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- 6000.3.0 or later
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Blob Shadow Forge
Transform your Unity projects with beautiful blob shadows! This powerful editor tool lets you bake high-quality shadow textures from any 3D object with just a few clicks.
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🎨 **Blob Shadow Forge** - Professional Unity Editor Tool for Baking Stylized Shadows
Transform your Unity projects with beautiful blob shadows! This powerful editor tool lets you bake high-quality shadow textures from any 3D object with just a few clicks. Perfect for 2D games, stylized projects, UI elements, and artistic workflows.
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## ✨ Key Features
**🎯 One-Click Shadow Baking**
- Generate blob shadows from any 3D object instantly
- Batch processing with queue management and progress tracking
- Auto-size camera to perfectly fit object bounds
- Smart bounds calculation (pivot or bounds center)
**📷 Advanced Camera Controls**
- Multiple presets: Top, Bottom, Front, Back, Left, Right, Custom
- Light source integration (Directional/Spot lights)
- Custom rotation and position offset controls
- Real-time preview with diagnostic information
**🌫️ Professional Shadow Effects**
- Customizable blur (intensity 0-2, iterations 8-128) for soft shadows
- Distance-based fade runtime component
- Surface snapping with automatic normal alignment
- Smart raycasting from mesh bounds
**⚡ Workflow Tools**
- Preset system with default presets included
- Shadow atlas generator (Grid or Tight packing)
- Custom naming patterns with placeholders
- Texture sizes: 64 to 2048 pixels
- Auto sprite creation
**🎮 Runtime Components**
- **ShadowDistanceFade** - Dynamic opacity based on distance to ground, surface snapping, normal alignment
- **ShadowAtlasUser** - Use specific shadows from atlas with automatic UV mapping
- **ShadowAtlasData** - ScriptableObject for atlas UV coordinates
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## 🎯 Perfect For
✅ 2D games with 3D assets
✅ Stylized and artistic projects
✅ Isometric and top-down games
✅ Any project needing stylized shadows
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## 🚀 Quick Start
1. Open Window menu → Blob Shadow Forge
2. Select your target object
3. Adjust settings (or use presets)
4. Preview in real-time
5. Click "Bake Shadow"
For batch processing: Switch to Batch mode, add objects to queue, configure once, process all automatically!
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Technical details
- **Unity Version**: 2020.3 or later
- **Render Pipeline**: Built-in RP or Universal RP
- **Platform**: Windows, Mac, Linux (Editor only)
**Included:**
- Complete Editor tool with modern UI
- Runtime components for dynamic shadows
- Custom shaders (Built-in RP and URP)
- Blur shader for soft shadows
- Preset system with default presets
- Shadow atlas generator
- Example models and demo scene
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## 💡 Best Practices
- Use auto-size camera for consistent sizing
- Enable surface snapping for terrain-following shadows
- Use batch processing for large projects
- Generate shadow atlases to optimize textures
- Adjust blur based on your art style
Compatibility
| Unity version | Built-in | URP | HDRP |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6000.6.4f1 | Compatible | Compatible | Not listed |
| 6000.3.0f1 | Compatible | Compatible | Not listed |
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