Flat Kit: Toon Shading and Water

The custom shading model is versatile enough to work great for classic cel/toon shading and for unique styles of experimental projects.

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🆕 NEW IN VERSION 4.0 🆕

• Pixelation image effect (+ new demo scene) for a stylish low-res look
• Mesh processor that generates perfectly smooth normals that greatly improve object-based outlines
• New demo scene "Desert" showing a Moebius-esque style using the Outline image effect
• Stylized Surface materials now support Local Space Height Gradients
• Complete Inspector UI overhaul of Stylized Surface and Water shaders (+ tooltips on ALL parameters)

⭐ FEATURES ⭐

✔ Feature-rich shading model covers a wide range of stylized rendering styles.

✔ Stylized water: super versatile shader and assets that can handle anything from coffee in a cup to an open ocean. Includes buoy script for floating objects to remain on the surface. The water shader is available only in URP.

✔ Outline effect: depth, normal and color outlines that works both with isometric and perspective cameras.

✔ Stylized fog: Multi-stop horizontal/vertical gradient Fog Image Effect.

✔ Pixelation: Stylish retro effect with large juicy pixels.

✔ Terrain shader that works with Unity or third party terrain.

✔ Light Plane shader for 3D highlights and god rays.

✔ All Unity-supported platforms: all shaders and scripts support mobile (Android and iOS), WebGL, consoles and everything in between.

✔ VR and AR: Full XR support, including Single Pass Stereo Rendering.

✔ Built-in and URP support - Flat Kit supports both rendering pipelines.

✔ All latest Unity features are always supported: SRP batcher, LOD cross-fade, you name it.

✔ Battle tested - lots of games built with Flat Kit have been successfully released on Steam, App Store, Google Play, Nintendo Switch and other stores.

✨ AND ALSO ✨

• Precise control over shadows - ideal for character lighting
• Ability to control Unity built-in shadows
• Indirect lighting and stylized lightmap support
• Vertex color support, including Polybrush
• Intuitive, simple and streamlined interface — use only what you need
• Color the scene precisely — without guesswork
• Full source code is included
• All features are fully documented and have a demo scene
• Regular updates and new features
• Fast and friendly support

🎁 GIFT! 🎁

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Core toon shader overview:

★ Cel shading with parametric banding: single, steps, curve

★ Independent cel layers that can be layered to achieve unique look

★ Height gradient layer

★ Outline shader with multiple modes

★ Blend between normal and cel shading with a slider

★ Specular and rim lighting bring stylized lighting controls to your objects

★ Albedo, normal, emission and detail maps support

★ Reusable custom lighting in a shader library that you can integrate in your shaders (optional).

🏆 Flat Kit has been nominated for Best artistic tool award by Unity! 🏆

If you have any questions, please let us know!

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