Cel Shader FX – Pro

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EQLabs

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Overview

CelShaderFX Documentation

CelShaderFX Trailer

CelShaderFX Tutorial

v2.1 update notes:

• Preset count corrected 10 → 37 (with thumbnails).
• Module count 8 → 12; surfaced Hair / Multi-Light / SSS / GI on the ObjectCelShading list (already shipping).
• Added Unity 6.4 + native URP 17 RenderGraph as a headline differentiator.
• Hero rewritten to lead with the per-object + cross-pipeline promise.

Scene-wide NPR meets per-object precision — across all three pipelines.

CelShaderFX Pro pairs the complete post-processing suite from Essentials with a dedicated per-object cel-shading system. Stylize your whole scene with 12 stackable effects, then take fine control of individual characters and hero meshes with the ObjectCelShading component — normal mapping, rim light, matcap, PBR specular, face SDF shadows, hair shading, and GPU instancing included.

One codebase. Three pipelines. Per-object control where it matters. Verified from Unity 2021.3 LTS through Unity 6.4, including the native URP 17 RenderGraph path.

Why CelShaderFX Pro?

• All 3 pipelines, one package — Built-In, URP, and HDRP, including native URP 17 RenderGraph. Switch pipelines without losing your settings.
• Unity 2021.3 → Unity 6.4 — verified across a 5-version × 3-pipeline compile matrix.
• 37 presets, with thumbnails — Anime, Ghibli, Manga, Comic, Watercolor, Sumi-E, Cyberpunk, Risograph, Ukiyo-e, and more. Browse by sight, apply in one click, tune to taste.
• Post-process and per-object — global scene stylization plus dedicated character control. Most assets do one or the other.
• GPU instanced — ObjectCelShading uses MaterialPropertyBlock for efficient per-instance variation. Hundreds of stylized characters, no material duplication.
• Near-zero overhead when disabled — turned-off modules don't render.

ObjectCelShading — Per-Object Control (Pro & Ultimate)

Add the ObjectCelShading component to any renderer for dedicated, per-mesh stylization that goes beyond what post-processing can reach — independent of the global stack.

• Normal Mapping — tangent-space normal maps for detailed stylized characters.
• Rim Lighting — configurable Fresnel rim for silhouette emphasis and dramatic backlighting.
• MatCap Support — material-capture textures for quick, artist-friendly looks without complex light rigs.
• PBR Specular — physically-based highlights blended with cel bands for hybrid realism.
• Face SDF Shadow — signed-distance-field face shadows for anime-accurate facial shading that tracks light direction without artifacts.
• Hair Shading — Kajiya-Kay dual-lobe anisotropic highlights with flow-map support and a hair preset library.
• Multi-Light, SSS & GI — up to 4 additional lights per object, subsurface scattering, and baked lightmap / light-probe GI.
• Per-Object Hatching, Pixelation & Stencil Outlines — independent per-mesh control, including true stencil-masked outlines.
• GPU Instancing — MaterialPropertyBlock for per-instance variation; style hundreds of NPCs without duplicating materials.

12 Stackable Effect Modules

• Cel Shading — Color-band quantization (2–16 bands), custom ramps, palette quantization.
• Outlines (5 methods) — Sobel, Roberts, Canny, Difference-of-Gaussians, and JFA cinematic outlines up to 64 px with glow and soft falloff. Resolution-independent.
• Kuwahara Filter — 4 variants (Basic, Generalized, Anisotropic, Polynomial) for painterly, edge-preserving abstraction.
• XDoG Ink — manga-style ink with Tangent-Flow and Edge-Tangent-Flow for coherent line art.
• Hatching — procedural, TAM, and geometry-anchored triplanar pattern cross-hatching.
• Halftone — Ben-Day dots, lines, and authentic CMYK plate separations.
• Dithering — Bayer, blue noise, and Spatiotemporal Blue Noise (STBN).
• Watercolor — paint bleeding, wet edges, granulation, paper texture.
• Painterly — visible brush strokes, canvas texture, impasto.
• ASCII Art — luminance-to-character rendering, mono or colored.
• Pixelate — early-chain UV snapping for clean retro pixel-art.
• Color Correction — 11 art-style grades (Comic, Manga, Anime, Watercolor, Noir, Pop Art, Vintage, Cyberpunk, Ghibli, Retro Game, Custom) + LUT support.

Plus motion-vector temporal stabilization to keep dithering and hatching steady in motion.

What's Included

Post-Processing Suite (from Essentials)

• 12 effect modules with full shader source · 5 outline methods
• 37 built-in presets with rendered thumbnails · visual inspector
• Setup wizard, Preview window, GPU Cost Meter, texture generators
• Layer / component / stencil object exclusion

Per-Object System (Pro)

• ObjectCelShading component with custom inspector
• Normal mapping, rim, matcap, PBR specular, face SDF, hair, multi-light, SSS, GI
• Per-object hatching, pixelation, and stencil outlines
• GPU instancing via MaterialPropertyBlock
• Per-object shaders across all 3 pipelines

Documentation & Samples

• Sample scenes for post-process and per-object workflows
• Quick Start, User Manual, Troubleshooting, Preset catalog, Face SDF guide

Feature Comparison

[ E ] = Essentials | [ P ] = Pro | [ U ] = Ultimate

• 12 Post-Process Effect Modules ............................................ [ E ] | [ P ] | [ U ]
• 5 Outline Methods (incl. JFA) ................................................. [ E ] | [ P ] | [ U ]
• Kuwahara Filter (4 variants) ................................................... [ E ] | [ P ] | [ U ]
• XDoG Ink Stylization ................................................................ [ E ] | [ P ] | [ U ]
• Hatching, Halftone, Dithering ................................................. [ E ] | [ P ] | [ U ]
• Watercolor & Painterly ............................................................. [ E ] | [ P ] | [ U ]
• Built-In / URP / HDRP(+ URP 17 RenderGraph)...................... [ E ] | [ P ] | [ U ]
• 37 Built-In Presets ................................................................... [ E ] | [ P ] | [ U ]
• Editor Tools & Setup Wizard ................................................... [ E ] | [ P ] | [ U ]
• Object Exclusion (Layer/Stencil) ........................................... [ E ] | [ P ] | [ U ]
• Full Source Code ...................................................................... [ E ] | [ P ] | [ U ]
• Sample Scenes & Docs ........................................................... [ E ] | [ P ] | [ U ]
• ObjectCelShading Component (per-object) ........................ [ - ] | [ P ] | [ U ]
• Per-Object Rim, MatCap, PBR ,Face SDF, Hair .................... [ - ] | [ P ] | [ U ]
• GPU Instancing(MaterialPropertyBlock)................................ [ - ] | [ P ] | [ U ]
• CelShaderAPI Runtime Scripting .......................................... [ - ] | [ - ] | [ U ]
• Runtime Preset Crossfade (trigger / distance) .................. [ - ] | [ - ] | [ U ]
• Code Examples & API Reference .......................................... [ - ] | [ - ] | [ U ]