Sword Slash Shader Breakdown (Cyanilux)
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Cyanilux's Sword Slash Shader Breakdown (Dec 2021) is a free Unity blog tutorial for an unlit URP Shader Graph effect on a ring mesh: panning a triangular slash mask and noise over time, like soulercoaster ribbon VFX used in spells.
Setup covers ring UVs, textures, and optional downloads; the Graph builds Slash/Length UV animation, comparison masking, edge fades, scrolling noise, Lerp colors with Smoothstep, and optional vertex Scale. Notes mention toggling a Mesh Renderer, Bloom and ACES in the preview, and animating properties without covering the Animation window.
For intermediate readers comfortable with Shader Graph and unlit transparency in URP.
Standard Cyanilux intro, notes, Setup, and Graph sections with node screenshots; free online.
Useful for sword-trail prototypes; widely linked among Unity shader practitioners.
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