The Almighty Vertex: With Shadergraph (Amplify also available)

[@PolyToots]

Hey people, I’m trying out a new format to not bore you (and myself) by explaining every little detail. I’d like to aim it more toward instructional overviews, with the final files always freely attainable. Also don’t forget to go check out TheBaseMesh (links in description)

[@-nickdev]

Its great! I think your other in depth shader videos got me familiar with making graph based shaders, so the quick overview is nice. Its easy to follow still and we can always pause and look at the nodes in depth.

[@PolyToots]

@@-nickdev I think just pausing the screen is going to be annoying for this video. (files are freely downloadable though). But yeah I'll keep that in mind for the future, to always make sure I show the whole setup with enough clarity. Thanks for your comment!

[@glimaleite]

I never got bored! I understood most of the content on the video, so for me the speed was alright, except for the singularity one, that one was a bit too fast for me. I'm sure I'll be able to grasp it once I get the files and take more time to absorb it though. Thanks for the videos!

[@ssj3mohan]

Do you have any Tutorial about Skin with SSS ? or any way to buy it for amplify :?

[@codevisionary]

@@ssj3mohan Watch this for SSS on shader graph - kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6HKlmSBapZ9gNU

[@embergamedev]

I used to think I preferred more detailed instructional content, but now I'm learning that I like when details are missing. Especially when I have to figure out some of it myself. Helps me practice and retain what I learn better. Great video!

[@PolyToots]

It's a fine edge I think. Looking back on this video there are things I probnably should have explained better instead of "just do this, add this". But yeah I'm trying to bring the focus more toward showing the general idea, and then let people dissect the final files themselves if they're inclined. Thanks for your thoughts!

[@abclef]

WOW! That singularity effect is inspiring!

[@똘보기우스3세]

my shader master please comeback... ; ㅡ ;

[@minkonon2942]

Amazing Tutorial

[@animadron]

How do you add those connecting nodes-dots-dummies that you have on your left to the Float (5) parameter at 07:05? I want my graphs to look cleaner, but even chatgpt can't tell me how to add it. Thank's for the videos!

[@PolyToots]

You're going to kick yourself when I tell you, as I had the same reaction. You just double click.

[@animadron]

@@PolyToots Thank you, but... I tried that before and now. Still not working. I'm using 16.0.6 (April 08, 2024) version. Am I doing something wrong? Do you know how that thing named properly so I cold find the solution on the internet?

[@animadron]

@@PolyToots OH!!I UNDERSTOOD!! Doubleclick on the stripe that connecting the nodes! Thank you so much :D

[@PolyToots]

@@animadron Haha, you got it!

[@hide_ch]

I was looking for a mechanism to lerp a straight black and white border line along a plane as a concentration line. The singularity thing in this video seems to help! Thanks for the great video!

[@michaelsong741]

Your shader vids are some of the best I've seen.

[@infokubarcade]

Encouragement comment just bc i like your content, im one of these explaining everything in detail so i can't judge what i prefer. I just like to see how you do stuff and do the mess on my side. Continue the great work !

[@thebasemesh]

Really great tutorial! Thanks for the shout out too :)

[@PolyToots]

One of many! You think I'm just gonna sit here and model things by myself when you've already made them?

[@1stPenokom]

Thank you for sharing this; really like the results (and super happy i can give this a go; it being shader graph and all)

[@PolyToots]

Thanks for the comment! Remember to grab the files (free) from patreon if you need/want to have a deeper look at what's going on.

[@JaxiPaxified]

I'd love you to make a tutorial on recalculating proper normals for displaced vertices.

[@azgan123]

I missed you king

[@PolyToots]

I'm sorry to have left for so long!

[@geri4367]

Nice to see you around. Great stuff as always :D

[@PolyToots]

Geri Geri Geri, good to see you again too! And yeah, it's been a minute eh?

Damn thats so cool! Thank you!

[@equalique1]

Thanks for sharing!

[@munyunu]

the society quip reminded me to subscribe, thank you!

[@manuelcattan6846]

Did someone did it in shadergraph? 11:32

[@codevisionary]

yeah! see my comment here to know how.

