Cert Prep: Unity Certified Associate Game Developer Materials and Lighting

Preparing for the Unity Certified Associate: Game Developer exam? Tune into this course to review the concepts covered on the materials and lighting portion of the test.

Introduction

• Material and lighting foundations
• Companion files

1. Materials

• Render pipelines
• Standard 3D
• URP materials vs. HDRP
• Upgrading materials
• Textures and normal maps
• Tiling materials

2. Lighting

• Standard lights
• Area lights
• Lightmapping: Getting started
• More lightmapping
• Reflections
• Emissive lighting

3. Lighting and Performance

• Shadows and quality
• Lightmapping settings
• Light probes
• Occlusion culling

4. Post-Processing

• Volumes and effects
• Bloom
• Color correction
• Vignette
• Depth of field
• Chromatic abberation

Conclusion

• Next steps