Unity 5: Lighting Fundamentals

This course takes a look and new and existing lighting features in "Unity 5" from the perspective of a novice student.

Created by: Jesse Ryan McAdam
Unity Developer and 3D Generalist

What Will I Learn?

• Set up effective realtime global illumination systems for vastly improved visual quality in their games
• Use baked lighting setups that allow them to cut overhead on mobile games without having to sacrifice visual quality
• Create realtime light probe systems allowing for better integration of game characters in their environments
• Implement existing and new lighting features found in Unity 5

Requirements

• This course does not require any downloaded or external assets. No scripting is required. Simple geometry has been created and used within unity to allow for a focused approach to the topic of lighting.
• Students should be familiar with the Unity interface, and be able to create basic unity primitives.
• Students should know how to create solid colored standard shaders and apply them to meshes in scene.
• You may use your own assets during this course or create similar scenes using default Unity primitives.

Target audience

• This course is for anyone looking to take the visual quality of their games to a new level by implementing the newest lighting technologies found in Unity 5.
• This course explains the processes behind the technologies so that you can understand how the different systems work and make appropriate decisions for your games needs.
• This course is not an introduction to Unity 5. It focuses only on new and existing lighting features found in this software's latest release.