[@modjok127]

This is the way i found : i.ibb.co/dfwV0tn/image-2023-01-18-151936762.png

[@codevisionary]

@@modjok127 Yeah, I created a github a few months ago about this, but youtube doesn't want me to post github links in the comments lol And the Link is broken

[@modjok127]

Yeah that's what i first thougth when not finding anything else from you here lol. Maybe you can just give us the repo this way : GitProfileName/RepoName ? My version seems a bit broken, as the CollapsPoint depend on the object size so i'm curious

[@codevisionary]

@@modjok127 Oh yeah, I forgot xD. Here is the Repository, CodeVisionary/SingularitiesShaderGraphUnity. This currently only works in URP as I don't have time to port it into other render pipelines but you should be good to go with this.

[@PRodi_]

Great Tutorial! - btw. what about making holes in mesh on mouse click ? - do you have some tutorial about that in your future plans?

[@PolyToots]

I typically avoid anything that has scripts which need to be attached to get working, I have no interest in teaching any of that (as it's not a part of my day-job, I am not the right peson to teach it) but I have been mulling over the idea of including some extra functionality for some tutorials, I would just provide the files as usual, but not try to explain the code side. Nor could I offer support when Unity decides to change their API/whatever else and the scripts stop working.

[@ДенисКозлов-г2ч]

It is amazing. Thank you!

[@Blietman]

Thanks for sharing awesome stuff!

[@PolyToots]

Thanks for watching!

[@NoTimeLeft_]

Could you create an electrocuted shader? Like if something is disabled by electricity.

[@Sproeikoei]

Been watching your video's for a while and they've been very helpful in showing how shaders work, the node system is a good visual helper, thank you! Offtopic question though: Do you have any experience programming shaders? Does it give you more control or is it preference?

[@PolyToots]

I'm first and foremost a 3d Artist, so I've never done any proper coding, some basic scripts but nothing major. There are definitely way more options if you decide to go the code route, but that's not for me at all, and tools like shadergraph (and unitys visual scripting) really allow people like me to dig into some technical stuff without having to bother a coder for a lot of things.

[@Zicore47]

Great stuff!

[@adam2gud4u7]

amazing video :D thanks

[@LuqmanHidayat00]

Great, love your singularity, i'd like to implement it, but do you know how to add texture to your amplify shader? i think it would be great if we still can input some standard texture like albedo, normal & ao. sorry im not really familiar with the shader stuff, especially using amplify

[@AlanAstle]

Holy sh**t! Amplify is $80.00 !?! Thank you Unity for bringing node based shaders to the editor for free.

[@PolyToots]

If you can catch it in a sale it's worth it (if you're doing shader stuff regularly). It's much quicker to work with than shadergraph and offers a lot more "behind-the-scenes" options too, if you're into that. I do appreciate shadergraph for being free though, very accessible, and still very cool.

[@Redsam121]

I managed to get the Singularity Collapse point shader graph to work.

[@kob96]

Mind to share ? i'm trying to get that effect also

[@Karakacan-d4v]

Great Tutorial! Thanks for sharing. 💯Btw does anyone tried the swimming fishes shader in particle system? I wanted to create a schooling fish effect but local vertex animation didn't work somehow. Maybe because particles also uses the same xyz positions idk. Any comments most appreciated!

[@Lein385]

I would love to know how to do this too!

[@Memeieli]

Amazing tutorial! Any chance you could cover some normal reconstruction techniques as a complimentary video. Lot of these effects are great but the lighting can get messed up if not re-calculated via modified normals.

[@mehdibashirinejad7798]

these need directx 12?

[@ДенисКозлов-г2ч]

Where do you get the ideas for all this? What inspires you?

[@PolyToots]

Haha, well I appreciate the assumption that I'm inspired! But in reality they're quite common techniques, there's plenty more as well.

[@onewayroad3765]

Next video tutorial when?

[@PolyToots]

I can't say for certain sorry, but I'm still here.

[@triplezgames3882]

3:52 lmao

[@mastjappa]

Collapse like society....

[@The-Filter]

I see you stopped doing stuff for Unity. Yea, understandable!

[@paulbunyangonewild7596]

I find it endlessly hilarious that a dude who makes KZbin tutorials on shader $#!+ who just put up images of his videos saying they aren't links because he doesn't know how to do that.

[@mehdibashirinejad7798]

does they need dx 12?