Liquid Crystal Shader

🎮 Check out the live web demo here

🎁 Bundle Deal: This package is included in the Neko Legends - 3D & VFX Starter Bundle.

💧 Liquid Crystal Shader is designed primarily for UI buttons and interface elements to simulate a slick, animated liquid glass effect. While it does work on 3D models, its real strength is in UI — using simulated lighting to keep performance high and avoid unexpected results from in-game lights. I don’t want your game to lag just because the menu is open!

With that said, the demo comes with both UI, 2D flat quads, and 3D model examples as shown in the video demo.

👉 If you're looking for a crystal effect made for 3D objects with support for local, directional, and environment lighting — check out my Gems and Crystal Shader instead.

✨ Features – Liquid Crystal Shader (URP)

🌀 Animated Flow Distortion

– Control distortion strength, speed, and flow direction to create mesmerizing liquid movement.

🔮 Magnify + Chromatic Aberration FX

– Add subtle magnification and color-splitting effects for dreamy visuals.

🎭 Multi-Texture Masking

– Supports Noise Mask, Noise Texture, and Cutout Texture with optional inversion toggles.

💡 Gradient Lighting Control

– Simulate lighting with color gradients, adjustable angle, strength, and coverage. No lights needed!

🔦 Shine Layer Support

– Add sparkle with a Shine Texture, custom HDR color, and contrast/strength sliders.

🌫️ Built-in Blur System

– Choose from No Blur, Box, Gaussian, or cinematic Bokeh — from low to high GPU usage.

🎨 URP-Optimized

– Built specifically for Unity URP with efficient layout and toggle-based performance tuning.

🔁 Fully Customizable

– Modular headers for intuitive control. Tweak and animate every parameter in real time.

📦 Dependencies

To experience this asset as intended as shown in the video and web demos, you’ll need the following assets from the Neko Legends collection:

✅ [Shared Assets URP (FREE)]

• Contains core demo GUI, reusable scripts, and shared 3D models and textures across all Neko Legends assets.

🎵 Music is included in this scene.