrollip7707 I'm aware. But bloom is not an effect caused by "light moving through the air" it is from light interacting with the camera.

[@bolabows8136]

I’d really like to see you do a tutorial series on visual scripting in visual studio. And I think most people here would like it too.

[@OlivierPons]

Well... try Rider you'll be blown away

[@KouD3Graw]

you are a super hero.

[@TonyWarriner]

Awesome :)

[@Tristannn-]

Exact vid I was looking for

[@matheussouza7758]

You make me wanna learn game development xD

[@miguelpasadinhas7678]

uau, I was just looking into this two days ago with no success. Timing on this video could not have been more perfect!

[@Theozin-lm1yh]

OwO brs aq

[@Ecki107]

Will there be a video on the Brackeys Game Jam 2020.1? It would be such a bummer if not, as there were some great games wich definetly deserve a showcase...

[@milesromanus7041]

*please see this* I made a laser animation for my 2D space shooter game. The animation is made of several .png images. Do I have to make the glow for each frame? Or do I have to make a sprite catalogue and redo the animation

[@pritomdutta8504]

Hey Brackeys i tried 2D glow effect like how you showed in the video but when i play it i cant see my character rest everything is visible i tried with all the laying but still i cant see my player

[@TheFritoNation]

Hello Brackeys thank you for these amazing videos they have helped me SO much!!! I was wondering if you would be able to make a video on how a 2D player can pick up a weapon (gun) and when they pick it up it attaches to their body then they can start shooting it! I've been having trouble with this and would greatly appreciate the help!!!!

[@wassilchoujaa3478]

Congrats foro 1 M can you make a dynamic fluid simulation for Unity Plzzz ! Keep up the good work.

[@lostrocket9126]

perfect!

[@sykoo]

Omg that character is so cool!! Nice video as always my dude.

[@Ayaan.Khan_new]

Bro make a tutorial for unity 3d how to make glowing legendary skin and kill effect with lootbox please bro please

[@_VladMir_]

Не ну это реально круто) Тут даже сказать нечего. Сам понял как это сделать еще в начале( Но идея бы такая в голову точно бы не пришла XD)

[@rightyboywilson4911]

This wouldve been perfect if it came out at the start of my gamejam instead of at the end

[@joris4235]

yeah

[@NStripleseven]

Bloom is a good setting

[@hy455]

sick!

[@Voldrim359]

So this is how it's done in Dead Cells... This is a wonderful 👍