Strumpy Shader Editor [Now Open Source]

IMO this is much better than shaderfusion. I wish it had a zoom in/out function for graphs.
Also needs more tutorials.

 

This new version is so easy to use, I love it! The detachable preview window is fantastic, and the new searchable interface makes finding the right node a breeze.

Thank you so much for this!

 

It was a first-time install, so there weren't any old versions to clean out.

I'll try a fresh project, as well as a different Mac (problem was on an iMac, I will also try it on a MacBook Pro), as soon as I can. I'm racing to get a school project done today, so it will be later today or some time tomorrow before I get time to try it.

Thanks!

 

i really like this only sad part is that i dont have pro so i cant see the preview haha

 

But if you have an object in your scene, give it the temp SSE shader and work that way, it'll update within your scene when you hit preview then, right?

 

Good idea

 

congrats to the new version, looks great

 

DepthBiasedAlpha seems not working, or it just me?

 

Bump.

Building from existing graphs that are in the ballpark of plastic, metal, stone, skin, etc. would be far preferable to building everything from scratch.

 

Okay, started a new project on my MacBook Pro and imported the editor package. From what I can tell off the bat, it's working fine. I'll be back on my iMac tomorrow and will try again from a fresh project there, as well.

 

Yes please, add my vote too. I was looking to have that kind of look exactly, so if there´s a chance,please post.
Thank you very much.

David.

 

Can this produce screen space or lens shaders?

 

Okay, I found what's causing the problem. My project accesses a MySQL database, and so among the Assets are two required DLLs, MySql.Data.dll and System.Data.dll. As soon as I moved those into the Assets folder of the new project I got the same errors when I tried to open the Shader Editor.

I've attached the offending DLLs in case you don't already have them.

 

Hi! how can i create realtime noised reflection (old unity Water (PRO) shader) using SSE4?

Thanks!

 

What does this error mean?

 

I don't know that, sorry. If it helps, here's the thread where I got them; some of the discussion there might be useful to you:

http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/11466-Reading-database-and-or-spreadsheets?p=80692&viewfull=1#post80692

 

3 2d images and 1 cube map is when I get the error. No cubemap = no error. There's a limit on how many textures I can sample? Shame.

Also, how can I make reflections?

 

Yes please make video tutorials form basic to advanced most important thing to make realistic leather , cloth ,skin , metals , wood , and reflective surfaces that will be a hit very awesome , and most important make a skin shader with this remember?
looking foward for the tutorials.

 

People are making some pretty silly demands. What's the point of him even making a SIMPLE to use editor if folk are just going to expect him to do the work in it for them? Kinda defeats the purpose of it.

 

hey great stuff..

is there a way to build up a outline shader with this?

 

One really bad bug I noticed is that sometimes it will close my graph for no reason without saving. No idea why it happens or how to reproduce it but it happened 3 times now to me.

 

Also, most of the materials mentioned don't really need *special* shaders.

For the leather, cloth, metal, wood, with good textures and a simple diffuse/specular/normal shader you are 80% there, Then you might want to add some pseudo fresnel for wood, some rim for leather etc.

 

It's an issue with Unity's UI I think. Happens with Playmaker too and happened a few times with ShaderFusion. Happens more if the window is docked with the rest of them.

 

For the love of god don't use rim lights if there is no light source behind. It makes it look like your object is made out of silk

 

i can't really figure out how to make an outline shader with shader editor cause im a noob lol...
can anyone point me to the right direction?

 

Paragraphs, USE THEM.
Also the first letter in a sentence is always capital.

It's really hard to read or take it seriously when you can't even follow the basics

Also what is the "custom" input for?

 

Congratz on the new release, this gets better and better!

Which uses the effect generally used for skin - SSS (sub-surface scattering). Nice hint

I think we need more ready-made sets of shaders, some of the ones available at unitywiki would be a nice place to start. Then dissecating the logic behind a couple of those in video tutorials would be the icing on the cake.

 

Good God! Congratulations - this is significant. Kudos.

 

So you are against starting with good texturing and a simple shader so you have a good basis and then improving the shader? Because that is what I suggested.


And for the rim light comments above, I wasn't suggesting people add a white *OMG WHERE IS THAT COMING FROM* rim light effect to their materials, but a slight (subtle, you-wouldn't-know-it-is-there-if-you-weren't-told kind of effect) rim that lightens the texture a bit can do wonders to simulate a pseudo fresnel effect that most materials actually have.

 

Shhhhh, we don't tell them tricks like that or everyone will be doing it and it'll end up overused like the purple pink and green lighting in Unreal3 or the good old 'Arnold' GI renders, or lens flares, or bloom or over the top DOF or faint reflection maps or spec maps or or or *continues to mumble indistinctly into his porridge*

 

eh? isn't already marked by default? didn't need to marking the main camera in the previous version, well idk or maybe UT 3.x change something that i missed?

Edit : I try to mark the main camera to generate depth texture, but depthbiasedalpha still didn't work. Now iam completely lost

 

Anyone would take the plunge and replicate this shader graph in Strumpy's?

http://www.janbubenik.de/UPLOAD/skinDemo/SkinAndScan.html

That SSS-emulation skin looks truly awesome, and although there's a compiled version already we could maybe be able turn it into a lighter/faster version.

Link to the discussion and shader node:
http://forums.cgsociety.org/archive/index.php/t-890129.html
Discussion thread

 

Agreed, that is awesome quality. Anyone else while messing with it expect it to suddenly open its eyes and scream at the camera? That would have been so funny.

 

Looking foward for the video tutorials.

 

On the DLL conflict issue: The conflict appears only to be with System.Data.dll.

 

Okay, I tried using a sample texture for a basic shader, and am seeing weird behavior. I brought in a generic sphere and then applied this shader to it:



Instead of showing the all-white texture I get the default color of black. I've tried multiple textures and changed around the default color, each time all I get is the default color.

Also, if I save the graph and re-load it, the texture definition is gone; the little box shows none. I also tried loading a sample graph that came with the editor that's supposed to have textures defined in it, and those also come up empty.

I opened the source code of the shader after saving and exporting and did a global search for the name of the texture, and came up empty.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance!

 

Spinland, have you created a completely new, empty project and imported it into that? Just to make sure nothing else at all is causing issues with it. Also post your system specs if you haven't already, I'm sure they'll help him work out what might be going on.

 

@Spinland I don't know about you, but on my end if I plug in a texture in the editor view, it will only show in preview sphere, not on the model in 3d scene.

 

It's a 27" iMac, quad core, 8GB of RAM, 1TB disk drive, running 10.6.6. Unity updated to the latest version a couple of days ago.

I'm using the free edition so no preview, but all the other shader stuff I was doing today shows up just fine in the Unity interface, the instant I overwrite the old shader file with the new. The texture should show in the game view, too, right? Also doesn't explain why the texture definitions aren't getting saved and so disappear the next time the graph file is loaded, nor why I define a texture but it's never mentioned in the resulting shader source code.

I haven't tried a totally new project yet, but the one I've been using today was as close to a bare bones restart as to make little difference. Still, I'll start another fresh one and try again.

Thanks again!

 

Also make sure you import it correctly, sometimes certain things just plain wont work right if they're dragged and dropped from another project directory into a new one (editor related extensions really).

 

Okay, started with a new Project. Imported just the Strumpy package and one texture, so those are the only things in Assets. Nothing at all in the scene window yet.

I start up the Editor, and define a single texture 2D Input, like this:



Then I save the graph using the Save As function, close the Editor, re-open the Editor, and re-load the graph I just saved. The texture definition is gone, as shown here:



Is that normal behavior?

Thanks!