Jump to heading # Shallow Red

In this tutorial I will explain step-by-step how to create a beautiful stylized water shader in Unity using Shader Graph. The goal is not to generate a physically accurate result, but rather to achieve a real-time, controllable and good-looking stylized water shader.

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Jump to heading # 1. Requirements and initial set up

This tutorial has been made with Unity 2022.2.6f1 and Universal RP 14.0.6.

Jump to heading ## Required settings

Before starting, make sure to enable the depth/opaque textures in the URP pipeline asset settings in your project.

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Jump to heading ## Initial setup

First, we create a new Unlit Shader Graph shader. The shader material should be set the Unlit and the surface type to Opaque.

Jump to heading ## Required settings

Before starting, make sure to enable the depth/opaque textures in the URP pipeline asset settings in your project.

// TODO: Add image of opaque and depth texture toggled on

Jump to heading ## Initial setup

First, we create a new Unlit Shader Graph shader. The shader material should be set the Unlit and the surface type to Opaque.