Display faded shadow of a text label in Unity

Hi ,

I want to achieve something like this with my text -



this is the video where you can find out more on how it looks -

I am planning to have my headers as shadows on the wall and I want them to have a creepy dark look like the text displayed in the image above. I have tried a few tricks like fading and animating a basic Text label but I think I am missing out on something. Can this be achieved using text mesh pro ? I can also see that there a lot of camera effects in the image/video above. What do you guys think would be the most efficient and optimized way to achieve this.

Thanks.

 

I guess you can achieve it with TMP, but not with the UI part.
Basically you need a material which is invisible but casts shadows in 3D space.

 

Yeah I have achieved the simple shadow effect with tmp using the text mesh pro object and setting the shadows only for the renderer. But now, I can't use any text UI effects like fade on it. I guess Ill have to use some shader magic to achieve it , right ?

 

if you only cast shadows you cannot apply any effects because the actual mesh of tmp is invisible.
if you want a blurry edge you have to play with the light/shadow settings and the distance of the light source and of the background (the shadow receiver).

 

Well, I cant really change the casting lights distance or shadow resolution since that will also affect shadows of other items on my wall.
After a lot of hit and trial, I have realised that this is surely an achievement via image effects ( that arent very mobile-friendly ) so I guess I will have to buy a mobile optimised solution for it.