• Universal Render Pipeline

• Requirements

  • Building for Closed platforms

• What's new in URP

• Features

  • Feature list
  • Feature Comparison with the Built-in Render Pipeline

• Getting started

  • Create a Project from a Template
  • Install URP into an existing Project
  • Package samples
    • URP Package Samples
  • Scene Templates
  • Quality Settings in URP
  • Change Quality settings with code
  • Understand performance
  • Configure for better performance

• Render Pipeline Concepts

  • The URP Asset
  • URP Global Settings
  • Universal Renderer
  • Deferred Rendering Path
  • Forward+ Rendering Path
  • Graphics settings window reference in URP
  • Pre-built effects (Renderer Features)
    • How to add a Renderer Feature
    • Render Objects Renderer Feature
      • Example: How to create a custom rendering effect using the Render Objects Renderer Feature
      • Render Objects Renderer Feature reference
    • Decal Renderer Feature
      • Decal Renderer Feature
      • Decal Shader Graph
    • Screen Space Ambient Occlusion (SSAO) Renderer Feature
    • Screen Space Shadows Renderer Feature
    • Full Screen Pass Renderer Feature
      • How to create a custom post-processing effect
      • Full Screen Pass Renderer Feature reference

• Upgrade guides

  • Render Pipeline Converter
  • Upgrading to URP 16
  • Upgrading to URP 15
  • Upgrading to URP 14
  • Upgrading to URP 13
  • Upgrading to URP 12.0.x
  • Upgrading to URP 11.0.x
  • Upgrading to URP 10.1.x
  • Upgrading to URP 10.0.x
  • Upgrading to URP 9.0.x
  • Upgrading to URP 8.2.0
  • Upgrading to URP 8.1.0
  • Upgrading to URP 8.0.0
  • Upgrading to URP 7.4.0
  • Upgrading to URP 7.3.0
  • Upgrading to URP 7.2.0
  • Upgrading from LWRP to URP

• Rendering

  • Rendering Layers

• Lighting

  • Light component reference
  • Lighting Mode
  • The Universal Additional Light Data component
  • Shadows in the Universal Render Pipeline
  • Probe Volumes
    • Understanding probe volumes
    • Use Probe Volumes
    • Display Probe Volumes
    • Configure the size and density of Probe Volumes
    • Bake multiple scenes together with Baking Sets
    • Streaming
    • Fix issues with Probe Volumes
    • Probe Volume Inspector window reference
    • Probe Volumes panel reference
    • Probe Volumes Options Override reference
    • Probe Adjustment Volume component reference
  • Reflection probes
  • Lens flares
    • Choose a lens flare type
    • Add lens flares
    • Add screen space lens flares
    • Lens Flare (SRP) reference
    • Lens Flare (SRP) Data Asset reference
    • Screen Space Lens Flare override reference

• Cameras

  • The Universal Additional Camera Data component
  • Render Type
  • Working with multiple cameras
    • Camera Stacking
    • Rendering from multiple Cameras to the same render target
    • Rendering to a Render Texture
  • Clearing, rendering order and overdraw
  • Motion vectors
  • Anti-aliasing
  • Camera component reference

• Post-processing

  • How to configure
  • HDR Output
  • Volumes
    • Understand Volumes
    • Set up a Volume
    • Create a Volume Profile
    • Configure Volume Overrides
    • Volume component reference
  • Effect List
    • Ambient Occlusion
    • Bloom
    • Channel Mixer
    • Chromatic Aberration
    • Color Adjustments
    • Color Curves
    • Depth of Field
    • Film Grain
    • Lens Distortion
    • Lift, Gamma, and Gain
    • Motion Blur
    • Panini Projection
    • Screen Space Lens Flare
    • Shadows Midtones Highlights
    • Split Toning
    • Tonemapping
    • Vignette
    • White Balance
    • Lens Flare
  • Custom Post-processing
    • How to create a custom post-processing effect

• Shaders and Materials

  • Shading Models
  • Material Variants
  • Complex Lit
  • Lit
  • Simple Lit
  • Baked Lit
  • Unlit
  • Terrain Lit
  • Particles Lit
  • Particles Simple Lit
  • Particles Unlit
  • Decal
  • Canvas
  • Upgrading shaders from Built-in
    • Upgrade custom shaders for URP compatibility
  • Shader stripping
  • Writing custom shaders
    • Creating a sample scene
    • URP basic unlit shader
    • URP unlit shader with color input
    • Drawing a texture
    • Visualizing normal vectors
    • Reconstruct the world space positions
    • Shader methods in URP
      • Import a file from the URP shader library
      • Transform positions in a custom URP shader
      • Use the camera in a custom URP shader
      • Use lighting in a custom URP shader
      • Use shadows in a custom URP shader
  • URP ShaderLab Pass tags

• Custom rendering and post-processing

  • Custom render passes
    • Custom render pass workflow in URP
    • Scriptable Render Passes
      • Scriptable Render Passes
      • Write a Scriptable Render Pass
      • Inject a pass via scripting
    • Scriptable Renderer Features
      • Introduction to Scriptable Renderer Features
      • Inject a custom render pass using a Scriptable Renderer Feature
      • Apply a Scriptable Renderer Feature to a specific camera type
      • Example of a complete Scriptable Renderer Feature
    • Using textures
      • URP blit best practices
      • Perform a full screen blit in URP
  • Injection points reference
  • Scriptable Renderer Feature and Scriptable Render Pass API reference

• Optimization

  • Rendering Debugger
  • Add controls to the Rendering Debugger
  • Optimize for better performance
  • Update Quality Setting Presets for URP

• 2D graphics features

  • Introduction to the 2D Lighting system
    • Requirements and setup
    • Configure the 2D Renderer Asset
      • HDR emulation scale
      • Light Blend Styles
      • Using the Tilemap Renderer with URP 2D
    • Prepare sprites and upgrade projects for lighting
    • Normal map and mask Textures
    • Common 2D Light Type properties
      • Specific 2D Light Type properties
    • Using the Tilemap Renderer with URP 2D
  • Create shadows with Shadow Caster 2D
  • Create a 2D sprite Shader Graph
  • Light a Visual Effect Graph asset
  • Using the Light Batching Debugger
  • 2D Pixel Perfect
    • Using the Cinemachine Pixel Perfect extension

• Frequently asked questions (FAQ)

• Known issues